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Bill Curry

1980-1996 • Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky

3 schools coached, anchored by Georgia Tech.

Bill Curry coached 17 seasons, won 44.3%, and posted an average SRS of 2.0. Best season: 1989 Alabama. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
83-105-4
Career win rate
44.3%
Average SRS
2.0
Peak SRS
17.5

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
17
Career span
17 years
Best finish
#9
Consistency
20.2

Primary school anchor

Georgia Tech

Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 79.3.

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.

Bill Curry
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Bill Curry: 1987 AlabamaBill Curry: 1990 Kentucky
1980Actual season year • SRS range -13.6 to 17.51996

Active comparison point

Bill Curry • 1989

Selected

1989 Alabama

Best season

10-2 • SRS 17.5 • SP Overall 23.0

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+3.9

SP Off / Def

39.4 / 18.0

Finish

#9

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

7-45-2

Games
54
Win rate
14.8%

Top 10

3-29-1

Games
33
Win rate
10.6%

Top 5

1-15

Games
16
Win rate
6.3%
View ranked game results54
1996 Regular Week 14KentuckyTennessee#9L10-56
1996 Regular Week 9KentuckyLSU#17L14-41
1996 Regular Week 7KentuckyAlabama#13L7-35
1996 Regular Week 6KentuckyFlorida#1L0-65
1995 Regular Week 13KentuckyTennessee#4L31-34
1995 Regular Week 6KentuckyAuburn#13L21-42
1995 Regular Week 3KentuckyFlorida#5L7-42
1994 Regular Week 6KentuckyAuburn#9L14-41
1994 Regular Week 3KentuckyFlorida#2L7-73
1993 Regular Week 13KentuckyTennessee#7L0-48
1993 Regular Week 3KentuckyFlorida#7L20-24
1993 Postseason Week 1KentuckyClemson#23L13-14
1992 Regular Week 13KentuckyTennessee#20L13-34
1992 Regular Week 10KentuckyMississippi State#24L36-37
1992 Regular Week 9KentuckyGeorgia#7L7-40
1992 Regular Week 3KentuckyFlorida#4L19-35
1991 Regular Week 13KentuckyTennessee#10L7-16
1991 Regular Week 12KentuckyFlorida#5L26-35
1991 Regular Week 9KentuckyGeorgia#24L27-49
1990 Regular Week 14KentuckyTennessee#12L28-42
1990 Regular Week 13KentuckyFlorida#5L15-47
1990 Regular Week 7KentuckyOle Miss#24L29-35
1989 Regular Week 14AlabamaAuburn#11L20-30
1989 Regular Week 9AlabamaPenn State#14W17-16
1989 Regular Week 8AlabamaTennessee#6W47-30
1989 Postseason Week 1AlabamaMiami#1L25-33
1988 Regular Week 14AlabamaAuburn#7L10-15
1988 Regular Week 11AlabamaLSU#13L18-19
1987 Regular Week 14AlabamaAuburn#6L0-10
1987 Regular Week 12AlabamaNotre Dame#7L6-37
1987 Regular Week 11AlabamaLSU#10W22-10
1987 Regular Week 8AlabamaTennessee#13W41-22
1987 Regular Week 3AlabamaPenn State#20W24-13
1987 Postseason Week 1AlabamaMichigan#19L24-28
1986 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#17L24-31
1986 Regular Week 8Georgia TechAuburn#7L10-31
1985 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#20W20-16
1985 Regular Week 9Georgia TechTennessee#16T6-6
1985 Regular Week 8Georgia TechAuburn#8L14-17
1984 Regular Week 9Georgia TechAuburn#12L34-48
1983 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#7L24-27
1983 Regular Week 8Georgia TechAuburn#5L13-31
1983 Regular Week 6Georgia TechNorth Carolina#4L21-38
1983 Regular Week 3Georgia TechAlabama#12L7-20
1982 Regular Week 13Georgia TechGeorgia#1L18-38
1982 Regular Week 5Georgia TechNorth Carolina#12L0-41
1982 Regular Week 2Georgia TechAlabama#4L7-45
1981 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#2L7-44
1981 Regular Week 5Georgia TechNorth Carolina#6L7-28
1981 Regular Week 2Georgia TechAlabama#2W24-21
1980 Regular Week 14Georgia TechGeorgia#1L20-38
1980 Regular Week 11Georgia TechNotre Dame#6T3-3
1980 Regular Week 6Georgia TechNorth Carolina#8L0-33
1980 Regular Week 2Georgia TechAlabama#2L3-26

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Kentucky

1990-1996 • 7 seasons

Avg SRS -4.7 • Win % 33.3%

Alabama

1987-1989 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS 14.7 • Win % 72.2%

Georgia Tech

1980-1986 • 7 seasons

Avg SRS 3.4 • Win % 42.3%

Longest tenure
Kentucky • 7 seasons
Best tenure
Alabama • 14.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Alabama • 72.2%

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.

Bill Curry sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bill Curry sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bill Curry

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall
2.4
Percentile
65th 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.

Kentucky

1990-1996 • 26-52

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

Avg SRS -4.7Win % 33.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.7 during vs 5.2 baseline

-1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.7 during vs 3.7 baseline

-8.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.3 during vs 5.4 baseline

-9.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Alabama

1987-1989 • 26-10

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

Avg SRS 14.7Win % 72.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.7 during vs 8.0 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

14.7 during vs 17.0 baseline

-2.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.4 during vs 20.7 baseline

-1.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 80.0% baseline

-13.3%

Georgia Tech

1980-1986 • 31-43-4

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

Avg SRS 3.4Win % 42.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.4 during vs 5.6 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.4 during vs 5.0 baseline

-1.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.8 during vs 2.5 baseline

-0.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

14.3% during vs 0.0% baseline

+14.3%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Alabama 1989

10-2 • SRS 17.5

Biggest Improvement

Kentucky 1995

4-7 • 15.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Alabama 1989

10-2 • SP Off 39.4

Best Defensive Season

Georgia Tech 1985

9-2-1 • SP Def 10.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kentucky 1994

1-10 • SRS -13.6

Biggest Drop

Kentucky 1990

4-7 • -26.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Kentucky19961147036.4%——-7.6-7.722.029.0-9.70.0%
Kentucky19951147036.4%——2.14.929.225.6+15.7+27.3%
Kentucky19941111009.1%——-13.6-15.923.737.1-17.1-40.9%
Kentucky19931266050.0%——3.55.623.718.9+7.3+13.6%
Kentucky19921147036.4%——-3.8-2.725.728.4+1.0+9.1%
Kentucky19911138027.3%——-4.8-3.723.727.3+3.8-9.1%
Kentucky19901147036.4%——-8.6-10.825.734.7-26.1-47.0%
Alabama198912102083.3%#16#917.523.039.418.0+3.9+8.3%
Alabama19881293075.0%#14#1713.616.632.917.7+0.5+16.7%
Alabama19871275058.3%——13.118.632.315.3+4.5+8.3%
Georgia Tech19861155150.0%——8.69.831.123.0-5.4-29.2%
Georgia Tech19851292179.2%—#1914.016.225.110.0+2.9+20.1%
Georgia Tech19841164159.1%——11.111.032.022.4+11.7+31.8%
Georgia Tech19831138027.3%——-0.6-0.630.531.7+0.7-27.3%
Georgia Tech19821165054.5%——-1.3-5.427.132.4+5.1+45.5%
Georgia Tech19811111009.1%——-6.4-12.118.329.4-4.5-4.5%
Georgia Tech19801119113.6%——-1.9-6.117.023.1——

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