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Bud Moore

1975-1978Kansas

One defining program at Kansas.

Bud Moore coached 4 seasons, won 38.9%, and posted an average SRS of 5.4. Best season: 1975 Kansas. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
17-27-1
Career win rate
38.9%
Average SRS
5.4
Peak SRS
15.9

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
25.9

Primary school anchor

Kansas

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 75.5.

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.

Bud Moore
EliteStrongAverageLean
1975Actual season year • SRS range -5.4 to 15.91978

Active comparison point

Bud Moore1975

Selected

1975 Kansas

Best season

7-5 • SRS 15.9 • SP Overall 12.6

Win %

58.3%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

28.0 / 16.0

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

3-16-1

Games
20
Win rate
17.5%

Top 10

1-9-1

Games
11
Win rate
13.6%

Top 5

1-5

Games
6
Win rate
16.7%
View ranked game results20
1978 Regular Week 10KansasNebraska#4L21-63
1978 Regular Week 7KansasOklahoma#1L16-17
1978 Regular Week 6KansasColorado#13L7-17
1978 Regular Week 4KansasUCLA#18W28-24
1978 Regular Week 3KansasWashington#15L2-31
1978 Regular Week 2KansasTexas A&M#10L10-37
1977 Regular Week 11KansasNebraska#11L7-52
1977 Regular Week 9KansasIowa State#19L3-41
1977 Regular Week 7KansasColorado#7T17-17
1977 Regular Week 5KansasOklahoma#2L9-24
1977 Regular Week 3KansasUCLA#18L7-17
1977 Regular Week 2KansasTexas A&M#7L14-28
1976 Regular Week 11KansasColorado#15L17-40
1976 Regular Week 9KansasNebraska#9L3-31
1976 Regular Week 7KansasOklahoma#5L10-28
1975 Regular Week 12KansasMissouri#18W42-24
1975 Regular Week 11KansasColorado#10L21-24
1975 Regular Week 10KansasOklahoma#2W23-3
1975 Regular Week 6KansasNebraska#4L0-16
1975 Postseason Week 1KansasPittsburgh#15L19-33

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Kansas

1975-19784 seasons

Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 38.9%

Longest tenure
Kansas • 4 seasons
Best tenure
Kansas • 5.4 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Kansas • 38.9%

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.

Bud Moore sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bud Moore sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bud Moore

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
2.6
Percentile
66th pct

Above average

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.

Kansas

1975-197817-27-1

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

Avg SRS 5.4Win % 38.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.3 during vs 4.8 baseline

-0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.4 during vs 8.5 baseline

-3.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.6 during vs 6.3 baseline

-3.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Kansas 1975

7-5SRS 15.9

Biggest Improvement

Kansas 1976

6-5-4.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Kansas 1976

6-5SP Off 33.3

Best Defensive Season

Kansas 1975

7-5SP Def 16.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kansas 1978

1-10SRS -5.4

Biggest Drop

Kansas 1977

3-7-1-11.2 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Kansas19781111009.1%-5.4-9.721.830.4-5.4-22.7%
Kansas19771137131.8%0.0-4.219.723.8-11.2-22.7%
Kansas19761165054.5%#1911.211.633.323.3-4.7-3.8%
Kansas19751275058.3%15.912.628.016.0

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