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Neil Callaway

2007-2011UAB

One defining program at UAB.

Neil Callaway coached 5 seasons, won 30.0%, and posted an average SRS of -14.8. Best season: 2009 UAB. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
18-42
Career win rate
30.0%
Average SRS
-14.8
Peak SRS
-8.1

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
5
Career span
5 years
Best finish
Consistency
78.9

Primary school anchor

UAB

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 18.7.

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.

Neil Callaway
EliteStrongAverageLean
2007Actual season year • SRS range -20.1 to -8.12011

Active comparison point

Neil Callaway2009

Selected

2009 UAB

Best season

5-7 • SRS -8.1 • SP Overall -6.8

Win %

41.7%

YoY SRS

+5.6

SP Off / Def

30.4 / 36.9

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
Ranking timing

Top 25

1-3

Games
4
Win rate
25.0%

Top 10

0-0

Games
0
Win rate

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results4

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

UAB

2007-20115 seasons

Avg SRS -14.8 • Win % 30.0%

Longest tenure
UAB • 5 seasons
Best tenure
UAB • -14.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
UAB • 30.0%

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.

Neil Callaway sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Neil Callaway sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Neil Callaway

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-13.5
Percentile
19th 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.

UAB

2007-201118-42

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

Avg SRS -14.8Win % 30.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.6 during vs 5.0 baseline

-1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-14.8 during vs -7.5 baseline

-7.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.5 during vs -7.2 baseline

-6.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

UAB 2009

5-7SRS -8.1

Biggest Improvement

UAB 2008

4-86.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UAB 2009

5-7SP Off 30.4

Best Defensive Season

UAB 2010

4-8SP Def 33.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

UAB 2011

3-9SRS -20.1

Biggest Drop

UAB 2011

3-9-7.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

UAB20111239025.0%-20.1-19.222.942.8-7.9-8.3%
UAB20101248033.3%-12.2-9.726.033.2-4.1-8.3%
UAB20091257041.7%-8.1-6.830.436.9+5.6+8.3%
UAB20081248033.3%-13.7-10.324.535.4+6.1+16.7%
UAB200712210016.7%-19.8-21.717.841.2

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