Top 25
10-32
- Games
- 42
- Win rate
- 23.8%
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Ron Zook
2002-2011 • Florida, Illinois
2 schools coached, anchored by Illinois.
Ron Zook coached 10 seasons, won 46.7%, and posted an average SRS of 3.5. Best season: 2004 Florida. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 57-65
- Career win rate
- 46.7%
- Average SRS
- 3.5
- Peak SRS
- 13.3
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #20
- Consistency
- 28.9
Primary school anchor
Illinois
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 69.4.
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.
Ron Zook
EliteStrongAverageLean
Ron Zook: 2005 Illinois
2002Actual season year • SRS range -10.5 to 13.32011
Active comparison point
Ron Zook • 2004
2004 Florida
Best season7-4 • SRS 13.3 • SP Overall 17.1
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+1.5
SP Off / Def
39.4 / 25.0
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.
Top 10
7-10
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 41.2%
Top 5
5-6
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 45.5%
View ranked game results42
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Illinois
2005-2011 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -0.0 • Win % 40.0%
Florida
2002-2004 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 11.6 • Win % 62.2%
- Longest tenure
- Illinois • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Florida • 11.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Florida • 62.2%
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.
Ron Zook sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRon Zook sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ron Zook
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 7.4
- Percentile
- 79th pct
Strong
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.
Illinois
2005-2011 • 34-51
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.0Win % 40.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.9 during vs 4.8 baseline
+0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.0 during vs 0.1 baseline
-0.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.8 during vs -0.1 baseline
+2.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
14.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
-5.7%
Florida
2002-2004 • 23-14
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.6Win % 62.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 9.8 baseline
-2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.6 during vs 22.3 baseline
-10.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
18.2 during vs 27.1 baseline
-8.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 100.0% baseline
-66.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Florida 2004
7-4 • SRS 13.3
Biggest Improvement
Illinois 2007
9-4 • 16.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Florida 2003
8-5 • SP Off 39.7
Best Defensive Season
Illinois 2011
6-6 • SP Def 17.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Illinois 2005
2-9 • SRS -10.5
Biggest Drop
Illinois 2005
2-9 • -23.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Illinois | 2011 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 0.9 | 6.8 | 23.6 | 17.1 | -8.1 | -3.9% |
| Illinois | 2010 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 9.0 | 8.6 | 30.2 | 22.4 | +15.2 | +28.8% |
| Illinois | 2009 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.2 | -5.7 | 27.1 | 32.0 | -9.9 | -16.7% |
| Illinois | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #20 | — | 3.7 | 8.9 | 33.2 | 23.8 | -6.0 | -27.6% |
| Illinois | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #20 | 9.7 | 12.7 | 34.7 | 22.9 | +16.4 | +52.6% |
| Illinois | 2006 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -6.7 | -2.8 | 20.1 | 22.3 | +3.8 | -1.5% |
| Illinois | 2005 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -10.5 | -8.8 | 25.6 | 34.3 | -23.8 | -45.5% |
| Florida | 2004 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #11 | — | 13.3 | 17.1 | 39.4 | 25.0 | +1.5 | +2.1% |
| Florida | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | #24 | 11.8 | 21.6 | 39.7 | 19.8 | +2.2 | 0.0% |
| Florida | 2002 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #6 | — | 9.6 | 15.9 | 35.6 | 21.6 | — | — |
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