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John Whelchel

1942-1943Navy

One defining stop at Navy.

John Whelchel coached 2 seasons, won 72.2%, and posted an average SRS of 12.2. Best season: 1943 Navy. The profile was balanced with limited volatility context. One primary stop defined the run.

Career record
13-5
Career win rate
72.2%
Average SRS
12.2
Peak SRS
17.5

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
#4
Consistency

Primary school anchor

Navy

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 79.3.

Career Arc

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.

John Whelchel
EliteStrongAverageLean
1942Actual season year • SRS range 6.9 to 17.51943

Active comparison point

John Whelchel1943

Selected

1943 Navy

Best seasonBiggest improvementBiggest drop

8-1 • SRS 17.5 • SP Overall

Win %

88.9%

YoY SRS

+10.6

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#4

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Navy

1942-19432 seasons

Avg SRS 12.2 • Win % 72.2%

Longest tenure
Navy • 2 seasons
Best tenure
Navy • 12.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Navy • 72.2%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

John Whelchel

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall
Percentile

Insufficient sample

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Navy

1942-194313-5

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

Avg SRS 12.2Win % 72.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.5 during vs 4.8 baseline

+1.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.2 during vs 7.0 baseline

+5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+30.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Navy 1943

8-1SRS 17.5

Biggest Improvement

Navy 1943

8-110.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Navy 1942

5-4SRS 6.9

Biggest Drop

Navy 1943

8-110.6 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Navy1943981088.9%#417.5+10.6+33.3%
Navy1942954055.6%6.9

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