Coach Profile
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 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
Virginia
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 77.2.
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
8-4 • 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.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
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%
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.
Al Groh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Al Groh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Al Groh
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.
2001-2009 • 59-53
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
1981-1986 • 26-40
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
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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