Coach Profile
1973-1986 • Duke, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt
4 schools coached, anchored by Ole Miss.
Steve Sloan coached 14 seasons, won 44.3%, and posted an average SRS of 2.6. Best season: 1976 Texas Tech. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Ole Miss
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 75.5.
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.
Active comparison point
10-2 • SRS 15.9 • SP Overall 19.7
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+4.4
SP Off / Def
36.2 / 18.3
Finish
#13
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Duke
1983-1986 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -6.1 • Win % 29.5%
Ole Miss
1978-1982 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 2.5 • Win % 37.3%
Texas Tech
1975-1977 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 12.6 • Win % 65.7%
Vanderbilt
1973-1974 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 56.5%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Steve Sloan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Steve Sloan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Steve Sloan
Above average
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1983-1986 • 13-31
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 4.0 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.1 during vs 0.3 baseline
-6.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.8 during vs -1.3 baseline
-10.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1978-1982 • 20-34-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 4.8 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 7.1 baseline
-4.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.9 during vs 9.4 baseline
-8.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1975-1977 • 23-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 7.4 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.6 during vs 11.6 baseline
+1.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.4 during vs 10.4 baseline
+4.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
1973-1974 • 12-9-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 4.0 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 2.0 baseline
+3.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.1 during vs -1.8 baseline
+6.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Texas Tech 1976
10-2 • SRS 15.9
Biggest Improvement
Vanderbilt 1974
7-3-2 • 15.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas Tech 1976
10-2 • SP Off 36.2
Best Defensive Season
Texas Tech 1976
10-2 • SP Def 18.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Duke 1984
2-9 • SRS -8.8
Biggest Drop
Ole Miss 1978
5-6 • -9.5 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Duke | 1986 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -6.8 | -12.5 | 21.3 | 32.5 | -1.9 | 0.0% |
| Duke | 1985 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -4.9 | -11.7 | 19.1 | 29.8 | +3.9 | +18.2% |
| Duke | 1984 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -8.8 | -15.9 | 15.9 | 31.2 | -4.9 | -9.1% |
| Duke | 1983 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -3.9 | -7.0 | 30.1 | 35.7 | -7.4 | -9.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1982 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 3.5 | 2.8 | 27.2 | 25.2 | +4.2 | -4.5% |
| Ole Miss | 1981 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -0.7 | -3.4 | 23.4 | 26.9 | -7.1 | +13.6% |
| Ole Miss | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 6.4 | 4.4 | 30.9 | 28.1 | +3.8 | -9.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1979 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 2.6 | 2.6 | 31.5 | 29.9 | +1.8 | -9.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1978 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 0.8 | -1.8 | 22.2 | 24.0 | -9.5 | -12.9% |
| Texas Tech | 1977 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #8 | — | 10.3 | 10.8 | 31.2 | 21.8 | -5.6 | -25.0% |
| Texas Tech | 1976 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #13 | 15.9 | 19.7 | 36.2 | 18.3 | +4.4 | +28.8% |
| Texas Tech | 1975 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | 34.7 | 23.3 | -1.6 | -12.1% |
| Vanderbilt | 1974 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 13.1 | 12.2 | 31.2 | 20.0 | +15.4 | +21.2% |
| Vanderbilt | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -2.3 | -2.0 | 23.6 | 25.5 | — | — |
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