Coach Profile
2007-2012 • Louisiana Tech, Tennessee
2 schools coached, anchored by Tennessee.
Derek Dooley coached 6 seasons, won 43.8%, and posted an average SRS of -2.2. Best season: 2012 Tennessee. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stops 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
Tennessee
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 44.8.
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
4-7 • SRS 4.2 • SP Overall 15.1
Win %
36.4%
YoY SRS
+1.8
SP Off / Def
42.6 / 28.3
Finish
Unranked
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.
Tennessee
2010-2012 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 3.3 • Win % 41.7%
Louisiana Tech
2007-2009 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -7.8 • Win % 46.0%
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.
Derek Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Derek Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Derek Dooley
Above average
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2010-2012 • 15-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 7.2 baseline
-2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 9.0 baseline
-5.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
9.9 during vs 15.9 baseline
-6.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
2007-2009 • 17-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 5.0 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.8 during vs -11.0 baseline
+3.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.4 during vs -9.3 baseline
-0.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Tennessee 2012
4-7 • SRS 4.2
Biggest Improvement
Louisiana Tech 2008
8-5 • 8.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Tennessee 2012
4-7 • SP Off 42.6
Best Defensive Season
Tennessee 2011
5-7 • SP Def 18.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Louisiana Tech 2007
5-7 • SRS -14.9
Biggest Drop
Tennessee 2011
5-7 • -1.0 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Tennessee | 2012 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 4.2 | 15.1 | 42.6 | 28.3 | +1.8 | -5.3% |
| Tennessee | 2011 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 2.4 | 6.9 | 27.0 | 18.8 | -1.0 | -4.5% |
| Tennessee | 2010 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 3.4 | 7.7 | 30.5 | 23.6 | +5.1 | +12.8% |
| Louisiana Tech | 2009 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -1.7 | -3.8 | 23.6 | 26.9 | +5.1 | -28.2% |
| Louisiana Tech | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -6.8 | -9.7 | 20.2 | 29.6 | +8.1 | +19.9% |
| Louisiana Tech | 2007 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -14.9 | -14.8 | 18.4 | 32.4 | — | — |
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