Coach Profile
1992-2005 • Colorado, Northwestern
2 schools coached, anchored by Colorado.
Gary Barnett coached 14 seasons, won 50.3%, and posted an average SRS of 4.2. Best season: 1995 Northwestern. The profile was offense-first 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
Colorado
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 85.6.
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
10-2 • SRS 20.7 • SP Overall 24.7
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+21.8
SP Off / Def
36.2 / 12.0
Finish
#8
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.
Colorado
1999-2005 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 7.1 • Win % 56.3%
Northwestern
1992-1998 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 1.3 • Win % 43.8%
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.
Gary Barnett sets the reference point in overall strength.
Gary Barnett sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Gary Barnett
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1999-2005 • 49-38
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 8.8 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.1 during vs 15.6 baseline
-8.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.9 during vs 20.2 baseline
-8.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
28.6% during vs 60.0% baseline
-31.4%
1992-1998 • 35-45-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 1.8 baseline
+3.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.3 during vs -11.8 baseline
+13.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.8 during vs -16.3 baseline
+18.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
28.6% during vs 0.0% baseline
+28.6%
High Points
Best Season
Northwestern 1995
10-2 • SRS 20.7
Biggest Improvement
Northwestern 1995
10-2 • 21.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Colorado 2001
10-3 • SP Off 42.6
Best Defensive Season
Northwestern 1995
10-2 • SP Def 12.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Northwestern 1992
3-8 • SRS -8.2
Biggest Drop
Colorado 2003
5-7 • -12.8 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Colorado | 2005 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.8 | 11.7 | 27.8 | 16.1 | +1.9 | -3.2% |
| Colorado | 2004 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 3.9 | 7.8 | 32.9 | 27.0 | +4.0 | +19.9% |
| Colorado | 2003 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -0.1 | 2.6 | 37.7 | 35.3 | -12.8 | -22.6% |
| Colorado | 2002 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | #7 | #20 | 12.7 | 19.8 | 40.0 | 22.5 | -0.5 | -12.6% |
| Colorado | 2001 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #9 | 13.2 | 20.2 | 42.6 | 25.4 | +7.8 | +49.6% |
| Colorado | 2000 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | #24 | — | 5.4 | 10.1 | 34.0 | 25.6 | -3.2 | -31.1% |
| Colorado | 1999 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #15 | — | 8.6 | 11.3 | 40.7 | 32.4 | +15.4 | +33.3% |
| Northwestern | 1998 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.8 | -9.0 | 24.2 | 32.3 | -8.3 | -16.7% |
| Northwestern | 1997 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 1.5 | 3.1 | 28.1 | 26.1 | -6.4 | -33.3% |
| Northwestern | 1996 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #18 | #15 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 34.6 | 28.2 | -12.8 | -8.3% |
| Northwestern | 1995 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #8 | 20.7 | 24.7 | 36.2 | 12.0 | +21.8 | +51.5% |
| Northwestern | 1994 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -1.1 | -1.4 | 30.5 | 32.3 | +3.8 | +13.6% |
| Northwestern | 1993 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -4.9 | -6.7 | 25.9 | 32.3 | +3.3 | -9.1% |
| Northwestern | 1992 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -8.2 | -6.3 | 27.6 | 33.4 | — | — |
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