Coach Profile
1967-1992 • North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
3 schools coached, anchored by North Carolina.
Bill Dooley coached 26 seasons, won 55.8%, and posted an average SRS of 3.1. Best season: 1977 North Carolina. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 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
North Carolina
Defense-First profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 81.3.
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
8-3-1 • SRS 18.5 • SP Overall 18.6
Win %
70.8%
YoY SRS
+13.3
SP Off / Def
25.9 / 8.3
Finish
#17
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.
Wake Forest
1987-1992 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -1.9 • Win % 44.8%
Virginia Tech
1978-1986 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 4.6 • Win % 62.3%
North Carolina
1967-1977 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS 4.6 • 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.
Bill Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Bill Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bill Dooley
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.
1987-1992 • 29-36-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 4.4 baseline
+0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.9 during vs -2.3 baseline
+0.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.1 during vs -6.9 baseline
+1.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+16.7%
1978-1986 • 63-38-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 4.6 baseline
+2.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 0.8 baseline
+3.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.5 during vs -2.1 baseline
+4.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+11.1%
1967-1977 • 69-53-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 4.6 baseline
+1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 3.2 baseline
+1.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.2 during vs — baseline
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Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
18.2% during vs 0.0% baseline
+18.2%
High Points
Best Season
North Carolina 1977
8-3-1 • SRS 18.5
Biggest Improvement
Wake Forest 1992
8-4 • 16.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
North Carolina 1974
7-5 • SP Off 38.2
Best Defensive Season
North Carolina 1977
8-3-1 • SP Def 8.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Wake Forest 1991
3-8 • SRS -10.6
Biggest Drop
Virginia Tech 1978
4-7 • -21.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Wake Forest | 1992 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #25 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 30.5 | 26.1 | +16.3 | +39.4% |
| Wake Forest | 1991 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -10.6 | -14.6 | 21.3 | 34.2 | -4.4 | 0.0% |
| Wake Forest | 1990 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -6.2 | -11.7 | 29.8 | 38.6 | +2.8 | +4.5% |
| Wake Forest | 1989 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -9.0 | -14.9 | 23.4 | 35.7 | -14.0 | -36.4% |
| Wake Forest | 1988 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 5.0 | 4.9 | 30.4 | 27.1 | +1.6 | -4.5% |
| Wake Forest | 1987 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 3.4 | -0.7 | 22.0 | 22.7 | -1.5 | -15.5% |
| Virginia Tech | 1986 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | — | #20 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 26.5 | 24.8 | +0.3 | +24.6% |
| Virginia Tech | 1985 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 4.6 | 1.2 | 28.0 | 27.4 | -3.7 | -12.1% |
| Virginia Tech | 1984 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 8.3 | 7.6 | 19.7 | 12.7 | -3.8 | -15.2% |
| Virginia Tech | 1983 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 12.1 | 5.6 | 24.0 | 19.4 | +13.1 | +18.2% |
| Virginia Tech | 1982 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -1.0 | -7.9 | 16.0 | 23.4 | -7.6 | 0.0% |
| Virginia Tech | 1981 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 6.6 | 6.5 | 22.0 | 16.7 | -1.0 | -3.0% |
| Virginia Tech | 1980 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 7.6 | 10.5 | 21.9 | 12.0 | +6.2 | +21.2% |
| Virginia Tech | 1979 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.4 | 2.2 | 25.5 | 23.8 | +4.6 | +9.1% |
| Virginia Tech | 1978 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -3.2 | -5.6 | 18.2 | 23.7 | -21.7 | -34.5% |
| North Carolina | 1977 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 70.8% | — | #17 | 18.5 | 18.6 | 25.9 | 8.3 | +13.3 | -4.2% |
| North Carolina | 1976 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 5.2 | -0.7 | 23.2 | 23.7 | +11.8 | +43.2% |
| North Carolina | 1975 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -6.6 | -10.0 | 22.2 | 31.3 | -18.1 | -26.5% |
| North Carolina | 1974 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 11.5 | 12.0 | 38.2 | 28.0 | +10.3 | +22.0% |
| North Carolina | 1973 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #19 | — | 1.2 | -0.6 | 28.1 | 28.7 | -11.2 | -55.3% |
| North Carolina | 1972 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | — | #12 | 12.4 | 16.1 | 34.2 | 19.5 | -0.7 | +16.7% |
| North Carolina | 1971 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 13.1 | 13.1 | 28.4 | 15.5 | +5.1 | +8.3% |
| North Carolina | 1970 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 8.0 | 8.9 | 34.2 | 27.3 | +8.7 | +16.7% |
| North Carolina | 1969 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -0.7 | — | — | — | +3.6 | +20.0% |
| North Carolina | 1968 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -4.3 | — | — | — | +3.4 | +10.0% |
| North Carolina | 1967 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | -7.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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