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Roy Lester

1969-1971Maryland

One defining stop at Maryland.

Roy Lester coached 3 seasons, won 21.9%, and posted an average SRS of -11.0. Best season: 1971 Maryland. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career record
7-25
Career win rate
21.9%
Average SRS
-11.0
Peak SRS
-4.5

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
78.6

Primary school anchor

Maryland

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 25.1.

Career Arc

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.

Roy Lester
EliteStrongAverageLean
1969Actual season year • SRS range -14.9 to -4.51971

Active comparison point

Roy Lester1971

Selected

1971 Maryland

Best seasonBiggest improvement

2-9 • SRS -4.5 • SP Overall -9.0

Win %

18.2%

YoY SRS

+9.0

SP Off / Def

24.4 / 32.4

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Tenure map

Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Maryland

1969-19713 seasons

Avg SRS -11.0 • Win % 21.9%

Longest tenure
Maryland • 3 seasons
Best tenure
Maryland • -11.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Maryland • 21.9%

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.

Roy Lester sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Roy Lester sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Roy Lester

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-12.0
Percentile
22th pct

Lower end

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Maryland

1969-19717-25

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -11.0Win % 21.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.3 during vs 3.0 baseline

-0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.0 during vs -2.6 baseline

-8.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-12.0 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

Maryland 1971

2-9SRS -4.5

Biggest Improvement

Maryland 1971

2-99.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Maryland 1971

2-9SP Off 24.4

Best Defensive Season

Maryland 1970

2-9SP Def 26.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Maryland 1969

3-7SRS -14.9

Biggest Drop

Maryland 1970

2-91.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Maryland19711129018.2%-4.5-9.024.432.4+9.00.0%
Maryland19701129018.2%-13.5-15.011.626.1+1.4-11.8%
Maryland19691037030.0%-14.9

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