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Robert Ward

1967-1968Maryland

One defining program at Maryland.

Robert Ward coached 2 seasons, won 10.5%, and posted an average SRS of -8.9. Best season: 1968 Maryland. The profile was balanced with limited volatility context. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
2-17
Career win rate
10.5%
Average SRS
-8.9
Peak SRS
-4.3

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
2
Career span
2 years
Best finish
Consistency

Primary school anchor

Maryland

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 25.5.

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.

Robert Ward
EliteStrongAverageLean
1967Actual season year • SRS range -13.6 to -4.31968

Active comparison point

Robert Ward1968

Selected

1968 Maryland

Best seasonBiggest improvementBiggest drop

2-8 • SRS -4.3 • SP Overall

Win %

20.0%

YoY SRS

+9.3

SP Off / Def

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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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results2
1968 Regular Week 10MarylandPenn State#3L13-57
1967 Regular Week 6MarylandNC State#5L9-31

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Maryland

1967-19682 seasons

Avg SRS -8.9 • Win % 10.5%

Longest tenure
Maryland • 2 seasons
Best tenure
Maryland • -8.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Maryland • 10.5%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Robert Ward

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall
Percentile

Insufficient sample

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.

Maryland

1967-19682-17

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

Avg SRS -8.9Win % 10.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

1.0 during vs 4.4 baseline

-3.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.9 during vs 2.6 baseline

-11.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

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 1968

2-8SRS -4.3

Biggest Improvement

Maryland 1968

2-89.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Maryland 1967

0-9SRS -13.6

Biggest Drop

Maryland 1968

2-89.3 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Maryland19681028020.0%-4.3+9.3+20.0%
Maryland196790900.0%-13.6

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