Coach Profile
2009-2012 • Purdue
One defining stop at Purdue.
Danny Hope coached 4 seasons, won 38.8%, and posted an average SRS of -4.3. Best season: 2009 Purdue. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. 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
Purdue
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 32.9.
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
5-7 • SRS -0.9 • SP Overall 5.1
Win %
41.7%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
29.3 / 23.8
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.
Purdue
2009-2012 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -4.3 • Win % 38.8%
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.
Danny Hope sets the reference point in overall strength.
Danny Hope sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Danny Hope
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.
2009-2012 • 19-24
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 6.4 baseline
-1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.3 during vs 6.1 baseline
-10.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.2 during vs 9.9 baseline
-9.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Purdue 2009
5-7 • SRS -0.9
Biggest Improvement
Purdue 2011
7-6 • 5.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Purdue 2009
5-7 • SP Off 29.3
Best Defensive Season
Purdue 2009
5-7 • SP Def 23.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Purdue 2010
4-8 • SRS -8.5
Biggest Drop
Purdue 2010
4-8 • -7.6 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Purdue | 2012 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -4.2 | -1.0 | 27.6 | 27.0 | -0.8 | -28.8% |
| Purdue | 2011 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | -3.4 | 3.1 | 26.5 | 24.8 | +5.1 | +20.5% |
| Purdue | 2010 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -8.5 | -6.5 | 18.8 | 26.3 | -7.6 | -8.3% |
| Purdue | 2009 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -0.9 | 5.1 | 29.3 | 23.8 | — | — |
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