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John Bateman

1960-1972Rutgers

One defining program at Rutgers.

John Bateman coached 13 seasons, won 58.9%, and posted an average SRS of -14.3. Best season: 1960 Rutgers. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
73-51
Career win rate
58.9%
Average SRS
-14.3
Peak SRS
0.9

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
13
Career span
13 years
Best finish
#15
Consistency
22.9

Primary school anchor

Rutgers

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 37.0.

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.

John Bateman
EliteStrongAverageLean
1960Actual season year • SRS range -27.1 to 0.91972

Active comparison point

John Bateman1960

Selected

1960 Rutgers

Best season

8-1 • SRS 0.9 • SP Overall

Win %

88.9%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

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
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Rutgers

1960-197213 seasons

Avg SRS -14.3 • Win % 58.9%

Longest tenure
Rutgers • 13 seasons
Best tenure
Rutgers • -14.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Rutgers • 58.9%

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.

John Bateman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

John Bateman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

John Bateman

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-8.4
Percentile
32th pct

Lower end

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.

Rutgers

1960-197273-51

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

Avg SRS -14.3Win % 58.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.6 during vs 5.0 baseline

+0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-14.3 during vs -17.4 baseline

+3.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-8.4 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

7.7% during vs 20.0% baseline

-12.3%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Rutgers 1960

8-1SRS 0.9

Biggest Improvement

Rutgers 1968

8-213.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Rutgers 1971

4-7SP Off 25.2

Best Defensive Season

Rutgers 1971

4-7SP Def 25.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Rutgers 1970

5-5SRS -27.1

Biggest Drop

Rutgers 1970

5-5-25.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Rutgers19721174063.6%-7.5-4.521.926.3+8.0+27.3%
Rutgers19711147036.4%-15.5-0.425.225.7+11.6-13.6%
Rutgers19701055050.0%-27.1-20.218.937.2-25.5-16.7%
Rutgers1969963066.7%-1.6+7.4-13.3%
Rutgers19681082080.0%-9.0+13.3+35.6%
Rutgers1967945044.4%-22.3-6.4-11.1%
Rutgers1966954055.6%-15.9+4.9+22.2%
Rutgers1965936033.3%-20.8-6.2-33.3%
Rutgers1964963066.7%-14.6+5.9+33.3%
Rutgers1963936033.3%-20.5+5.8-16.7%
Rutgers19621055050.0%-26.3-20.7-50.0%
Rutgers19619900100.0%#15-5.6-6.5+11.1%
Rutgers1960981088.9%0.9

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