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Jim Grobe

1995-2016Baylor, Ohio, Wake Forest

3 schools coached, anchored by Wake Forest.

Jim Grobe coached 20 seasons, won 49.2%, and posted an average SRS of -1.2. Best season: 2006 Wake Forest. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
117-121-1
Career win rate
49.2%
Average SRS
-1.2
Peak SRS
8.0

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
20
Career span
22 years
Best finish
#18
Consistency
41.5

Primary school anchor

Wake Forest

Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 56.5.

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.

Jim Grobe
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Grobe: 2001 Wake ForestJim Grobe: 2016 Baylor
1995Actual season year • SRS range -20.5 to 8.02016

Active comparison point

Jim Grobe2006

Selected

2006 Wake Forest

Best season

11-3 • SRS 8.0 • SP Overall 6.5

Win %

78.6%

YoY SRS

+8.9

SP Off / Def

23.6 / 18.4

Finish

#18

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

6-33

Games
39
Win rate
15.4%

Top 10

0-13

Games
13
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-7

Games
7
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results39
2016 Regular Week 14BaylorWest Virginia#14L21-24
2016 Regular Week 11BaylorOklahoma#9L24-45
2013 Regular Week 13Wake ForestDuke#25L21-28
2013 Regular Week 11Wake ForestFlorida State#3L3-59
2013 Regular Week 9Wake ForestMiami#7L21-24
2013 Regular Week 5Wake ForestClemson#3L7-56
2012 Regular Week 12Wake ForestNotre Dame#3L0-38
2012 Regular Week 9Wake ForestClemson#14L13-42
2012 Regular Week 3Wake ForestFlorida State#5L0-52
2011 Regular Week 11Wake ForestClemson#9L28-31
2011 Regular Week 7Wake ForestVirginia Tech#19L17-38
2011 Regular Week 6Wake ForestFlorida State#23W35-30
2010 Regular Week 3Wake ForestStanford#19L24-68
2009 Regular Week 10Wake ForestGeorgia Tech#10L27-30
2009 Regular Week 9Wake ForestMiami#18L27-28
2008 Regular Week 4Wake ForestFlorida State#24W12-3
2007 Regular Week 11Wake ForestClemson#20L10-44
2007 Regular Week 7Wake ForestFlorida State#21W24-21
2007 Regular Week 2Wake ForestNebraska#16L17-20
2006 Regular Week 14Wake ForestGeorgia Tech#23W9-6
2006 Regular Week 12Wake ForestVirginia Tech#19L6-27
2006 Regular Week 10Wake ForestBoston College#16W21-14
2006 Regular Week 6Wake ForestClemson#15L17-27
2006 Postseason Week 1Wake ForestLouisville#6L13-24
2005 Regular Week 11Wake ForestMiami#3L17-47
2005 Regular Week 7Wake ForestBoston College#14L30-35
2005 Regular Week 6Wake ForestFlorida State#4L24-41
2004 Regular Week 13Wake ForestMiami#12L7-52
2004 Regular Week 9Wake ForestFlorida State#5L17-20
2003 Regular Week 10Wake ForestFlorida State#6L24-48
2003 Regular Week 3Wake ForestNC State#14W38-24
2002 Regular Week 15Wake ForestMaryland#25L14-32
2002 Regular Week 11Wake ForestFlorida State#18L21-34
2002 Regular Week 4Wake ForestNC State#19L13-32
2001 Regular Week 6Wake ForestFlorida State#18L24-48
1999 Regular Week 14OhioMarshall#12L3-34
1999 Regular Week 4OhioOhio State#13L16-40
1998 Regular Week 3OhioWisconsin#14L0-45
1997 Regular Week 4OhioKansas State#20L20-23

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Baylor

2016-20161 seasons

Avg SRS 3.9 • Win % 53.8%

Wake Forest

2001-201313 seasons

Avg SRS 0.9 • Win % 48.4%

Ohio

1995-20006 seasons

Avg SRS -6.6 • Win % 50.0%

Longest tenure
Wake Forest • 13 seasons
Best tenure
Baylor • 3.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Baylor • 53.8%

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.

Jim Grobe sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Grobe sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Grobe

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall
-0.4
Percentile
55th 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.

Baylor

2016-20167-6

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

Avg SRS 3.9Win % 53.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 10.0 baseline

-3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.9 during vs 17.7 baseline

-13.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.3 during vs 17.1 baseline

-5.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline

-80.0%

Wake Forest

2001-201377-82

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

Avg SRS 0.9Win % 48.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.9 during vs 4.0 baseline

+1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.9 during vs -5.6 baseline

+6.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

0.3 during vs -7.9 baseline

+8.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

7.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+7.7%

Ohio

1995-200033-33-1

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

Avg SRS -6.6Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 1.6 baseline

+3.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.6 during vs -25.1 baseline

+18.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-3.9 during vs -20.4 baseline

+16.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Wake Forest 2006

11-3SRS 8.0

Biggest Improvement

Ohio 1996

6-616.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Wake Forest 2003

5-7SP Off 37.8

Best Defensive Season

Wake Forest 2008

8-5SP Def 13.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Ohio 1995

2-8-1SRS -20.5

Biggest Drop

Ohio 1998

5-6-11.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Baylor20161376053.8%#233.911.337.024.2+5.7+20.5%
Wake Forest20131248033.3%-1.8-2.819.421.3+10.0-8.3%
Wake Forest20121257041.7%-11.8-11.920.130.1-8.9-4.5%
Wake Forest20111367046.2%-2.9-3.526.428.9+5.7+21.1%
Wake Forest20101239025.0%-8.6-12.120.732.4-11.7-16.7%
Wake Forest20091257041.7%3.13.332.628.3-4.5-19.9%
Wake Forest20081385061.5%#237.66.420.313.6+1.0-7.7%
Wake Forest20071394069.2%6.66.423.919.0-1.4-9.3%
Wake Forest200614113078.6%#188.06.523.618.4+8.9+42.2%
Wake Forest20051147036.4%-0.9-3.923.327.1-1.60.0%
Wake Forest20041147036.4%0.7-0.926.227.3-4.6-5.3%
Wake Forest20031257041.7%5.37.537.832.4-0.2-12.2%
Wake Forest20021376053.8%5.57.535.229.5+4.1-0.7%
Wake Forest20011165054.5%1.41.535.634.6+1.9-9.1%
Ohio20001174063.6%-0.5-0.729.330.2+6.4+18.2%
Ohio19991156045.5%-6.9-6.727.833.7+2.70.0%
Ohio19981156045.5%-9.6-3.730.133.6-11.8-27.3%
Ohio19971183072.7%2.27.529.022.8+6.6+22.7%
Ohio19961266050.0%-4.41.227.827.3+16.1+27.3%
Ohio19951128122.7%-20.5-21.118.036.9

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