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Coach Profile

Robert King

1958-1972 • Furman

One defining program at Furman.

Robert King's coaching record is 60-88-4, highlighted by seasons at Furman from 1958 to 1972.

Robert King coached 15 seasons, won 40.8%, and posted an average SRS of -23.5. Best season: 1961 Furman. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 60-88-4
Career win rate: 40.8%
Average SRS: -23.5
Peak SRS: -9.9

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: 15
Career span: 15 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 27.7

Primary school anchor

Furman

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 16.1.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Robert King

Overall record: 60-88-4
Furman record: 60-88-4
Full-season record: 60-88-4
Vs AP Top 25: 0-2
Vs AP Top 10: 0-1
Vs AP Top 5: 0-0
Postseason / bowl record: 0-0
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 18, 1972. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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.

Robert King

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1958Actual season year • SRS range -38.8 to -9.91972

Active comparison point

Robert King • 1961

Selected

1961 Furman

Best season

7-3 • SRS -9.9 • SP Overall —

Win %

70.0%

YoY SRS

+9.1

SP Off / Def

— / —

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

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

0-2

Games: 2
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 10

0-1

Games: 1
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

View ranked game results2


1959 Regular Week 12	Furman	Clemson	#10	L3-56
1959 Regular Week 3	Furman	South Carolina	#16	L0-30

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Furman

1958-1972 • 15 seasons

Avg SRS -23.5 • Win % 40.8%

Longest tenure: Furman • 15 seasons
Best tenure: Furman • -23.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Furman • 40.8%

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.

Robert King sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Robert King sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Robert King

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -20.0
Percentile: 7th pct

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.

Furman

1958-1972 • 60-88-4

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -23.5Win % 40.8%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Furman 1961

7-3 • SRS -9.9

Biggest Improvement

Furman 1970

8-3 • 16.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Furman 1972

2-9 • SP Off 14.8

Best Defensive Season

Furman 1970

8-3 • SP Def 26.9

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Furman 1969

1-8-1 • SRS -38.8

Biggest Drop

Furman 1964

3-7 • -15.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Furman	1972	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	-28.0	-26.3	14.8	38.6	-15.1	-31.8%	Season summary
Furman	1971	11	5	5	1	50.0%	—	—	-12.9	-16.3	14.6	30.5	+9.3	-22.7%	Season summary
Furman	1970	11	8	3	0	72.7%	—	—	-22.2	-17.3	10.1	26.9	+16.6	+57.7%	Season summary
Furman	1969	10	1	8	1	15.0%	—	—	-38.8	—	—	—	-5.8	+5.0%	Season summary
Furman	1968	10	1	9	0	10.0%	—	—	-33.0	—	—	—	-4.2	-40.0%	Season summary
Furman	1967	10	5	5	0	50.0%	—	—	-28.8	—	—	—	+5.6	+25.0%	Season summary
Furman	1966	10	2	7	1	25.0%	—	—	-34.4	—	—	—	-7.7	-25.0%	Season summary
Furman	1965	10	5	5	0	50.0%	—	—	-26.7	—	—	—	+2.7	+20.0%	Season summary
Furman	1964	10	3	7	0	30.0%	—	—	-29.4	—	—	—	-15.5	-40.0%	Season summary
Furman	1963	10	7	3	0	70.0%	—	—	-13.9	—	—	—	+4.8	+30.0%	Season summary
Furman	1962	10	4	6	0	40.0%	—	—	-18.7	—	—	—	-8.8	-30.0%	Season summary
Furman	1961	10	7	3	0	70.0%	—	—	-9.9	—	—	—	+9.1	+15.0%	Season summary
Furman	1960	10	5	4	1	55.0%	—	—	-19.0	—	—	—	-3.0	+25.0%	Season summary
Furman	1959	10	3	7	0	30.0%	—	—	-16.0	—	—	—	+4.2	+7.8%	Season summary
Furman	1958	9	2	7	0	22.2%	—	—	-20.2	—	—	—	—	—	Season summary