Top 25
8-20
- Games
- 28
- Win rate
- 28.6%
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Coach Profile
John Smith
1995-2012 • Arkansas, Louisville, Michigan State, Utah State
4 schools coached, anchored by Louisville.
John Smith coached 13 seasons, won 53.2%, and posted an average SRS of 1.9. Best season: 2005 Michigan State. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 83-73
- Career win rate
- 53.2%
- Average SRS
- 1.9
- Peak SRS
- 11.1
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
- 13
- Career span
- 18 years
- Best finish
- #17
- Consistency
- 53.6
Primary school anchor
Louisville
Offense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 64.4.
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.
John Smith
EliteStrongAverageLean
John Smith: 1998 LouisvilleJohn Smith: 2003 Michigan StateJohn Smith: 2012 Arkansas
1995Actual season year • SRS range -10.5 to 11.12012
Active comparison point
John Smith • 2005
2005 Michigan State
Best season5-6 • SRS 11.1 • SP Overall 12.9
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+6.9
SP Off / Def
40.1 / 27.2
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.
Top 10
3-7
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 30.0%
Top 5
2-4
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 33.3%
View ranked game results28
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Arkansas
2012-2012 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 2.6 • Win % 33.3%
Michigan State
2003-2006 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 5.3 • Win % 45.8%
Louisville
1998-2002 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 4.3 • Win % 66.1%
Utah State
1995-1997 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -6.8 • Win % 47.1%
- Longest tenure
- Louisville • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Michigan State • 5.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Louisville • 66.1%
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 Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJohn Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Smith
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 5.2
- Percentile
- 73th pct
Strong
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.
Arkansas
2012-2012 • 4-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.6Win % 33.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 8.4 baseline
-4.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.6 during vs 12.5 baseline
-9.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
11.6 during vs 17.5 baseline
-5.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Michigan State
2003-2006 • 22-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.3Win % 45.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 5.8 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 6.6 baseline
-1.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.9 during vs 9.4 baseline
-2.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Louisville
1998-2002 • 41-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.3Win % 66.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.2 during vs 5.6 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.3 during vs -1.0 baseline
+5.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.0 during vs -1.7 baseline
+9.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+0.0%
Utah State
1995-1997 • 16-18
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.8Win % 47.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 5.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.8 during vs -9.0 baseline
+2.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.0 during vs -6.9 baseline
+2.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Michigan State 2005
5-6 • SRS 11.1
Biggest Improvement
Louisville 1999
7-5 • 9.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Louisville 1998
7-5 • SP Off 44.5
Best Defensive Season
Louisville 2001
11-2 • SP Def 23.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Utah State 1995
4-7 • SRS -10.5
Biggest Drop
Michigan State 2006
4-8 • -13.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Arkansas | 2012 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | #10 | — | 2.6 | 11.6 | 36.5 | 24.8 | +5.1 | 0.0% |
| Michigan State | 2006 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -2.5 | -1.3 | 25.0 | 26.7 | -13.6 | -12.1% |
| Michigan State | 2005 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 11.1 | 12.9 | 40.1 | 27.2 | +6.9 | +3.8% |
| Michigan State | 2004 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 4.2 | 4.9 | 36.8 | 33.6 | -4.0 | -19.9% |
| Michigan State | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 8.2 | 11.1 | 35.4 | 26.4 | +7.0 | +7.7% |
| Louisville | 2002 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #17 | — | 1.2 | 3.1 | 33.6 | 32.0 | -8.6 | -30.8% |
| Louisville | 2001 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | — | #17 | 9.8 | 14.0 | 35.6 | 23.1 | +4.5 | +9.6% |
| Louisville | 2000 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 5.3 | 10.8 | 39.2 | 30.4 | -2.0 | +16.7% |
| Louisville | 1999 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 7.3 | 11.4 | 44.1 | 35.1 | +9.4 | 0.0% |
| Louisville | 1998 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -2.1 | 0.8 | 44.5 | 42.5 | -0.8 | +8.3% |
| Utah State | 1997 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -1.3 | 2.1 | 36.1 | 34.7 | +7.3 | -4.5% |
| Utah State | 1996 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -8.6 | -7.0 | 32.9 | 38.0 | +1.9 | +18.2% |
| Utah State | 1995 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -10.5 | -7.1 | 29.3 | 35.1 | — | — |
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