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Joe Lee Dunn

1983-1994New Mexico, Ole Miss

2 schools coached, anchored by New Mexico.

Joe Lee Dunn coached 5 seasons, won 36.2%, and posted an average SRS of -5.1. Best season: 1994 Ole Miss. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
21-37
Career win rate
36.2%
Average SRS
-5.1
Peak SRS
2.8

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
5
Career span
12 years
Best finish
Consistency
63.0

Primary school anchor

New Mexico

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 41.1.

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.

Joe Lee Dunn
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Joe Lee Dunn: 1994 Ole Miss
1983Actual season year • SRS range -12.6 to 2.81994

Active comparison point

Joe Lee Dunn1994

Selected

1994 Ole Miss

Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Ole Miss

4-7 • SRS 2.8 • SP Overall 4.6

Win %

36.4%

YoY SRS

+8.6

SP Off / Def

25.2 / 21.6

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

0-11

Games
11
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-5

Games
5
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results11
1994 Regular Week 14Ole MissMississippi State#19L17-21
1994 Regular Week 9Ole MissAlabama#8L10-21
1994 Regular Week 6Ole MissFlorida#1L14-38
1994 Regular Week 2Ole MissAuburn#12L17-22
1986 Regular Week 3New MexicoBYU#11L30-31
1986 Regular Week 2New MexicoTennessee#8L21-35
1985 Regular Week 8New MexicoBYU#9L23-45
1985 Regular Week 6New MexicoNebraska#13L7-38
1985 Regular Week 5New MexicoAir Force#19L12-49
1984 Regular Week 10New MexicoBYU#4L0-48
1983 Regular Week 8New MexicoBYU#18L21-66

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Ole Miss

1994-19941 seasons

Avg SRS 2.8 • Win % 36.4%

New Mexico

1983-19864 seasons

Avg SRS -7.1 • Win % 36.2%

Longest tenure
New Mexico • 4 seasons
Best tenure
Ole Miss • 2.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Ole Miss • 36.4%

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.

Joe Lee Dunn sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Joe Lee Dunn sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Joe Lee Dunn

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-5.1
Percentile
42th pct

Mixed

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.

Ole Miss

1994-19944-7

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

Avg SRS 2.8Win % 36.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 7.2 baseline

-3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

2.8 during vs 4.4 baseline

-1.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 6.2 baseline

-1.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

New Mexico

1983-198617-30

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

Avg SRS -7.1Win % 36.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.3 during vs 6.2 baseline

-1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.1 during vs 0.0 baseline

-7.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-7.5 during vs -0.5 baseline

-7.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Ole Miss 1994

4-7SRS 2.8

Biggest Improvement

Ole Miss 1994

4-78.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

New Mexico 1985

3-8SP Off 35.0

Best Defensive Season

Ole Miss 1994

4-7SP Def 21.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

New Mexico 1984

4-8SRS -12.6

Biggest Drop

New Mexico 1984

4-8-12.7 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Ole Miss19941147036.4%2.84.625.221.6+8.6+3.0%
New Mexico19861248033.3%-5.8-7.630.136.3+4.4+6.1%
New Mexico19851138027.3%-10.2-10.235.041.8+2.4-6.1%
New Mexico19841248033.3%-12.6-14.625.136.7-12.7-16.7%
New Mexico19831266050.0%0.12.525.523.7

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