Coach Profile
2019-2025 • Kansas State
One defining stop at Kansas State.
Chris Klieman coached 7 seasons, won 63.2%, and posted an average SRS of 10.6. Best season: 2023 Kansas State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Kansas State
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 83.3.
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.
Active comparison point
9-4 • SRS 19.6 • SP Overall 16.2
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+4.1
SP Off / Def
38.9 / 21.8
Finish
#18
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Kansas State
2019-2025 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 10.6 • Win % 63.2%
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.
Chris Klieman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Chris Klieman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Chris Klieman
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2019-2025 • 48-28
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.9 during vs 7.4 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.6 during vs 8.3 baseline
+2.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.6 during vs 7.5 baseline
+4.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
28.6% during vs 20.0% baseline
+8.6%
High Points
Best Season
Kansas State 2023
9-4 • SRS 19.6
Biggest Improvement
Kansas State 2021
8-5 • 7.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kansas State 2023
9-4 • SP Off 38.9
Best Defensive Season
Kansas State 2022
10-4 • SP Def 15.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kansas State 2020
4-6 • SRS 1.0
Biggest Drop
Kansas State 2020
4-6 • -9.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kansas State | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7.2 | 7.0 | 31.3 | 25.0 | -4.6 | — |
| Kansas State | 2024 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #18 | — | 11.8 | 14.1 | 33.0 | 20.4 | -7.8 | 0.0% |
| Kansas State | 2023 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #16 | #18 | 19.6 | 16.2 | 38.9 | 21.8 | +4.1 | -2.2% |
| Kansas State | 2022 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | #14 | 15.5 | 21.4 | 36.4 | 15.7 | +6.9 | +9.9% |
| Kansas State | 2021 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 8.6 | 14.2 | 33.5 | 19.0 | +7.6 | +21.5% |
| Kansas State | 2020 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | 26.7 | 24.7 | -9.4 | -21.5% |
| Kansas State | 2019 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 10.4 | 6.0 | 28.8 | 24.8 | — | — |
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