Coach Profile
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 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
Illinois
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 69.4.
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
7-4 • 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.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Illinois
2005-2011 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -0.0 • Win % 40.0%
Florida
2002-2004 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 11.6 • Win % 62.2%
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.
Ron Zook sets the reference point in overall strength.
Ron Zook sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ron Zook
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2005-2011 • 34-51
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
2002-2004 • 23-14
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
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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