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- Games
- 6
- Win rate
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Bob Valesente
1986-1987 • Kansas
One defining program at Kansas.
Bob Valesente coached 2 seasons, won 20.4%, and posted an average SRS of -17.1. Best season: 1987 Kansas. The profile was balanced with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 4-17-1
- Career win rate
- 20.4%
- Average SRS
- -17.1
- Peak SRS
- -16.8
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
- 2
- Career span
- 2 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- —
Primary school anchor
Kansas
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 7.2.
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.
Bob Valesente
EliteStrongAverageLean
1986Actual season year • SRS range -17.4 to -16.81987
Active comparison point
Bob Valesente • 1987
1987 Kansas
Best seasonBiggest improvementBiggest drop1-9-1 • SRS -16.8 • SP Overall -17.3
Win %
13.6%
YoY SRS
+0.6
SP Off / Def
24.5 / 39.0
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.
Top 10
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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
1986-1987 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -17.1 • Win % 20.4%
- Longest tenure
- Kansas • 2 seasons
- Best tenure
- Kansas • -17.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kansas • 20.4%
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.
Bob Valesente sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBob Valesente sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bob Valesente
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -18.8
- Percentile
- 9th pct
Lower end
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
1986-1987 • 4-17-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -17.1Win % 20.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 5.0 baseline
-3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-17.1 during vs -1.6 baseline
-15.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-18.8 during vs -0.3 baseline
-18.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Kansas 1987
1-9-1 • SRS -16.8
Biggest Improvement
Kansas 1987
1-9-1 • 0.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kansas 1987
1-9-1 • SP Off 24.5
Best Defensive Season
Kansas 1986
3-8 • SP Def 33.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kansas 1986
3-8 • SRS -17.4
Biggest Drop
Kansas 1987
1-9-1 • 0.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kansas | 1987 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13.6% | — | — | -16.8 | -17.3 | 24.5 | 39.0 | +0.6 | -13.6% |
| Kansas | 1986 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -17.4 | -20.2 | 13.5 | 33.5 | — | — |
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