Coach Profile
1953-1966 • Arkansas, Kansas, Wichita State
3 schools coached, anchored by Kansas.
Jack Mitchell coached 14 seasons, won 55.4%, and posted an average SRS of 6.6. Best season: 1960 Kansas. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Kansas
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 87.8.
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
7-2-1 • SRS 21.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+12.7
SP Off / Def
— / —
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.
Kansas
1958-1966 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 7.2 • Win % 51.1%
Arkansas
1955-1957 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 10.5 • Win % 58.3%
Wichita State
1953-1954 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -2.0 • Win % 71.0%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jack Mitchell
Insufficient sample
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1958-1966 • 44-42-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.9 during vs 2.6 baseline
+2.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.2 during vs -6.5 baseline
+13.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+11.1%
1955-1957 • 17-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 4.0 baseline
+1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
10.5 during vs 7.2 baseline
+3.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
1953-1954 • 13-5-1
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Kansas 1960
7-2-1 • SRS 21.7
Biggest Improvement
Kansas 1960
7-2-1 • 12.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Wichita State 1953
4-4-1 • SRS -8.1
Biggest Drop
Kansas 1958
4-5-1 • -13.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Kansas | 1966 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.3 | — | — | — | +0.3 | +5.0% |
| Kansas | 1965 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -6.6 | — | — | — | -10.5 | -40.0% |
| Kansas | 1964 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 3.9 | — | — | — | -8.5 | +10.0% |
| Kansas | 1963 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 12.4 | — | — | — | +0.8 | -15.0% |
| Kansas | 1962 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 11.6 | — | — | — | -9.4 | -3.2% |
| Kansas | 1961 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | #8 | — | 21.0 | — | — | — | -0.7 | -6.8% |
| Kansas | 1960 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | #11 | 21.7 | — | — | — | +12.7 | +25.0% |
| Kansas | 1959 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 9.0 | — | — | — | +11.1 | +5.0% |
| Kansas | 1958 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | -2.1 | — | — | — | -13.7 | -15.0% |
| Arkansas | 1957 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 11.6 | — | — | — | +3.1 | 0.0% |
| Arkansas | 1956 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 8.5 | — | — | — | -2.9 | +5.0% |
| Arkansas | 1955 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 11.4 | — | — | — | +7.4 | -35.0% |
| Wichita State | 1954 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | +12.1 | +40.0% |
| Wichita State | 1953 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | -8.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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