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Bill Lynch
1995-2010 • Ball State, Indiana
2 schools coached, anchored by Ball State.
Bill Lynch coached 12 seasons, won 40.3%, and posted an average SRS of -10.6. Best season: 2007 Indiana. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 56-83
- Career win rate
- 40.3%
- Average SRS
- -10.6
- Peak SRS
- 0.1
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
- 12
- Career span
- 16 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 42.3
Primary school anchor
Ball State
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 35.3.
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 Lynch
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Bill Lynch: 2007 Indiana
1995Actual season year • SRS range -24.5 to 0.12010
Active comparison point
Bill Lynch • 2007
2007 Indiana
Best seasonNew stop: Indiana7-6 • SRS 0.1 • SP Overall -0.2
Win %
53.8%
YoY SRS
+10.1
SP Off / Def
27.9 / 29.3
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
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-1
- Games
- 1
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results16
| 2010 Regular Week 11 | Indiana | Wisconsin | #6 | L20-83 |
| 2010 Regular Week 10 | Indiana | Iowa | #15 | L13-18 |
| 2010 Regular Week 6 | Indiana | Ohio State | #2 | L10-38 |
| 2010 Regular Week 5 | Indiana | Michigan | #19 | L35-42 |
| 2009 Regular Week 11 | Indiana | Penn State | #19 | L20-31 |
| 2009 Regular Week 10 | Indiana | Wisconsin | #24 | L28-31 |
| 2009 Regular Week 9 | Indiana | Iowa | #7 | L24-42 |
| 2009 Regular Week 5 | Indiana | Ohio State | #9 | L14-33 |
| 2009 Regular Week 4 | Indiana | Michigan | #23 | L33-36 |
| 2008 Regular Week 12 | Indiana | Penn State | #7 | L7-34 |
| 2002 Regular Week 10 | Ball State | Bowling Green | #24 | L20-38 |
| 2000 Regular Week 4 | Ball State | Kansas State | #7 | L0-76 |
| 2000 Regular Week 2 | Ball State | Florida | #9 | L19-40 |
| 1999 Regular Week 3 | Ball State | Wisconsin | #9 | L10-50 |
| 1997 Regular Week 12 | Ball State | Toledo | #18 | W35-3 |
| 1996 Regular Week 2 | Ball State | Kansas | #25 | L10-35 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Indiana
2007-2010 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -7.7 • Win % 38.8%
Ball State
1995-2002 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS -12.0 • Win % 41.1%
- Longest tenure
- Ball State • 8 seasons
- Best tenure
- Indiana • -7.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Ball State • 41.1%
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.
Bill Lynch sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBill Lynch sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bill Lynch
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -8.9
- Percentile
- 30th pct
Lower end
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.
Indiana
2007-2010 • 19-30
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -7.7Win % 38.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 3.4 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.7 during vs -8.3 baseline
+0.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.1 during vs -10.4 baseline
+5.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Ball State
1995-2002 • 37-53
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -12.0Win % 41.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 6.2 baseline
-1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-12.0 during vs -12.5 baseline
+0.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-10.7 during vs -5.5 baseline
-5.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Indiana 2007
7-6 • SRS 0.1
Biggest Improvement
Ball State 2000
5-6 • 12.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Ball State 2000
5-6 • SP Off 29.2
Best Defensive Season
Ball State 1995
7-4 • SP Def 22.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Ball State 1998
1-10 • SRS -24.5
Biggest Drop
Ball State 1998
1-10 • -16.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Indiana | 2010 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -9.0 | -5.3 | 28.4 | 33.5 | -2.7 | +8.3% |
| Indiana | 2009 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -6.3 | -6.7 | 25.4 | 30.4 | +9.1 | +8.3% |
| Indiana | 2008 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -15.4 | -8.3 | 24.3 | 31.6 | -15.5 | -28.8% |
| Indiana | 2007 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 0.1 | -0.2 | 27.9 | 29.3 | +10.1 | +3.9% |
| Ball State | 2002 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -10.0 | -10.6 | 27.1 | 35.5 | -0.7 | +4.5% |
| Ball State | 2001 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -9.3 | -12.0 | 24.5 | 34.4 | +2.1 | 0.0% |
| Ball State | 2000 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -11.4 | -6.7 | 29.2 | 34.8 | +12.5 | +45.5% |
| Ball State | 1999 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -23.9 | -29.0 | 14.8 | 40.2 | +0.6 | -9.1% |
| Ball State | 1998 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -24.5 | -22.2 | 16.5 | 36.7 | -16.3 | -36.4% |
| Ball State | 1997 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -8.2 | -6.8 | 25.6 | 32.0 | -4.6 | -21.2% |
| Ball State | 1996 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -3.6 | 3.1 | 26.8 | 24.7 | +1.6 | +3.0% |
| Ball State | 1995 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -5.2 | -1.7 | 20.8 | 22.5 | — | — |
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