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2-32
- Games
- 34
- Win rate
- 5.9%
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Steve Sloan
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 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 68-86-3
- Career win rate
- 44.3%
- Average SRS
- 2.6
- Peak SRS
- 15.9
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
- 14
- Career span
- 14 years
- Best finish
- #13
- Consistency
- 37.0
Primary school anchor
Ole Miss
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 75.5.
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.
Steve Sloan
EliteStrongAverageLean
Steve Sloan: 1975 Texas TechSteve Sloan: 1978 Ole MissSteve Sloan: 1983 Duke
1973Actual season year • SRS range -8.8 to 15.91986
Active comparison point
Steve Sloan • 1976
1976 Texas Tech
Best season10-2 • 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.
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
1-16
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 5.9%
Top 5
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results34
| 1986 Regular Week 8 | Duke | Clemson | #16 | L3-35 |
| 1986 Regular Week 3 | Duke | Georgia | #14 | L7-31 |
| 1983 Regular Week 9 | Duke | Maryland | #13 | L3-38 |
| 1983 Regular Week 6 | Duke | Miami | #12 | L17-56 |
| 1982 Regular Week 9 | Ole Miss | LSU | #13 | L8-45 |
| 1982 Regular Week 6 | Ole Miss | Georgia | #5 | L10-33 |
| 1982 Regular Week 4 | Ole Miss | Arkansas | #9 | L12-14 |
| 1982 Regular Week 3 | Ole Miss | Alabama | #4 | L14-42 |
| 1981 Regular Week 6 | Ole Miss | Georgia | #11 | L7-37 |
| 1981 Regular Week 5 | Ole Miss | Alabama | #11 | L7-38 |
| 1980 Regular Week 13 | Ole Miss | Mississippi State | #16 | L14-19 |
| 1980 Regular Week 7 | Ole Miss | Georgia | #6 | L21-28 |
| 1980 Regular Week 4 | Ole Miss | Alabama | #1 | L35-59 |
| 1979 Regular Week 11 | Ole Miss | Tulane | #20 | L15-49 |
| 1979 Regular Week 4 | Ole Miss | Missouri | #5 | L7-33 |
| 1978 Regular Week 10 | Ole Miss | LSU | #10 | L8-30 |
| 1978 Regular Week 4 | Ole Miss | Missouri | #14 | L14-45 |
| 1977 Regular Week 13 | Texas Tech | Arkansas | #6 | L14-17 |
| 1977 Regular Week 9 | Texas Tech | Texas | #1 | L0-26 |
| 1977 Regular Week 4 | Texas Tech | Texas A&M | #5 | L17-33 |
| 1977 Postseason Week 1 | Texas Tech | Florida State | #14 | L17-40 |
| 1976 Regular Week 12 | Texas Tech | Houston | #7 | L19-27 |
| 1976 Regular Week 9 | Texas Tech | Texas | #20 | W31-28 |
| 1976 Postseason Week 1 | Texas Tech | Nebraska | #9 | L24-27 |
| 1975 Regular Week 12 | Texas Tech | Arkansas | #19 | L14-31 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Texas Tech | Arizona | #13 | L28-32 |
| 1975 Regular Week 6 | Texas Tech | Texas A&M | #6 | L9-38 |
| 1975 Regular Week 5 | Texas Tech | Oklahoma State | #15 | L16-17 |
| 1975 Regular Week 4 | Texas Tech | Texas | #6 | L18-42 |
| 1974 Regular Week 6 | Vanderbilt | Florida | #8 | W24-10 |
| 1974 Regular Week 4 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #4 | L10-23 |
| 1973 Regular Week 14 | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | #20 | L17-20 |
| 1973 Regular Week 12 | Vanderbilt | Tulane | #17 | L3-24 |
| 1973 Regular Week 5 | Vanderbilt | Alabama | #3 | L0-44 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
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%
- Longest tenure
- Ole Miss • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Texas Tech • 12.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Texas Tech • 65.7%
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.
Steve Sloan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeSteve Sloan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Steve Sloan
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.8
- Percentile
- 60th pct
Above average
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.
Duke
1983-1986 • 13-31
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -6.1Win % 29.5%
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%
Ole Miss
1978-1982 • 20-34-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.5Win % 37.3%
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%
Texas Tech
1975-1977 • 23-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 12.6Win % 65.7%
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%
Vanderbilt
1973-1974 • 12-9-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.4Win % 56.5%
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%
Career highs and lows
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
Season-by-season results
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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