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Coach Profile

Rich Brooks

1977-2009 • Kentucky, Oregon

2 schools coached, anchored by Oregon.

Rich Brooks coached 25 seasons, won 45.5%, and posted an average SRS of 2.9. Best season: 1980 Oregon. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 130-156-4
Career win rate: 45.5%
Average SRS: 2.9
Peak SRS: 15.1

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: 25
Career span: 33 years
Best finish: #11
Consistency: 46.1

Primary school anchor

Oregon

Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 73.9.

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.

Rich Brooks

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Rich Brooks: 2003 Kentucky

1977Actual season year • SRS range -10.5 to 15.12009

Active comparison point

Rich Brooks • 1980

Selected

1980 Oregon

Best season

6-3-2 • SRS 15.1 • SP Overall 14.9

Win %

63.6%

YoY SRS

+11.7

SP Off / Def

32.0 / 18.0

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.

Poll source

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

12-65-2

Games: 79
Win rate: 16.5%

Top 10

3-31-1

Games: 35
Win rate: 10.0%

Top 5

1-15

Games: 16
Win rate: 6.3%

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2009 Regular Week 6	Kentucky	South Carolina	#25	L26-28
2009 Regular Week 5	Kentucky	Alabama	#3	L20-38
2009 Regular Week 4	Kentucky	Florida	#1	L7-41
2009 Postseason Week 1	Kentucky	Clemson	#24	L13-21
2008 Regular Week 11	Kentucky	Georgia	#14	L38-42
2008 Regular Week 9	Kentucky	Florida	#5	L5-63
2008 Regular Week 6	Kentucky	Alabama	#2	L14-17
2007 Regular Week 13	Kentucky	Tennessee	#19	L50-52
2007 Regular Week 12	Kentucky	Georgia	#8	L13-24
2007 Regular Week 8	Kentucky	Florida	#14	L37-45
2007 Regular Week 7	Kentucky	LSU	#1	W43-37
2007 Regular Week 6	Kentucky	South Carolina	#11	L23-38
2007 Regular Week 3	Kentucky	Louisville	#9	W40-34
2006 Regular Week 13	Kentucky	Tennessee	#19	L12-17
2006 Regular Week 7	Kentucky	LSU	#14	L0-49
2006 Regular Week 4	Kentucky	Florida	#5	L7-26
2005 Regular Week 12	Kentucky	Georgia	#14	L13-45
2005 Regular Week 10	Kentucky	Auburn	#17	L27-49
2005 Regular Week 4	Kentucky	Florida	#5	L28-49
2004 Regular Week 14	Kentucky	Tennessee	#15	L31-37
2004 Regular Week 11	Kentucky	Georgia	#8	L17-62
2004 Regular Week 9	Kentucky	Auburn	#3	L10-42
2004 Regular Week 5	Kentucky	Florida	#16	L3-20
2003 Regular Week 15	Kentucky	Tennessee	#7	L7-20
2003 Regular Week 14	Kentucky	Georgia	#6	L10-30
2003 Regular Week 6	Kentucky	Florida	#25	L21-24
1994 Regular Week 10	Oregon	Arizona	#11	W10-9
1994 Regular Week 9	Oregon	Washington	#9	W31-20
1994 Regular Week 7	Oregon	Washington State	#22	L7-21
1994 Regular Week 6	Oregon	USC	#19	W22-7
1994 Postseason Week 1	Oregon	Penn State	#2	L20-38
1993 Regular Week 11	Oregon	Arizona	#14	L10-31
1993 Regular Week 9	Oregon	Washington	#22	L6-21
1993 Regular Week 6	Oregon	California	#17	L41-42
1992 Regular Week 10	Oregon	Washington State	#19	W34-17
1992 Regular Week 8	Oregon	Washington	#1	L3-24
1992 Regular Week 7	Oregon	USC	#20	L10-32
1992 Regular Week 3	Oregon	Stanford	#21	L7-21
1992 Postseason Week 1	Oregon	Wake Forest	#25	L35-39
1991 Regular Week 9	Oregon	Washington	#3	L7-29
1991 Regular Week 7	Oregon	California	#13	L7-45
1990 Regular Week 8	Oregon	Washington	#13	L17-38
1990 Regular Week 6	Oregon	BYU	#11	W32-16
1990 Regular Week 5	Oregon	Arizona	#16	L17-22
1989 Regular Week 10	Oregon	BYU	#23	L41-45
1989 Regular Week 6	Oregon	Washington State	#21	L38-51
1989 Regular Week 5	Oregon	Arizona	#17	W16-10
1989 Regular Week 3	Oregon	Iowa	#24	W44-6
1988 Regular Week 11	Oregon	UCLA	#6	L6-16
1988 Regular Week 9	Oregon	Washington	#17	W17-14
1988 Regular Week 7	Oregon	USC	#3	L14-42
1987 Regular Week 8	Oregon	UCLA	#8	L10-41
1987 Regular Week 4	Oregon	Ohio State	#7	L14-24
1986 Regular Week 9	Oregon	Washington	#6	L3-38
1986 Regular Week 8	Oregon	Stanford	#19	L7-41
1986 Regular Week 7	Oregon	Arizona State	#10	L17-37
1986 Regular Week 6	Oregon	USC	#9	L21-35
1986 Regular Week 5	Oregon	Nebraska	#3	L14-48
1986 Regular Week 4	Oregon	Arizona	#10	L17-41
1985 Regular Week 5	Oregon	Nebraska	#16	L0-63
1984 Regular Week 9	Oregon	Washington	#1	L10-17
1983 Regular Week 9	Oregon	Washington	#11	L3-32
1983 Regular Week 8	Oregon	Arizona	#19	W19-10
1983 Regular Week 3	Oregon	Ohio State	#6	L6-31
1982 Regular Week 9	Oregon	UCLA	#11	L12-40
1982 Regular Week 8	Oregon	Notre Dame	#15	T13-13
1982 Regular Week 5	Oregon	USC	#16	L7-38
1982 Regular Week 4	Oregon	Washington	#1	L21-37
1981 Regular Week 4	Oregon	Washington	#16	L3-17
1980 Regular Week 11	Oregon	UCLA	#17	W20-14
1980 Regular Week 8	Oregon	USC	#8	T7-7
1980 Regular Week 2	Oregon	Stanford	#13	L25-35
1979 Regular Week 5	Oregon	Purdue	#12	L7-13
1979 Regular Week 4	Oregon	Washington	#9	L17-21
1979 Regular Week 3	Oregon	Michigan State	#8	L17-41
1978 Regular Week 10	Oregon	UCLA	#9	L21-23
1978 Regular Week 3	Oregon	USC	#7	L10-37
1977 Regular Week 7	Oregon	USC	#5	L15-33
1977 Regular Week 2	Oregon	Georgia	#17	L16-27

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

2003-2009 • 7 seasons

Avg SRS 0.6 • Win % 45.4%

Oregon

1977-1994 • 18 seasons

Avg SRS 3.8 • Win % 45.6%

Longest tenure: Oregon • 18 seasons
Best tenure: Oregon • 3.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Oregon • 45.6%

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.

Rich Brooks sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Rich Brooks sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Rich Brooks

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.7
Percentile: 63th pct

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

2003-2009 • 39-47

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

Avg SRS 0.6Win % 45.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.6 during vs 4.8 baseline

+0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.6 during vs 1.0 baseline

-0.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-1.2 during vs 2.7 baseline

-3.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Oregon

1977-1994 • 91-109-4

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

Avg SRS 3.8Win % 45.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.1 during vs 3.0 baseline

+2.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.8 during vs -1.5 baseline

+5.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.8 during vs -5.9 baseline

+8.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

5.6% during vs 0.0% baseline

+5.6%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Oregon 1980

6-3-2 • SRS 15.1

Biggest Improvement

Kentucky 2006

8-5 • 14.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Kentucky 2007

8-5 • SP Off 38.8

Best Defensive Season

Oregon 1982

2-8-1 • SP Def 17.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kentucky 2005

3-8 • SRS -10.5

Biggest Drop

Oregon 1981

2-9 • -19.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Kentucky	2009	13	7	6	0	53.8%	—	—	6.7	2.1	23.8	23.1	+4.7	0.0%
Kentucky	2008	13	7	6	0	53.8%	—	—	2.0	-1.8	18.1	19.5	-9.3	-7.7%
Kentucky	2007	13	8	5	0	61.5%	—	—	11.3	13.4	38.8	24.9	+7.0	0.0%
Kentucky	2006	13	8	5	0	61.5%	—	—	4.3	1.7	33.3	30.8	+14.8	+34.3%
Kentucky	2005	11	3	8	0	27.3%	—	—	-10.5	-12.5	21.4	33.9	-2.3	+9.1%
Kentucky	2004	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	-8.2	-7.1	25.4	32.0	-7.1	-15.2%
Kentucky	2003	12	4	8	0	33.3%	—	—	-1.1	-4.5	31.9	35.3	-14.0	-35.9%
Oregon	1994	13	9	4	0	69.2%	—	#11	12.9	14.9	33.2	19.4	+3.6	+23.8%
Oregon	1993	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	9.3	7.7	33.0	27.0	+2.6	-4.5%
Oregon	1992	12	6	6	0	50.0%	—	—	6.7	7.5	27.8	21.3	+5.7	+22.7%
Oregon	1991	11	3	8	0	27.3%	—	—	1.0	0.7	24.0	23.5	-10.1	-39.4%
Oregon	1990	12	8	4	0	66.7%	—	—	11.1	14.2	33.2	19.8	-1.0	0.0%
Oregon	1989	12	8	4	0	66.7%	—	—	12.1	13.0	38.0	26.6	+6.2	+16.7%
Oregon	1988	12	6	6	0	50.0%	—	—	5.9	8.1	30.1	23.3	+2.4	-4.5%
Oregon	1987	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	3.5	6.6	28.0	22.5	+1.9	+9.1%
Oregon	1986	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	1.6	3.7	33.2	31.2	-0.5	0.0%
Oregon	1985	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	2.1	2.5	32.7	31.6	+3.2	-9.1%
Oregon	1984	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-1.1	-0.5	27.0	27.6	+5.1	+13.6%
Oregon	1983	11	4	6	1	40.9%	—	—	-6.2	-10.2	15.4	25.2	-5.8	+18.2%
Oregon	1982	11	2	8	1	22.7%	—	—	-0.4	-0.9	16.5	17.5	+4.0	+4.5%
Oregon	1981	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	-4.4	-10.2	17.0	26.9	-19.5	-45.5%
Oregon	1980	11	6	3	2	63.6%	—	—	15.1	14.9	32.0	18.0	+11.7	+9.1%
Oregon	1979	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	3.4	-3.8	20.6	24.5	-2.0	+36.4%
Oregon	1978	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	5.4	1.4	21.3	20.0	+14.4	0.0%
Oregon	1977	11	2	9	0	18.2%	—	—	-9.0	-18.5	21.8	37.5	—	—