Top 25
3-10-1
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 25.0%
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John Barnhill
1941-1949 • Arkansas, Tennessee
2 schools coached, anchored by Arkansas.
John Barnhill coached 8 seasons, won 69.8%, and posted an average SRS of 13.1. Best season: 1942 Tennessee. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 54-22-5
- Career win rate
- 69.8%
- Average SRS
- 13.1
- Peak SRS
- 21.6
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
- 8
- Career span
- 9 years
- Best finish
- #7
- Consistency
- 71.0
Primary school anchor
Arkansas
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 87.6.
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.
John Barnhill
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John Barnhill: 1946 Arkansas
1941Actual season year • SRS range 6.7 to 21.61949
Active comparison point
John Barnhill • 1942
1942 Tennessee
Best season9-1-1 • SRS 21.6 • SP Overall —
Win %
86.4%
YoY SRS
+7.8
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#7
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
1-8-1
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 15.0%
Top 5
1-2
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 33.3%
View ranked game results14
| 1949 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #13 | L14-27 |
| 1949 Regular Week 5 | Arkansas | Baylor | #6 | L13-35 |
| 1947 Regular Week 9 | Arkansas | Rice | #17 | L0-26 |
| 1947 Regular Week 7 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | #15 | W19-14 |
| 1947 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #7 | L6-21 |
| 1947 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | William & Mary | #14 | W21-19 |
| 1946 Regular Week 6 | Arkansas | Texas | #6 | L0-20 |
| 1946 Postseason Week 1 | Arkansas | LSU | #8 | T0-0 |
| 1945 Regular Week 7 | Tennessee | Alabama | #3 | L7-25 |
| 1944 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | USC | #7 | L0-25 |
| 1942 Regular Week 6 | Tennessee | Alabama | #9 | L0-8 |
| 1942 Postseason Week 1 | Tennessee | Tulsa | #4 | W14-7 |
| 1941 Regular Week 5 | Tennessee | Alabama | #9 | L2-9 |
| 1941 Regular Week 3 | Tennessee | Duke | #4 | L0-19 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Arkansas
1946-1949 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 10.1 • Win % 56.0%
Tennessee
1944-1945 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 14.3 • Win % 86.1%
Tennessee
1941-1942 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 17.7 • Win % 83.3%
- Longest tenure
- Arkansas • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tennessee • 17.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Tennessee • 86.1%
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 edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Barnhill
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
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.
Arkansas
1946-1949 • 22-17-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 10.1Win % 56.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 3.2 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.1 during vs -5.5 baseline
+15.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
Tennessee
1944-1945 • 15-2-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 14.3Win % 86.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 9.3 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.3 during vs 19.1 baseline
-4.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 100.0% baseline
+0.0%
Tennessee
1941-1942 • 17-3-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 17.7Win % 83.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.5 during vs 8.6 baseline
-0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
17.7 during vs 17.7 baseline
+0.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 80.0% baseline
+20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Tennessee 1942
9-1-1 • SRS 21.6
Biggest Improvement
Tennessee 1945
8-1 • 13.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Arkansas 1949
5-5 • SRS 6.7
Biggest Drop
Tennessee 1944
7-1-1 • -13.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Arkansas | 1949 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 6.7 | — | — | — | -1.8 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | 1948 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 8.5 | — | — | — | -4.2 | -9.1% |
| Arkansas | 1947 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 12.7 | — | — | — | +0.2 | -4.5% |
| Arkansas | 1946 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 63.6% | — | #16 | 12.5 | — | — | — | -8.3 | -25.3% |
| Tennessee | 1945 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #14 | 20.8 | — | — | — | +13.0 | +5.6% |
| Tennessee | 1944 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | #12 | 7.8 | — | — | — | -13.8 | -3.0% |
| Tennessee | 1942 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | — | #7 | 21.6 | — | — | — | +7.8 | +6.4% |
| Tennessee | 1941 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #18 | 13.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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