Top 25
11-31
- Games
- 42
- Win rate
- 26.2%
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Coach Profile
Al Groh
1981-2009 • Virginia, Wake Forest
2 schools coached, anchored by Virginia.
Al Groh coached 15 seasons, won 47.8%, and posted an average SRS of 2.0. Best season: 2004 Virginia. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 85-93
- Career win rate
- 47.8%
- Average SRS
- 2.0
- Peak SRS
- 16.6
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
- 15
- Career span
- 29 years
- Best finish
- #22
- Consistency
- 53.3
Primary school anchor
Virginia
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 77.2.
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.
Al Groh
EliteStrongAverageLean
Al Groh: 2001 Virginia
1981Actual season year • SRS range -7.7 to 16.62009
Active comparison point
Al Groh • 2004
2004 Virginia
Best season8-4 • SRS 16.6 • SP Overall 20.0
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+4.3
SP Off / Def
38.4 / 19.5
Finish
#23
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
1-10
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 9.1%
Top 5
1-4
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 20.0%
View ranked game results42
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Virginia
2001-2009 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 5.2 • Win % 52.7%
Wake Forest
1981-1986 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS -2.8 • Win % 39.4%
- Longest tenure
- Virginia • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- Virginia • 5.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Virginia • 52.7%
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.
Al Groh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeAl Groh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Al Groh
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 1.4
- Percentile
- 62th 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.
Virginia
2001-2009 • 59-53
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.2Win % 52.7%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 7.2 baseline
-0.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.2 during vs 7.6 baseline
-2.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.2 during vs 10.7 baseline
-3.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
22.2% during vs 20.0% baseline
+2.2%
Wake Forest
1981-1986 • 26-40
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.8Win % 39.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 4.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.8 during vs 0.2 baseline
-3.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.4 during vs -1.6 baseline
-5.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Virginia 2004
8-4 • SRS 16.6
Biggest Improvement
Virginia 2002
9-5 • 10.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Virginia 2002
9-5 • SP Off 39.0
Best Defensive Season
Virginia 2006
5-7 • SP Def 12.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Wake Forest 1982
3-8 • SRS -7.7
Biggest Drop
Virginia 2005
7-5 • -11.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Virginia | 2009 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | 1.7 | 0.7 | 19.2 | 19.2 | +0.8 | -16.7% |
| Virginia | 2008 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 0.9 | -0.6 | 19.0 | 18.6 | -3.6 | -27.6% |
| Virginia | 2007 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 4.5 | 7.5 | 23.3 | 16.9 | +7.2 | +27.6% |
| Virginia | 2006 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.7 | 4.6 | 17.0 | 12.3 | -8.3 | -16.7% |
| Virginia | 2005 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #25 | — | 5.6 | 5.6 | 29.2 | 23.6 | -11.0 | -8.3% |
| Virginia | 2004 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #16 | #23 | 16.6 | 20.0 | 38.4 | 19.5 | +4.3 | +5.1% |
| Virginia | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #18 | — | 12.3 | 15.9 | 36.2 | 22.4 | +3.1 | -2.8% |
| Virginia | 2002 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | #22 | 9.2 | 13.8 | 39.0 | 26.9 | +10.2 | +22.6% |
| Virginia | 2001 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -1.0 | -2.4 | 29.4 | 31.9 | -3.3 | -3.8% |
| Wake Forest | 1986 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 2.3 | -0.7 | 37.6 | 37.5 | +5.2 | +9.1% |
| Wake Forest | 1985 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -2.9 | -6.2 | 22.5 | 28.3 | -2.9 | -18.2% |
| Wake Forest | 1984 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 0.0 | -5.4 | 20.4 | 25.8 | +3.1 | +18.2% |
| Wake Forest | 1983 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -3.1 | -9.4 | 27.8 | 35.1 | +4.6 | +9.1% |
| Wake Forest | 1982 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -7.7 | -12.6 | 23.8 | 34.3 | -2.2 | -9.1% |
| Wake Forest | 1981 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -5.5 | -10.0 | 28.5 | 36.3 | — | — |
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