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John Gutekunst

1986-1991Minnesota

One defining stop at Minnesota.

John Gutekunst coached 6 seasons, won 43.3%, and posted an average SRS of -3.1. Best season: 1986 Minnesota. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career record
28-37-2
Career win rate
43.3%
Average SRS
-3.1
Peak SRS
0.6

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
6
Career span
6 years
Best finish
Consistency
86.3

Primary school anchor

Minnesota

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 36.2.

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.

John Gutekunst
EliteStrongAverageLean
1986Actual season year • SRS range -9.4 to 0.61991

Active comparison point

John Gutekunst1986

Selected

1986 Minnesota

Best season

6-6 • SRS 0.6 • SP Overall 6.2

Win %

50.0%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

32.0 / 27.4

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

Minnesota

1986-19916 seasons

Avg SRS -3.1 • Win % 43.3%

Longest tenure
Minnesota • 6 seasons
Best tenure
Minnesota • -3.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Minnesota • 43.3%

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.

John Gutekunst sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

John Gutekunst sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

John Gutekunst

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-3.8
Percentile
45th pct

Mixed

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.

Minnesota

1986-199128-37-2

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

Avg SRS -3.1Win % 43.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.7 during vs 4.0 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.1 during vs -4.7 baseline

+1.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-3.8 during vs -7.8 baseline

+3.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Minnesota 1986

6-6SRS 0.6

Biggest Improvement

Minnesota 1989

6-55.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Minnesota 1986

6-6SP Off 32.0

Best Defensive Season

Minnesota 1991

2-9SP Def 27.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Minnesota 1991

2-9SRS -9.4

Biggest Drop

Minnesota 1991

2-9-9.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Minnesota19911129018.2%-9.4-10.617.027.1-9.8-36.4%
Minnesota19901165054.5%0.4-2.127.229.2+1.60.0%
Minnesota19891165054.5%-1.2-0.930.131.3+5.9+27.3%
Minnesota19881127227.3%-7.1-12.618.530.0-4.9-27.3%
Minnesota19871165054.5%-2.2-2.928.731.7-2.8+4.5%
Minnesota19861266050.0%0.66.232.027.4

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