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Jim Wood

1968-1972New Mexico State

One defining program at New Mexico State.

Jim Wood's coaching record is 21-30-1, highlighted by seasons at New Mexico State from 1968 to 1972.

Jim Wood coached 5 seasons, won 41.3%, and posted an average SRS of -13.7. Best season: 1969 New Mexico State. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
21-30-1
Career win rate
41.3%
Average SRS
-13.7
Peak SRS
-7.5

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
5
Career span
5 years
Best finish
Consistency
46.7

Primary school anchor

New Mexico State

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 19.7.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Jim Wood
Overall record
21-30-1

52 countable games, 41.3% win rate.

New Mexico State record
21-30-1

5 countable seasons at New Mexico State.

Full-season record
21-30-1

5 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs New Mexico
1-3-1

Rio Grande Rivalry games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 18, 1972. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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 Wood
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1968Actual season year • SRS range -26.4 to -7.51972

Active comparison point

Jim Wood1969

Selected

1969 New Mexico State

Best season

5-5 • SRS -7.5 • SP Overall

Win %

50.0%

YoY SRS

+1.4

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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

New Mexico State

1968-19725 seasons

Avg SRS -13.7 • Win % 41.3%

Longest tenure
New Mexico State • 5 seasons
Best tenure
New Mexico State • -13.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
New Mexico State • 41.3%

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 Wood sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Wood sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Wood

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-19.8
Percentile
7th 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.

New Mexico State

1968-197221-30-1

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

Avg SRS -13.7Win % 41.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.2 during vs 6.2 baseline

-2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-13.7 during vs 0.9 baseline

-14.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-19.8 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

New Mexico State 1969

5-5SRS -7.5

Biggest Improvement

New Mexico State 1971

5-5-15.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

New Mexico State 1972

2-9SP Off 22.0

Best Defensive Season

New Mexico State 1971

5-5-1SP Def 30.2

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

New Mexico State 1972

2-9SRS -26.4

Biggest Drop

New Mexico State 1972

2-9-16.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

New Mexico State19721129018.2%-26.4-25.922.042.6-16.0-31.8%Season summary
New Mexico State19711155150.0%-10.4-14.616.630.2+5.1+10.0%Season summary
New Mexico State19701046040.0%-15.5-18.920.837.5-8.0-10.0%Season summary
New Mexico State19691055050.0%-7.5+1.40.0%Season summary
New Mexico State19681055050.0%-8.9Season summary

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