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Charlie Bachman

1919-1946Florida, Kansas State, Michigan State, Northwestern

4 schools coached, anchored by Michigan State.

Charlie Bachman coached 27 seasons, won 61.1%, and posted an average SRS of 5.9. Best season: 1935 Michigan State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career record
132-80-22
Career win rate
61.1%
Average SRS
5.9
Peak SRS
23.9

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
27
Career span
28 years
Best finish
Consistency
62.1

Primary school anchor

Michigan State

Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 90.9.

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.

Charlie Bachman
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Charlie Bachman: 1920 Kansas StateCharlie Bachman: 1928 FloridaCharlie Bachman: 1933 Michigan State
1919Actual season year • SRS range -3.9 to 23.91946

Active comparison point

Charlie Bachman1935

Selected

1935 Michigan State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

6-2 • SRS 23.9 • SP Overall

Win %

75.0%

YoY SRS

+17.6

SP Off / Def

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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

Michigan State

1933-194613 seasons

Avg SRS 7.7 • Win % 65.8%

Florida

1928-19325 seasons

Avg SRS 4.8 • Win % 59.4%

Kansas State

1920-19278 seasons

Avg SRS 4.1 • Win % 57.7%

Northwestern

1919-19191 seasons

Avg SRS 1.9 • Win % 28.6%

Longest tenure
Michigan State • 13 seasons
Best tenure
Michigan State • 7.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Michigan State • 65.8%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Charlie Bachman

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall
Percentile

Insufficient sample

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.

Michigan State

1933-194670-34-10

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

Avg SRS 7.7Win % 65.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.4 during vs 5.0 baseline

+0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.7 during vs 2.7 baseline

+5.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Florida

1928-193227-18-3

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

Avg SRS 4.8Win % 59.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.4 during vs 5.8 baseline

-0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.8 during vs 0.1 baseline

+4.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Kansas State

1920-192733-23-9

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

Avg SRS 4.1Win % 57.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 4.4 baseline

-0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.1 during vs -3.4 baseline

+7.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Northwestern

1919-19192-5

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

Avg SRS 1.9Win % 28.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 3.2 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.9 during vs 2.7 baseline

-0.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Michigan State 1935

6-2SRS 23.9

Biggest Improvement

Michigan State 1935

6-217.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kansas State 1927

3-5SRS -3.9

Biggest Drop

Kansas State 1927

3-5-14.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Michigan State19461055050.0%3.1-3.0-11.1%
Michigan State1945953161.1%6.1+1.2-24.6%
Michigan State1944761085.7%4.9+3.7+30.2%
Michigan State1942943255.6%1.2-6.7-5.6%
Michigan State1941953161.1%7.9-2.5+17.4%
Michigan State1940834143.8%10.4+7.3-6.3%
Michigan State1939944150.0%3.1-3.2-16.7%
Michigan State1938963066.7%6.3-1.4-13.3%
Michigan State19371082080.0%7.7-4.6+2.2%
Michigan State1936961277.8%12.3-11.6+2.8%
Michigan State1935862075.0%23.9+17.6-13.9%
Michigan State1934981088.9%6.3+0.1+26.4%
Michigan State1933842262.5%6.2+9.0+29.2%
Florida1932936033.3%-2.8-0.3+3.3%
Florida19311026230.0%-2.5-13.1-35.0%
Florida19301063165.0%10.6+5.4-15.0%
Florida19291082080.0%5.2-8.5-8.9%
Florida1928981088.9%13.7+17.6+51.4%
Kansas State1927835037.5%-3.9-14.9-25.0%
Kansas State1926853062.5%11.0-0.9-6.3%
Kansas State1925852168.8%11.9+14.4+25.0%
Kansas State1924834143.8%-2.5-7.9-18.8%
Kansas State1923842262.5%5.4-1.5-12.5%
Kansas State1922851275.0%6.9+1.6+12.5%
Kansas State1921853062.5%5.3+6.4+12.5%
Kansas State1920933350.0%-1.1-3.0+21.4%
Northwestern1919725028.6%1.9

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