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Fritz Shurmur

1971-1974Wyoming

One defining program at Wyoming.

Fritz Shurmur coached 4 seasons, won 34.1%, and posted an average SRS of -8.2. Best season: 1973 Wyoming. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
15-29
Career win rate
34.1%
Average SRS
-8.2
Peak SRS
-0.5

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
4
Career span
4 years
Best finish
Consistency
65.4

Primary school anchor

Wyoming

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 33.5.

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.

Fritz Shurmur
EliteStrongAverageLean
1971Actual season year • SRS range -14.0 to -0.51974

Active comparison point

Fritz Shurmur1973

Selected

1973 Wyoming

Best seasonBiggest improvement

4-7 • SRS -0.5 • SP Overall 3.1

Win %

36.4%

YoY SRS

+13.5

SP Off / Def

30.8 / 29.2

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

1-6

Games
7
Win rate
14.3%

Top 10

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results7
1974 Regular Week 5WyomingArizona State#18L10-16
1974 Regular Week 3WyomingTexas#9L7-34
1973 Regular Week 13WyomingHouston#14L0-35
1973 Regular Week 11WyomingArizona State#13L0-47
1972 Regular Week 4WyomingArizona State#11W45-43
1971 Regular Week 10WyomingArizona State#9L19-52
1971 Regular Week 2WyomingColorado#12L13-56

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Wyoming

1971-19744 seasons

Avg SRS -8.2 • Win % 34.1%

Longest tenure
Wyoming • 4 seasons
Best tenure
Wyoming • -8.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Wyoming • 34.1%

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.

Fritz Shurmur sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Fritz Shurmur sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Fritz Shurmur

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-8.2
Percentile
32th 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.

Wyoming

1971-197415-29

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -8.2Win % 34.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.8 during vs 6.8 baseline

-3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.2 during vs 9.6 baseline

-17.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-8.2 during vs -16.3 baseline

+8.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Wyoming 1973

4-7SRS -0.5

Biggest Improvement

Wyoming 1973

4-713.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Wyoming 1973

4-7SP Off 30.8

Best Defensive Season

Wyoming 1973

4-7SP Def 29.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

Wyoming 1972

4-7SRS -14.0

Biggest Drop

Wyoming 1974

2-9-12.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Wyoming19741129018.2%-13.3-17.615.032.4-12.8-18.2%
Wyoming19731147036.4%-0.53.130.829.2+13.50.0%
Wyoming19721147036.4%-14.0-15.922.736.3-8.9-9.1%
Wyoming19711156045.5%-5.1-2.427.229.7

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