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- Win rate
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Gene Murphy
1980-1992 • Cal State Fullerton
One defining program at Cal State Fullerton.
Gene Murphy coached 13 seasons, won 39.9%, and posted an average SRS of -13.8. Best season: 1984 Cal State Fullerton. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 59-89-1
- Career win rate
- 39.9%
- Average SRS
- -13.8
- Peak SRS
- 1.1
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
- 13
- Career span
- 13 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 18.7
Primary school anchor
Cal State Fullerton
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 37.4.
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.
Gene Murphy
EliteStrongAverageLean
1980Actual season year • SRS range -30.8 to 1.11992
Active comparison point
Gene Murphy • 1984
1984 Cal State Fullerton
Best season11-1 • SRS 1.1 • SP Overall 9.4
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+6.3
SP Off / Def
32.0 / 23.8
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
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results9
| 1992 Regular Week 4 | Cal State Fullerton | Georgia | #19 | L0-56 |
| 1992 Regular Week 3 | Cal State Fullerton | UCLA | #16 | L14-37 |
| 1990 Regular Week 6 | Cal State Fullerton | Fresno State | #24 | L3-38 |
| 1990 Regular Week 3 | Cal State Fullerton | Auburn | #2 | L17-38 |
| 1988 Regular Week 6 | Cal State Fullerton | Wyoming | #18 | L16-35 |
| 1988 Regular Week 3 | Cal State Fullerton | West Virginia | #12 | L10-45 |
| 1987 Regular Week 7 | Cal State Fullerton | Florida | #14 | L0-65 |
| 1987 Regular Week 3 | Cal State Fullerton | LSU | #4 | L12-56 |
| 1983 Regular Week 5 | Cal State Fullerton | Arizona | #3 | L10-27 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Cal State Fullerton
1980-1992 • 13 seasons
Avg SRS -13.8 • Win % 39.9%
- Longest tenure
- Cal State Fullerton • 13 seasons
- Best tenure
- Cal State Fullerton • -13.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Cal State Fullerton • 39.9%
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.
Gene Murphy sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeGene Murphy sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gene Murphy
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -12.5
- Percentile
- 21th 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.
Cal State Fullerton
1980-1992 • 59-89-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -13.8Win % 39.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 3.4 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-13.8 during vs -16.1 baseline
+2.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-12.5 during vs -16.7 baseline
+4.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Cal State Fullerton 1984
11-1 • SRS 1.1
Biggest Improvement
Cal State Fullerton 1983
7-5 • 13.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Cal State Fullerton 1984
11-1 • SP Off 32.0
Best Defensive Season
Cal State Fullerton 1984
11-1 • SP Def 23.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Cal State Fullerton 1990
1-11 • SRS -30.8
Biggest Drop
Cal State Fullerton 1990
1-11 • -24.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Cal State Fullerton | 1992 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -25.6 | -29.6 | 12.6 | 39.4 | +2.6 | 0.0% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1991 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -28.2 | -29.6 | 15.4 | 41.5 | +2.6 | +9.8% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1990 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -30.8 | -29.4 | 22.5 | 45.3 | -24.1 | -50.8% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1989 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | -6.7 | -3.4 | 32.0 | 34.9 | +1.7 | +13.6% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1988 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -8.4 | -4.4 | 21.9 | 26.1 | +5.7 | -4.5% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1987 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -14.1 | -9.0 | 26.6 | 34.2 | -3.9 | +25.0% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1986 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -10.2 | -9.4 | 27.6 | 35.0 | +5.5 | -29.5% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1985 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -15.7 | -14.0 | 23.8 | 35.1 | -16.8 | -37.1% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1984 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | — | 1.1 | 9.4 | 32.0 | 23.8 | +6.3 | +33.3% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1983 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -5.2 | -0.3 | 23.8 | 23.8 | +13.5 | +33.3% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1982 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -18.7 | -20.2 | 10.2 | 30.0 | -10.4 | -2.3% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1981 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -8.3 | -10.0 | 19.7 | 28.9 | +0.8 | -9.1% |
| Cal State Fullerton | 1980 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -9.1 | -12.6 | 25.9 | 35.9 | — | — |
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