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David Shaw

2011-2022Stanford

One defining stop at Stanford.

David Shaw coached 12 seasons, won 64.0%, and posted an average SRS of 11.0. Best season: 2011 Stanford. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career record
96-54
Career win rate
64.0%
Average SRS
11.0
Peak SRS
23.4

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
12
Career span
12 years
Best finish
#3
Consistency
14.6

Primary school anchor

Stanford

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 90.2.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

David Shaw
EliteStrongAverageLean
2011Actual season year • SRS range -5.1 to 23.42022

Active comparison point

David Shaw2011

Selected

2011 Stanford

Best season

11-2 • SRS 23.4 • SP Overall 20.0

Win %

84.6%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

44.6 / 24.5

Finish

#7

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Tenure map

Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Stanford

2011-202212 seasons

Avg SRS 11.0 • Win % 64.0%

Longest tenure
Stanford • 12 seasons
Best tenure
Stanford • 11.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Stanford • 64.0%

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.

David Shaw sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

David Shaw sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

David Shaw

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
11.3
Percentile
88th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Stanford

2011-202296-54

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 11.0Win % 64.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 6.0 baseline

+2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.0 during vs 6.0 baseline

+5.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.3 during vs 4.0 baseline

+7.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+30.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Stanford 2011

11-2SRS 23.4

Biggest Improvement

Stanford 2013

11-36.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Stanford 2011

11-2SP Off 44.6

Best Defensive Season

Stanford 2014

8-5SP Def 12.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Stanford 2022

3-9SRS -5.1

Biggest Drop

Stanford 2019

4-8-10.2 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Stanford20221239025.0%-5.1-7.225.634.2-2.40.0%
Stanford20211239025.0%-2.7-10.222.233.6-41.7%
Stanford2020642066.7%+33.3%
Stanford20191248033.3%#25-1.9-4.727.232.2-10.2-35.9%
Stanford20181394069.2%#138.313.035.424.3-4.2+5.0%
Stanford20171495064.3%#14#2012.515.837.724.5-0.2-12.6%
Stanford201613103076.9%#8#1212.716.431.217.5-7.9-8.8%
Stanford201514122085.7%#21#320.622.844.524.5+5.5+24.2%
Stanford20141385061.5%#1115.121.433.512.0-7.4-17.0%
Stanford201314113078.6%#4#1122.521.735.815.5+6.8-7.1%
Stanford201214122085.7%#21#715.715.329.214.2-7.7+1.1%
Stanford201113112084.6%#7#723.420.044.624.5

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