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Wayne Nunnely

1986-1989UNLV

One defining stop at UNLV.

Wayne Nunnely coached 4 seasons, won 43.2%, and posted an average SRS of -14.7. Best season: 1986 UNLV. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career record
19-25
Career win rate
43.2%
Average SRS
-14.7
Peak SRS
-5.3

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
4
Career span
4 years
Best finish
Consistency
51.5

Primary school anchor

UNLV

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 23.4.

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.

Wayne Nunnely
EliteStrongAverageLean
1986Actual season year • SRS range -22.2 to -5.31989

Active comparison point

Wayne Nunnely1986

Selected

1986 UNLV

Best season

6-5 • SRS -5.3 • SP Overall -3.8

Win %

54.5%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

25.9 / 29.8

Finish

Unranked

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

UNLV

1986-19894 seasons

Avg SRS -14.7 • Win % 43.2%

Longest tenure
UNLV • 4 seasons
Best tenure
UNLV • -14.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
UNLV • 43.2%

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.

Wayne Nunnely sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Wayne Nunnely sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Wayne Nunnely

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-13.6
Percentile
18th pct

Lower end

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.

UNLV

1986-198919-25

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

Avg SRS -14.7Win % 43.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.8 during vs 6.4 baseline

-1.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-14.7 during vs -5.8 baseline

-8.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.6 during vs -2.8 baseline

-10.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

UNLV 1986

6-5SRS -5.3

Biggest Improvement

UNLV 1989

4-710.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UNLV 1989

4-7SP Off 29.2

Best Defensive Season

UNLV 1986

6-5SP Def 29.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

UNLV 1988

4-7SRS -22.2

Biggest Drop

UNLV 1987

5-6-14.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

UNLV19891147036.4%-12.0-10.629.237.3+10.20.0%
UNLV19881147036.4%-22.2-22.216.336.6-2.8-9.1%
UNLV19871156045.5%-19.4-17.621.937.2-14.1-9.1%
UNLV19861165054.5%-5.3-3.825.929.8

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