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David Elson
2007-2009 • Western Kentucky
One defining program at Western Kentucky.
David Elson coached 3 seasons, won 25.0%, and posted an average SRS of -19.7. Best season: 2007 Western Kentucky. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 9-27
- Career win rate
- 25.0%
- Average SRS
- -19.7
- Peak SRS
- -13.9
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 83.6
Primary school anchor
Western Kentucky
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 9.9.
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.
David Elson
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2007Actual season year • SRS range -22.7 to -13.92009
Active comparison point
David Elson • 2007
2007 Western Kentucky
Best season7-5 • SRS -13.9 • SP Overall -22.5
Win %
58.3%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
15.6 / 36.3
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.
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- Win rate
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Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Western Kentucky
2007-2009 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -19.7 • Win % 25.0%
- Longest tenure
- Western Kentucky • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Western Kentucky • -19.7 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Western Kentucky • 25.0%
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.
David Elson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDavid Elson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
David Elson
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -24.1
- Percentile
- 3th 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.
Western Kentucky
2007-2009 • 9-27
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -19.7Win % 25.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Western Kentucky 2007
7-5 • SRS -13.9
Biggest Improvement
Western Kentucky 2009
0-12 • -0.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Western Kentucky 2009
0-12 • SP Off 17.1
Best Defensive Season
Western Kentucky 2008
2-10 • SP Def 34.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Western Kentucky 2009
0-12 • SRS -22.7
Biggest Drop
Western Kentucky 2008
2-10 • -8.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Western Kentucky | 2009 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -22.7 | -27.8 | 17.1 | 45.3 | -0.3 | -16.7% |
| Western Kentucky | 2008 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -22.4 | -22.1 | 12.8 | 34.2 | -8.5 | -41.7% |
| Western Kentucky | 2007 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -13.9 | -22.5 | 15.6 | 36.3 | — | — |
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