Coach Profile
1976-2004 • UNLV, USC
2 schools coached, anchored by USC.
John Robinson coached 18 seasons, won 62.9%, and posted an average SRS of 10.7. Best season: 1979 USC. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
USC
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 95.2.
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.
Active comparison point
11-0-1 • SRS 27.8 • SP Overall 28.6
Win %
95.8%
YoY SRS
+1.2
SP Off / Def
41.3 / 14.0
Finish
#2
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
UNLV
1999-2004 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -6.4 • Win % 40.0%
USC
1976-1997 • 12 seasons
Avg SRS 19.3 • Win % 74.1%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
John Robinson sets the reference point in overall strength.
John Robinson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Robinson
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1999-2004 • 28-42
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.7 during vs 2.6 baseline
+2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.4 during vs -18.5 baseline
+12.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.6 during vs -12.5 baseline
+4.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1976-1997 • 104-35-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.7 during vs 9.0 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
19.3 during vs 23.0 baseline
-3.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
22.4 during vs 23.0 baseline
-0.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
75.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
-25.0%
High Points
Best Season
USC 1979
11-0-1 • SRS 27.8
Biggest Improvement
UNLV 2000
8-5 • 21.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
USC 1979
11-0-1 • SP Off 41.3
Best Defensive Season
USC 1978
12-1 • SP Def 5.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
UNLV 1999
3-8 • SRS -18.7
Biggest Drop
UNLV 1999
3-8 • -28.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| UNLV | 2004 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -9.9 | -14.3 | 26.7 | 37.7 | -8.6 | -31.8% |
| UNLV | 2003 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -1.3 | 1.4 | 27.4 | 26.6 | +7.4 | +8.3% |
| UNLV | 2002 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -8.7 | -10.4 | 29.2 | 37.2 | -6.5 | +5.3% |
| UNLV | 2001 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -2.2 | -2.7 | 29.6 | 32.4 | -4.8 | -25.2% |
| UNLV | 2000 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 2.6 | 0.4 | 30.4 | 30.5 | +21.3 | +34.3% |
| UNLV | 1999 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -18.7 | -20.2 | 16.7 | 35.5 | -28.7 | -27.3% |
| USC | 1997 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #22 | — | 10.0 | 13.8 | 32.0 | 19.0 | -2.6 | +4.5% |
| USC | 1996 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #7 | — | 12.6 | 14.7 | 36.5 | 23.4 | -0.7 | -29.2% |
| USC | 1995 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | #7 | #12 | 13.3 | 16.3 | 35.9 | 21.1 | -2.9 | +8.3% |
| USC | 1994 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | #17 | #13 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 39.1 | 21.6 | -0.6 | +9.3% |
| USC | 1993 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #18 | — | 16.8 | 19.9 | 36.9 | 18.4 | -7.6 | -11.2% |
| USC | 1982 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #10 | #15 | 24.4 | 26.5 | 36.8 | 11.2 | +6.6 | -2.3% |
| USC | 1981 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #5 | #14 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 31.9 | 14.3 | -3.9 | -2.3% |
| USC | 1980 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | #4 | #11 | 21.7 | 26.7 | 34.4 | 8.3 | -6.1 | -18.6% |
| USC | 1979 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 95.8% | #1 | #2 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 41.3 | 14.0 | +1.2 | +3.5% |
| USC | 1978 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #9 | #2 | 26.6 | 34.7 | 39.2 | 5.1 | +6.2 | +25.6% |
| USC | 1977 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #4 | #13 | 20.4 | 23.1 | 39.3 | 17.7 | -3.1 | -25.0% |
| USC | 1976 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #8 | #2 | 23.5 | 26.4 | 39.1 | 13.4 | — | — |
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