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- Win rate
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Sparky Woods
1989-1993 • South Carolina
One defining program at South Carolina.
Sparky Woods coached 5 seasons, won 46.4%, and posted an average SRS of 3.0. Best season: 1990 South Carolina. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 24-28-3
- Career win rate
- 46.4%
- Average SRS
- 3.0
- Peak SRS
- 11.7
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 77.4
Primary school anchor
South Carolina
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 65.6.
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.
Sparky Woods
EliteStrongAverageLean
1989Actual season year • SRS range -1.8 to 11.71993
Active comparison point
Sparky Woods • 1990
1990 South Carolina
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS 11.7 • SP Overall 16.8
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+8.1
SP Off / Def
34.0 / 18.8
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
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results21
| 1993 Regular Week 13 | South Carolina | Clemson | #24 | L13-16 |
| 1993 Regular Week 12 | South Carolina | Florida | #8 | L26-37 |
| 1993 Regular Week 10 | South Carolina | Tennessee | #8 | L3-55 |
| 1993 Regular Week 6 | South Carolina | Alabama | #2 | L6-17 |
| 1993 Regular Week 2 | South Carolina | Georgia | #14 | W23-21 |
| 1992 Regular Week 12 | South Carolina | Florida | #11 | L9-14 |
| 1992 Regular Week 10 | South Carolina | Tennessee | #16 | W24-23 |
| 1992 Regular Week 8 | South Carolina | Mississippi State | #15 | W21-6 |
| 1992 Regular Week 6 | South Carolina | Alabama | #9 | L7-48 |
| 1992 Regular Week 2 | South Carolina | Georgia | #14 | L6-28 |
| 1991 Regular Week 13 | South Carolina | Clemson | #14 | L24-41 |
| 1991 Regular Week 11 | South Carolina | Florida State | #1 | L10-38 |
| 1991 Regular Week 10 | South Carolina | NC State | #19 | L21-38 |
| 1990 Regular Week 13 | South Carolina | Clemson | #16 | L15-24 |
| 1990 Regular Week 11 | South Carolina | Florida State | #12 | L10-41 |
| 1990 Regular Week 6 | South Carolina | Georgia Tech | #23 | L6-27 |
| 1989 Regular Week 12 | South Carolina | Clemson | #15 | L0-45 |
| 1989 Regular Week 10 | South Carolina | Florida State | #6 | L10-35 |
| 1989 Regular Week 9 | South Carolina | NC State | #20 | L10-20 |
| 1989 Regular Week 5 | South Carolina | Georgia | #23 | W24-20 |
| 1989 Regular Week 3 | South Carolina | West Virginia | #12 | L21-45 |
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
1989-1993 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 3.0 • Win % 46.4%
- Longest tenure
- South Carolina • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- South Carolina • 3.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- South Carolina • 46.4%
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.
Sparky Woods sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeSparky Woods sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Sparky Woods
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 6.1
- Percentile
- 76th pct
Strong
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
1989-1993 • 24-28-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 3.0Win % 46.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 6.8 baseline
-2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 8.9 baseline
-5.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.1 during vs 9.9 baseline
-3.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
South Carolina 1990
6-5 • SRS 11.7
Biggest Improvement
South Carolina 1990
6-5 • 8.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
South Carolina 1990
6-5 • SP Off 34.0
Best Defensive Season
South Carolina 1990
6-5 • SP Def 18.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
South Carolina 1992
5-6 • SRS -1.8
Biggest Drop
South Carolina 1991
3-6-2 • -11.8 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 | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 1.7 | 1.8 | 22.5 | 21.0 | +3.5 | -9.1% |
| South Carolina | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.8 | 2.5 | 22.7 | 20.5 | -1.7 | +9.1% |
| South Carolina | 1991 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 36.4% | — | — | -0.1 | 3.2 | 29.0 | 27.0 | -11.8 | -18.2% |
| South Carolina | 1990 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 11.7 | 16.8 | 34.0 | 18.8 | +8.1 | -4.5% |
| South Carolina | 1989 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 3.6 | 6.0 | 29.8 | 25.4 | — | — |
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