Coach Profile
1966-1971 • TCU, Tulane
2 schools coached, anchored by Tulane.
Jim Pittman coached 6 seasons, won 42.4%, and posted an average SRS of 0.9. Best season: 1970 Tulane. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Tulane
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 64.6.
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
8-4 • SRS 11.2 • SP Overall 12.6
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+11.5
SP Off / Def
23.4 / 11.2
Finish
#17
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.
TCU
1971-1971 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -0.4 • Win % 50.0%
Tulane
1966-1970 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 1.2 • Win % 41.3%
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.
Jim Pittman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Jim Pittman sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Pittman
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1971-1971 • 3-3-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 3.4 baseline
-0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.4 during vs 2.7 baseline
-3.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.4 during vs -2.7 baseline
-1.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1966-1970 • 21-30-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 1.6 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.2 during vs -3.4 baseline
+4.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
12.6 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+20.0%
High Points
Best Season
Tulane 1970
8-4 • SRS 11.2
Biggest Improvement
Tulane 1970
8-4 • 11.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
TCU 1971
3-3-1 • SP Off 25.1
Best Defensive Season
Tulane 1970
8-4 • SP Def 11.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Tulane 1968
2-8 • SRS -8.7
Biggest Drop
TCU 1971
3-3-1 • -11.6 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| TCU | 1971 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.4 | -4.4 | 25.1 | 29.5 | -11.6 | -16.7% |
| Tulane | 1970 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #17 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 23.4 | 11.2 | +11.5 | +36.7% |
| Tulane | 1969 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -0.3 | — | — | — | +8.4 | +10.0% |
| Tulane | 1968 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -8.7 | — | — | — | -7.8 | -10.0% |
| Tulane | 1967 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -0.9 | — | — | — | -5.4 | -25.0% |
| Tulane | 1966 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 4.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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