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Larry Blakeney
2001-2014 • Troy
One defining program at Troy.
Larry Blakeney coached 14 seasons, won 50.6%, and posted an average SRS of -8.4. Best season: 2007 Troy. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 86-84
- Career win rate
- 50.6%
- Average SRS
- -8.4
- Peak SRS
- 6.6
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
- 14
- Career span
- 14 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 29.2
Primary school anchor
Troy
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 52.8.
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.
Larry Blakeney
EliteStrongAverageLean
2001Actual season year • SRS range -23.1 to 6.62014
Active comparison point
Larry Blakeney • 2007
2007 Troy
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-4 • SRS 6.6 • SP Overall -2.4
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+15.7
SP Off / Def
26.2 / 29.9
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
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results20
| 2014 Regular Week 4 | Troy | Georgia | #13 | L0-66 |
| 2011 Regular Week 3 | Troy | Arkansas | #14 | L28-38 |
| 2010 Regular Week 12 | Troy | South Carolina | #17 | L24-69 |
| 2009 Regular Week 2 | Troy | Florida | #1 | L6-56 |
| 2009 Postseason Week 1 | Troy | Central Michigan | #23 | L41-44 |
| 2008 Regular Week 12 | Troy | LSU | #19 | L31-40 |
| 2008 Regular Week 4 | Troy | Ohio State | #13 | L10-28 |
| 2007 Regular Week 10 | Troy | Georgia | #10 | L34-44 |
| 2007 Regular Week 2 | Troy | Florida | #4 | L31-59 |
| 2007 Regular Week 1 | Troy | Arkansas | #21 | L26-46 |
| 2006 Regular Week 4 | Troy | Nebraska | #23 | L0-56 |
| 2006 Regular Week 2 | Troy | Florida State | #9 | L17-24 |
| 2004 Regular Week 9 | Troy | LSU | #18 | L20-24 |
| 2004 Regular Week 3 | Troy | Missouri | #19 | W24-14 |
| 2003 Regular Week 7 | Troy | Nebraska | #12 | L0-30 |
| 2002 Regular Week 5 | Troy | Iowa State | #21 | L12-42 |
| 2002 Regular Week 2 | Troy | Nebraska | #9 | L16-31 |
| 2001 Regular Week 11 | Troy | Maryland | #15 | L14-47 |
| 2001 Regular Week 7 | Troy | Miami | #1 | L7-38 |
| 2001 Regular Week 2 | Troy | Nebraska | #4 | L14-42 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Troy
2001-2014 • 14 seasons
Avg SRS -8.4 • Win % 50.6%
- Longest tenure
- Troy • 14 seasons
- Best tenure
- Troy • -8.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Troy • 50.6%
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.
Larry Blakeney sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeLarry Blakeney sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Larry Blakeney
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -7.3
- Percentile
- 35th pct
Lower end
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.
Troy
2001-2014 • 86-84
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -8.4Win % 50.6%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Troy 2007
8-4 • SRS 6.6
Biggest Improvement
Troy 2007
8-4 • 15.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Troy 2012
5-7 • SP Off 32.0
Best Defensive Season
Troy 2008
8-5 • SP Def 22.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
Troy 2005
4-7 • SRS -23.1
Biggest Drop
Troy 2005
4-7 • -22.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Troy | 2014 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -19.3 | -15.9 | 22.4 | 37.5 | -7.4 | -25.0% |
| Troy | 2013 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -11.9 | -14.5 | 29.1 | 43.8 | -6.4 | +8.3% |
| Troy | 2012 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -5.5 | -3.5 | 32.0 | 35.7 | +12.6 | +16.7% |
| Troy | 2011 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -18.1 | -18.5 | 19.8 | 37.3 | -12.7 | -36.5% |
| Troy | 2010 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -5.4 | -4.4 | 27.8 | 32.7 | -5.2 | -7.7% |
| Troy | 2009 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | -0.2 | 0.5 | 31.3 | 31.6 | -0.3 | +7.7% |
| Troy | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 0.1 | 5.0 | 27.8 | 22.6 | -6.5 | -5.1% |
| Troy | 2007 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 6.6 | -2.4 | 26.2 | 29.9 | +15.7 | +5.1% |
| Troy | 2006 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | -9.1 | -11.5 | 16.0 | 27.7 | +14.0 | +25.2% |
| Troy | 2005 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -23.1 | -17.2 | 8.7 | 26.0 | -22.3 | -22.0% |
| Troy | 2004 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -0.8 | 4.6 | 26.3 | 22.7 | +9.1 | +8.3% |
| Troy | 2003 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -9.9 | -6.2 | 21.0 | 27.1 | +5.1 | +16.7% |
| Troy | 2002 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -15.0 | -18.9 | 14.2 | 32.7 | -9.1 | -30.3% |
| Troy | 2001 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -5.9 | 1.4 | 31.2 | 30.7 | — | — |
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