Coach Profile
1980-1983 • LSU
One defining stop at LSU.
Jerry Stovall coached 4 seasons, won 51.1%, and posted an average SRS of 7.8. Best season: 1982 LSU. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
LSU
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 87.2.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
8-3-1 • SRS 21.3 • SP Overall 19.3
Win %
70.8%
YoY SRS
+26.3
SP Off / Def
38.0 / 20.2
Finish
#11
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
LSU
1980-1983 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 7.8 • Win % 51.1%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Jerry Stovall sets the reference point in overall strength.
Jerry Stovall sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jerry Stovall
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1980-1983 • 22-21-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 6.6 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.8 during vs 12.6 baseline
-4.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 10.6 baseline
-6.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
High Points
Best Season
LSU 1982
8-3-1 • SRS 21.3
Biggest Improvement
LSU 1982
8-3-1 • 26.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
LSU 1982
8-3-1 • SP Off 38.0
Best Defensive Season
LSU 1980
7-4 • SP Def 18.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
LSU 1981
3-7-1 • SRS -5.0
Biggest Drop
LSU 1983
4-7 • -16.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| LSU | 1983 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #12 | — | 5.1 | 3.5 | 29.3 | 27.1 | -16.2 | -34.5% |
| LSU | 1982 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | #11 | 21.3 | 19.3 | 38.0 | 20.2 | +26.3 | +39.0% |
| LSU | 1981 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -5.0 | -14.1 | 18.0 | 30.5 | -14.9 | -31.8% |
| LSU | 1980 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 9.9 | 8.5 | 25.9 | 18.3 | — | — |
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