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John Ray
1969-1972 • Kentucky
One defining program at Kentucky.
John Ray coached 4 seasons, won 23.3%, and posted an average SRS of -0.6. Best season: 1972 Kentucky. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 10-33
- Career win rate
- 23.3%
- Average SRS
- -0.6
- Peak SRS
- 2.0
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 95.7
Primary school anchor
Kentucky
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 39.5.
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 Ray
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1969Actual season year • SRS range -3.5 to 2.01972
Active comparison point
John Ray • 1972
1972 Kentucky
Best season3-8 • SRS 2.0 • SP Overall -0.3
Win %
27.3%
YoY SRS
+4.1
SP Off / Def
19.1 / 19.4
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
0-11
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results18
| 1972 Regular Week 12 | Kentucky | Tennessee | #12 | L7-17 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | Kentucky | LSU | #7 | L0-10 |
| 1972 Regular Week 3 | Kentucky | Alabama | #7 | L0-35 |
| 1971 Regular Week 11 | Kentucky | Tennessee | #11 | L7-21 |
| 1971 Regular Week 7 | Kentucky | Georgia | #8 | L0-34 |
| 1971 Regular Week 6 | Kentucky | LSU | #12 | L13-17 |
| 1971 Regular Week 4 | Kentucky | Auburn | #5 | L6-38 |
| 1970 Regular Week 13 | Kentucky | Tennessee | #5 | L0-45 |
| 1970 Regular Week 8 | Kentucky | LSU | #10 | L7-14 |
| 1970 Regular Week 6 | Kentucky | Auburn | #8 | L15-33 |
| 1970 Regular Week 5 | Kentucky | Ole Miss | #5 | L17-20 |
| 1969 Regular Week 11 | Kentucky | Tennessee | #10 | L26-31 |
| 1969 Regular Week 10 | Kentucky | Florida | #15 | L6-31 |
| 1969 Regular Week 7 | Kentucky | Georgia | #11 | L0-30 |
| 1969 Regular Week 6 | Kentucky | LSU | #9 | L10-37 |
| 1969 Regular Week 4 | Kentucky | Auburn | #20 | L3-44 |
| 1969 Regular Week 3 | Kentucky | Ole Miss | #20 | W10-9 |
| 1969 Regular Week 2 | Kentucky | Indiana | #10 | L30-58 |
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
1969-1972 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -0.6 • Win % 23.3%
- Longest tenure
- Kentucky • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Kentucky • -0.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Kentucky • 23.3%
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.
John Ray sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJohn Ray sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Ray
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -1.3
- Percentile
- 52th pct
Mixed
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
1969-1972 • 10-33
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.6Win % 23.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 3.8 baseline
-1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.6 during vs 4.5 baseline
-5.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-1.3 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Kentucky 1972
3-8 • SRS 2.0
Biggest Improvement
Kentucky 1970
2-9 • 4.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Kentucky 1971
3-8 • SP Off 21.6
Best Defensive Season
Kentucky 1970
2-9 • SP Def 19.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Kentucky 1969
2-8 • SRS -3.5
Biggest Drop
Kentucky 1971
3-8 • -3.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kentucky | 1972 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 2.0 | -0.3 | 19.1 | 19.4 | +4.1 | 0.0% |
| Kentucky | 1971 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -2.1 | -4.0 | 21.6 | 25.7 | -3.5 | +9.1% |
| Kentucky | 1970 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | 1.4 | 0.4 | 19.5 | 19.2 | +4.9 | -1.8% |
| Kentucky | 1969 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -3.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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