Coach Profile
1947-1973 • Ole Miss
One defining stop at Ole Miss.
John Vaught coached 25 seasons, won 74.5%, and posted an average SRS of 18.2. Best season: 1959 Ole Miss. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.
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 1 program stop and a peak score of 98.7.
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
10-1 • SRS 34.2 • SP Overall —
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
+13.9
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#2
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.
Ole Miss
1947-1973 • 25 seasons
Avg SRS 18.2 • Win % 74.5%
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.
John Vaught sets the reference point in overall strength.
John Vaught sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Vaught
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1947-1973 • 190-61-12
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.6 during vs 2.5 baseline
+5.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
18.2 during vs -1.4 baseline
+19.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
13.1 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
56.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+56.0%
High Points
Best Season
Ole Miss 1959
10-1 • SRS 34.2
Biggest Improvement
Ole Miss 1959
10-1 • 13.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Ole Miss 1970
7-4 • SP Off 38.2
Best Defensive Season
Ole Miss 1973
5-3 • SP Def 14.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Ole Miss 1949
4-5-1 • SRS 3.2
Biggest Drop
Ole Miss 1949
4-5-1 • -21.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Ole Miss | 1973 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 8.2 | 11.8 | 25.9 | 14.7 | -4.0 | -1.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1970 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #5 | #20 | 12.2 | 14.3 | 38.2 | 25.5 | -11.5 | -9.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1969 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #9 | #8 | 23.7 | — | — | — | +12.2 | +4.5% |
| Ole Miss | 1968 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | — | 11.5 | — | — | — | -1.4 | +9.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1967 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | -7.7 | -13.6% |
| Ole Miss | 1966 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 20.6 | — | — | — | +3.8 | +9.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1965 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 16.8 | — | — | — | +6.2 | +13.6% |
| Ole Miss | 1964 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | #1 | — | 10.6 | — | — | — | -10.9 | -30.0% |
| Ole Miss | 1963 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 80.0% | #2 | #7 | 21.5 | — | — | — | -2.6 | -20.0% |
| Ole Miss | 1962 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #6 | #3 | 24.1 | — | — | — | -6.6 | +18.2% |
| Ole Miss | 1961 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #9 | #5 | 30.7 | — | — | — | +3.0 | -13.6% |
| Ole Miss | 1960 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 95.5% | #2 | #2 | 27.7 | — | — | — | -6.5 | +4.5% |
| Ole Miss | 1959 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #8 | #2 | 34.2 | — | — | — | +13.9 | +9.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1958 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #6 | #11 | 20.3 | — | — | — | -3.4 | -4.5% |
| Ole Miss | 1957 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | — | #7 | 23.7 | — | — | — | +4.8 | +16.4% |
| Ole Miss | 1956 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #13 | — | 18.9 | — | — | — | -3.5 | -20.9% |
| Ole Miss | 1955 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #15 | #10 | 22.4 | — | — | — | +5.4 | +9.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1954 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #10 | #6 | 17.0 | — | — | — | -0.2 | +6.8% |
| Ole Miss | 1953 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 17.2 | — | — | — | -0.6 | -6.8% |
| Ole Miss | 1952 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 81.8% | — | #7 | 17.8 | — | — | — | +4.9 | +16.8% |
| Ole Miss | 1951 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | +9.1 | +15.0% |
| Ole Miss | 1950 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.8 | — | — | — | +0.6 | +5.0% |
| Ole Miss | 1949 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | 3.2 | — | — | — | -21.4 | -43.9% |
| Ole Miss | 1948 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #15 | 24.6 | — | — | — | +5.6 | +7.1% |
| Ole Miss | 1947 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #13 | 19.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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