Top 25
7-14
- Games
- 21
- Win rate
- 33.3%
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Coach Profile
Jim Leavitt
2000-2021 • SMU, South Florida
2 schools coached, anchored by South Florida.
Jim Leavitt coached 11 seasons, won 63.0%, and posted an average SRS of 0.9. Best season: 2007 South Florida. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 75-44
- Career win rate
- 63.0%
- Average SRS
- 0.9
- Peak SRS
- 17.3
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
- 11
- Career span
- 22 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 8.3
Primary school anchor
South Florida
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 78.8.
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.
Jim Leavitt
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Jim Leavitt: 2021 SMU
2000Actual season year • SRS range -26.3 to 17.32021
Active comparison point
Jim Leavitt • 2007
2007 South Florida
Best season9-4 • SRS 17.3 • SP Overall 15.8
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+12.0
SP Off / Def
33.1 / 16.5
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
3-5
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 37.5%
Top 5
1-2
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 33.3%
View ranked game results21
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
SMU
2021-2021 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 6.1 • Win % —
South Florida
2000-2009 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 0.4 • Win % 63.0%
- Longest tenure
- South Florida • 10 seasons
- Best tenure
- SMU • 6.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- South Florida • 63.0%
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.
Jim Leavitt sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Leavitt sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Leavitt
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.4
- Percentile
- 62th pct
Above average
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.
SMU
2021-2021 • 0-0
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.1Win % —
Avg wins
Higher is better
0.0 during vs 6.8 baseline
-6.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.1 during vs -3.0 baseline
+9.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.9 during vs -3.7 baseline
+12.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
South Florida
2000-2009 • 75-44
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 0.4Win % 63.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
South Florida 2007
9-4 • SRS 17.3
Biggest Improvement
South Florida 2001
8-3 • 28.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
SMU 2021
0-0 • SP Off 36.7
Best Defensive Season
South Florida 2006
9-4 • SP Def 12.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
South Florida 2000
7-4 • SRS -26.3
Biggest Drop
South Florida 2008
8-5 • -13.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| SMU | 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 6.1 | 8.9 | 36.7 | 27.1 | +3.2 | — |
| South Florida | 2009 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 2.9 | 2.8 | 26.9 | 22.5 | -0.8 | 0.0% |
| South Florida | 2008 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #19 | — | 3.7 | 8.0 | 28.8 | 20.9 | -13.6 | -7.7% |
| South Florida | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 17.3 | 15.8 | 33.1 | 16.5 | +12.0 | 0.0% |
| South Florida | 2006 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 5.3 | 10.7 | 25.4 | 12.8 | -2.8 | +19.2% |
| South Florida | 2005 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 8.1 | 2.3 | 22.4 | 20.1 | +18.5 | +13.6% |
| South Florida | 2004 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -10.4 | -9.7 | 32.3 | 39.2 | -5.2 | -27.3% |
| South Florida | 2003 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -5.2 | -5.6 | 24.0 | 29.5 | -11.8 | -18.2% |
| South Florida | 2002 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 6.6 | 15.2 | 35.2 | 21.3 | +4.9 | +9.1% |
| South Florida | 2001 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 1.7 | 2.2 | 30.7 | 29.7 | +28.0 | +9.1% |
| South Florida | 2000 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -26.3 | -35.3 | 9.6 | 39.8 | — | — |
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