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0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Marvin Bass
1951-1965 • South Carolina, William & Mary
2 schools coached, anchored by South Carolina.
Marvin Bass coached 6 seasons, won 43.3%, and posted an average SRS of 0.6. Best season: 1962 South Carolina. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 24-32-4
- Career win rate
- 43.3%
- Average SRS
- 0.6
- Peak SRS
- 8.2
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
- 6
- Career span
- 15 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 81.0
Primary school anchor
South Carolina
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 56.9.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Marvin Bass
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Marvin Bass: 1961 South Carolina
1951Actual season year • SRS range -5.4 to 8.21965
Active comparison point
Marvin Bass • 1962
1962 South Carolina
Best seasonBiggest improvement4-5-1 • SRS 8.2 • SP Overall —
Win %
45.0%
YoY SRS
+7.4
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results6
| 1965 Regular Week 10 | South Carolina | Alabama | #5 | L14-35 |
| 1965 Regular Week 7 | South Carolina | LSU | #5 | L7-21 |
| 1964 Regular Week 6 | South Carolina | Florida | #10 | L0-37 |
| 1964 Regular Week 5 | South Carolina | Nebraska | #5 | L6-28 |
| 1961 Regular Week 5 | South Carolina | LSU | #10 | L0-42 |
| 1951 Regular Week 3 | William & Mary | Oklahoma | #11 | L7-49 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
South Carolina
1961-1965 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 0.9 • Win % 38.0%
William & Mary
1951-1951 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -1.1 • Win % 70.0%
- Longest tenure
- South Carolina • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- South Carolina • 0.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- William & Mary • 70.0%
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 edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Marvin Bass
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
South Carolina
1961-1965 • 17-29-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 0.9Win % 38.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.4 during vs 5.6 baseline
-2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
0.9 during vs 3.3 baseline
-2.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
William & Mary
1951-1951 • 7-3
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -1.1Win % 70.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
South Carolina 1962
4-5-1 • SRS 8.2
Biggest Improvement
South Carolina 1962
4-5-1 • 7.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
South Carolina 1963
1-8-1 • SRS -5.4
Biggest Drop
South Carolina 1963
1-8-1 • -13.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| South Carolina | 1965 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.7 | — | — | — | +6.3 | +10.0% |
| South Carolina | 1964 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0% | — | — | -2.6 | — | — | — | +2.8 | +25.0% |
| South Carolina | 1963 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15.0% | — | — | -5.4 | — | — | — | -13.6 | -30.0% |
| South Carolina | 1962 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 8.2 | — | — | — | +7.4 | +5.0% |
| South Carolina | 1961 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 0.8 | — | — | — | +1.9 | -30.0% |
| William & Mary | 1951 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | -1.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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