Coach Profile
1908-1920 • Haskell, Kansas State, Tennessee
3 schools coached, anchored by Haskell.
John Bender coached 6 seasons, won 64.1%, and posted an average SRS of -5.2. Best season: 1909 Haskell. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Haskell
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 52.5.
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.
Active comparison point
7-2 • SRS 6.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
77.8%
YoY SRS
+18.2
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
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.
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Tennessee
1919-1920 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -7.1 • Win % 63.9%
Tennessee
1916-1916 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -5.1 • Win % 94.4%
Kansas State
1915-1915 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -6.7 • Win % 43.8%
Haskell
1908-1909 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -2.6 • Win % 58.3%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Bender
Insufficient sample
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
1919-1920 • 10-5-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 7.0 baseline
-2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.1 during vs -3.3 baseline
-3.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1916-1916 • 8-0-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 5.2 baseline
+2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-5.1 during vs -11.7 baseline
+6.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1915-1915 • 3-4-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 4.0 baseline
-1.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.7 during vs -9.0 baseline
+2.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1908-1909 • 10-7-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Haskell 1909
7-2 • SRS 6.5
Biggest Improvement
Haskell 1909
7-2 • 18.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Haskell 1908
3-5-1 • SRS -11.7
Biggest Drop
Kansas State 1915
3-4-1 • -13.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Tennessee | 1920 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | -2.7 | — | — | — | +8.8 | +27.8% |
| Tennessee | 1919 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | — | — | -11.5 | — | — | — | -6.4 | -44.4% |
| Tennessee | 1916 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | — | -5.1 | — | — | — | +1.6 | +50.7% |
| Kansas State | 1915 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43.8% | — | — | -6.7 | — | — | — | -13.2 | -34.0% |
| Haskell | 1909 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 6.5 | — | — | — | +18.2 | +38.9% |
| Haskell | 1908 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | -11.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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