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Ray Callahan
1969-1972 • Cincinnati
One defining program at Cincinnati.
Ray Callahan coached 4 seasons, won 46.5%, and posted an average SRS of -10.9. Best season: 1970 Cincinnati. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 20-23
- Career win rate
- 46.5%
- Average SRS
- -10.9
- Peak SRS
- -0.3
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 10.7
Primary school anchor
Cincinnati
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 34.2.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Ray Callahan
EliteStrongAverageLean
1969Actual season year • SRS range -23.9 to -0.31972
Active comparison point
Ray Callahan • 1970
1970 Cincinnati
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-4 • SRS -0.3 • SP Overall 6.2
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+18.3
SP Off / Def
20.3 / 15.1
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
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| 1972 Regular Week 2 | Cincinnati | Colorado | #2 | L14-56 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Cincinnati
1969-1972 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -10.9 • Win % 46.5%
- Longest tenure
- Cincinnati • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Cincinnati • -10.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Cincinnati • 46.5%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Ray Callahan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRay Callahan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ray Callahan
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -5.0
- Percentile
- 42th pct
Mixed
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Cincinnati
1969-1972 • 20-23
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -10.9Win % 46.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 4.8 baseline
+0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-10.9 during vs -6.1 baseline
-4.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.0 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Cincinnati 1970
7-4 • SRS -0.3
Biggest Improvement
Cincinnati 1970
7-4 • 18.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Cincinnati 1971
7-4 • SP Off 23.8
Best Defensive Season
Cincinnati 1970
7-4 • SP Def 15.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Cincinnati 1972
2-9 • SRS -23.9
Biggest Drop
Cincinnati 1972
2-9 • -22.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Cincinnati | 1972 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -23.9 | -24.4 | 15.4 | 37.2 | -22.9 | -45.5% |
| Cincinnati | 1971 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -1.0 | 3.2 | 23.8 | 21.3 | -0.7 | 0.0% |
| Cincinnati | 1970 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -0.3 | 6.2 | 20.3 | 15.1 | +18.3 | +23.6% |
| Cincinnati | 1969 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -18.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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