Longevity CoachOffense-First

Coach Profile

Watson Brown

1983-2006 • Cincinnati, Rice, UAB, Vanderbilt

4 schools coached, anchored by UAB.

Watson Brown coached 19 seasons, won 35.4%, and posted an average SRS of -8.1. Best season: 1987 Vanderbilt. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 75-137-1
Career win rate: 35.4%
Average SRS: -8.1
Peak SRS: 0.0

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: 19
Career span: 24 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 54.8

Primary school anchor

UAB

Offense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 35.1.

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.

Watson Brown

EliteStrongAverageLean

Watson Brown: 1984 RiceWatson Brown: 1986 VanderbiltWatson Brown: 1996 UAB

1983Actual season year • SRS range -21.1 to 0.02006

Active comparison point

Watson Brown • 1987

Selected

1987 Vanderbilt

Best season

4-7 • SRS 0.0 • SP Overall -0.3

Win %

36.4%

YoY SRS

+10.1

SP Off / Def

35.6 / 35.5

Finish

Unranked

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

UAB

1996-2006 • 11 seasons

Avg SRS -7.7 • Win % 45.6%

Vanderbilt

1986-1990 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -8.5 • Win % 18.2%

Rice

1984-1985 • 2 seasons

Avg SRS -11.9 • Win % 18.2%

Cincinnati

1983-1983 • 1 seasons

Avg SRS -1.8 • Win % 40.9%

Longest tenure: UAB • 11 seasons
Best tenure: Cincinnati • -1.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate: UAB • 45.6%

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.

Watson Brown sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Watson Brown sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Watson Brown

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -9.8
Percentile: 28th pct

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.

UAB

1996-2006 • 57-68

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

Avg SRS -7.7Win % 45.6%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Vanderbilt

1986-1990 • 10-45

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -8.5Win % 18.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 4.4 baseline

-2.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.5 during vs 1.5 baseline

-10.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-12.5 during vs -0.3 baseline

-12.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Rice

1984-1985 • 4-18

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -11.9Win % 18.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 2.2 baseline

-0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.9 during vs -9.1 baseline

-2.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-14.8 during vs -13.0 baseline

-1.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Cincinnati

1983-1983 • 4-6-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -1.8Win % 40.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 4.2 baseline

-0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.8 during vs -2.2 baseline

+0.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.4 during vs 0.7 baseline

-1.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Vanderbilt 1987

4-7 • SRS 0.0

Biggest Improvement

UAB 1999

5-6 • 14.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Vanderbilt 1987

4-7 • SP Off 35.6

Best Defensive Season

Cincinnati 1983

4-6-1 • SP Def 22.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Vanderbilt 1990

1-10 • SRS -21.1

Biggest Drop

Vanderbilt 1990

1-10 • -13.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


UAB	2006	12	3	9	0	25.0%	—	—	-10.0	-11.3	19.9	31.9	-5.7	-20.4%
UAB	2005	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-4.3	2.3	33.3	31.0	-1.2	-12.9%
UAB	2004	12	7	5	0	58.3%	—	—	-3.1	-3.2	35.4	37.5	+4.3	+16.7%
UAB	2003	12	5	7	0	41.7%	—	—	-7.4	-8.1	23.5	30.9	+5.2	0.0%
UAB	2002	12	5	7	0	41.7%	—	—	-12.6	-15.6	25.7	38.5	-12.5	-12.9%
UAB	2001	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-0.1	-1.2	24.7	26.1	0.0	-9.1%
UAB	2000	11	7	4	0	63.6%	—	—	-0.1	1.4	24.4	23.3	+0.4	+18.2%
UAB	1999	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-0.5	1.9	29.9	28.9	+14.4	+9.1%
UAB	1998	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	-14.9	-17.7	21.9	37.2	-0.2	-9.1%
UAB	1997	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-14.7	-18.7	15.0	33.2	+2.7	0.0%
UAB	1996	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-17.4	-23.0	21.3	40.6	+3.7	+36.4%
Vanderbilt	1990	11	1	10	0	9.1%	—	—	-21.1	-26.3	26.5	45.7	-13.8	0.0%
Vanderbilt	1989	11	1	10	0	9.1%	—	—	-7.3	-12.5	17.8	29.0	-3.3	-18.2%
Vanderbilt	1988	11	3	8	0	27.3%	—	—	-4.0	-8.7	22.7	30.5	-4.0	-9.1%
Vanderbilt	1987	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	0.0	-0.3	35.6	35.5	+10.1	+27.3%
Vanderbilt	1986	11	1	10	0	9.1%	—	—	-10.1	-14.9	23.6	35.9	-0.7	-18.2%
Rice	1985	11	3	8	0	27.3%	—	—	-9.4	-9.4	32.0	38.6	+5.0	+18.2%
Rice	1984	11	1	10	0	9.1%	—	—	-14.4	-20.1	24.0	40.6	-12.6	-31.8%
Cincinnati	1983	11	4	6	1	40.9%	—	—	-1.8	-0.4	22.3	22.7	—	—

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 11.1

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