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- Win rate
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Coach Profile
Fran Curci
1971-1981 • Kentucky, Miami
2 schools coached, anchored by Kentucky.
Fran Curci coached 11 seasons, won 45.9%, and posted an average SRS of 8.2. Best season: 1977 Kentucky. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 55-65-2
- Career win rate
- 45.9%
- Average SRS
- 8.2
- Peak SRS
- 21.8
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
- 11 years
- Best finish
- #6
- Consistency
- 49.8
Primary school anchor
Kentucky
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 88.2.
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.
Fran Curci
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Fran Curci: 1973 Kentucky
1971Actual season year • SRS range -1.1 to 21.81981
Active comparison point
Fran Curci • 1977
1977 Kentucky
Best season10-1 • SRS 21.8 • SP Overall 23.6
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+8.1
SP Off / Def
30.7 / 7.7
Finish
#6
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
2-15
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 11.8%
Top 5
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results29
| 1981 Regular Week 8 | Kentucky | Georgia | #7 | L0-21 |
| 1981 Regular Week 5 | Kentucky | Clemson | #14 | L3-21 |
| 1981 Regular Week 3 | Kentucky | Alabama | #12 | L10-19 |
| 1980 Regular Week 12 | Kentucky | Florida | #19 | L15-17 |
| 1980 Regular Week 9 | Kentucky | Georgia | #4 | L0-27 |
| 1980 Regular Week 6 | Kentucky | Alabama | #1 | L0-45 |
| 1980 Regular Week 3 | Kentucky | Oklahoma | #3 | L7-29 |
| 1978 Regular Week 9 | Kentucky | Georgia | #13 | L16-17 |
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | Kentucky | LSU | #14 | L0-21 |
| 1978 Regular Week 6 | Kentucky | Penn State | #3 | L0-30 |
| 1978 Regular Week 5 | Kentucky | Maryland | #12 | L3-20 |
| 1977 Regular Week 5 | Kentucky | Penn State | #10 | W24-20 |
| 1976 Regular Week 9 | Kentucky | Maryland | #6 | L14-24 |
| 1976 Regular Week 8 | Kentucky | Georgia | #7 | L7-31 |
| 1976 Regular Week 3 | Kentucky | Kansas | #10 | L16-37 |
| 1975 Regular Week 11 | Kentucky | Florida | #14 | L7-48 |
| 1975 Regular Week 5 | Kentucky | Penn State | #10 | L3-10 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | Kentucky | Maryland | #20 | T10-10 |
| 1974 Regular Week 11 | Kentucky | Florida | #9 | W41-24 |
| 1974 Regular Week 6 | Kentucky | Auburn | #10 | L13-31 |
| 1973 Regular Week 13 | Kentucky | Tennessee | #19 | L14-16 |
| 1973 Regular Week 8 | Kentucky | LSU | #9 | L21-28 |
| 1973 Regular Week 4 | Kentucky | Alabama | #5 | L14-28 |
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Miami | Notre Dame | #10 | L17-20 |
| 1972 Regular Week 3 | Miami | Texas | #14 | L10-23 |
| 1972 Regular Week 2 | Miami | Florida State | #20 | L14-37 |
| 1971 Regular Week 11 | Miami | Houston | #16 | L6-27 |
| 1971 Regular Week 10 | Miami | Alabama | #4 | L3-31 |
| 1971 Regular Week 5 | Miami | Notre Dame | #7 | L0-17 |
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
1973-1981 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 8.7 • Win % 47.0%
Miami
1971-1972 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 40.9%
- Longest tenure
- Kentucky • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- Kentucky • 8.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kentucky • 47.0%
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.
Fran Curci sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFran Curci sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Fran Curci
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 8.4
- Percentile
- 81th pct
Strong
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
1973-1981 • 46-52-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.7Win % 47.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.1 during vs 2.6 baseline
+2.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.7 during vs 1.0 baseline
+7.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.9 during vs -1.3 baseline
+10.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
22.2% during vs 0.0% baseline
+22.2%
Miami
1971-1972 • 9-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.8Win % 40.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 5.1 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 7.0 baseline
-1.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.4 during vs -11.1 baseline
+17.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Kentucky 1977
10-1 • SRS 21.8
Biggest Improvement
Miami 1972
5-6 • 11.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kentucky 1974
6-5 • SP Off 32.3
Best Defensive Season
Kentucky 1977
10-1 • SP Def 7.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kentucky 1980
3-8 • SRS -1.1
Biggest Drop
Kentucky 1978
4-6-1 • -15.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kentucky | 1981 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 0.6 | -2.7 | 17.7 | 20.0 | +1.7 | 0.0% |
| Kentucky | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -1.1 | -3.5 | 23.2 | 26.6 | -8.5 | -18.2% |
| Kentucky | 1979 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 7.4 | 5.6 | 19.1 | 14.4 | +1.0 | +4.5% |
| Kentucky | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | #15 | — | 6.4 | 6.0 | 23.3 | 18.3 | -15.4 | -50.0% |
| Kentucky | 1977 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #6 | 21.8 | 23.6 | 30.7 | 7.7 | +8.1 | +24.2% |
| Kentucky | 1976 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #18 | 13.7 | 16.2 | 25.2 | 10.0 | +9.4 | +43.9% |
| Kentucky | 1975 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | 4.3 | 6.5 | 19.0 | 13.9 | -9.9 | -31.8% |
| Kentucky | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 14.2 | 17.9 | 32.3 | 15.6 | +3.5 | +9.1% |
| Kentucky | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 10.7 | 10.5 | 27.8 | 18.3 | -0.7 | 0.0% |
| Miami | 1972 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 11.4 | 15.7 | 26.6 | 11.4 | +11.2 | +9.1% |
| Miami | 1971 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 0.2 | -2.9 | 19.9 | 23.0 | — | — |
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