Cornell
1947-1960 • 66-58-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -7.9Win % 53.2%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
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George James
1947-1960 • Cornell
One defining stop at Cornell.
George James coached 14 seasons, won 53.2%, and posted an average SRS of -7.9. Best season: 1948 Cornell. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.
- Career record
- 66-58-2
- Career win rate
- 53.2%
- Average SRS
- -7.9
- Peak SRS
- 10.9
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
- #12
- Consistency
- 4.2
Primary school anchor
Cornell
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 64.0.
Career Arc
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.
George James
EliteStrongAverageLean
1947Actual season year • SRS range -28.9 to 10.91960
Active comparison point
George James • 1948
1948 Cornell
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-1 • SRS 10.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
88.9%
YoY SRS
+15.9
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#19
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Tenure map
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure
Cornell
1947-1960 • 14 seasons
Avg SRS -7.9 • Win % 53.2%
- Longest tenure
- Cornell • 14 seasons
- Best tenure
- Cornell • -7.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Cornell • 53.2%
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.
George James
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Cornell 1948
8-1 • SRS 10.9
Biggest Improvement
Cornell 1948
8-1 • 15.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Cornell 1960
2-7 • SRS -28.9
Biggest Drop
Cornell 1952
2-7 • -16.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Cornell | 1960 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -28.9 | — | — | — | -7.0 | -33.3% |
| Cornell | 1959 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -21.9 | — | — | — | -6.3 | -11.1% |
| Cornell | 1958 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -15.6 | — | — | — | +5.0 | +33.3% |
| Cornell | 1957 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -20.6 | — | — | — | +1.6 | +22.2% |
| Cornell | 1956 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -22.2 | — | — | — | -10.8 | -44.4% |
| Cornell | 1955 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -11.4 | — | — | — | -8.1 | 0.0% |
| Cornell | 1954 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -3.3 | — | — | — | +3.2 | 0.0% |
| Cornell | 1953 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 55.6% | — | — | -6.5 | — | — | — | +2.7 | +33.3% |
| Cornell | 1952 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -9.2 | — | — | — | -16.2 | -44.4% |
| Cornell | 1951 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | #20 | — | 7.0 | — | — | — | -0.8 | -11.1% |
| Cornell | 1950 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | #9 | — | 7.8 | — | — | — | 0.0 | -11.1% |
| Cornell | 1949 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #12 | 7.8 | — | — | — | -3.1 | 0.0% |
| Cornell | 1948 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #19 | 10.9 | — | — | — | +15.9 | +44.4% |
| Cornell | 1947 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -5.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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