Coach Profile
1942-1946 • New Mexico
One defining program at New Mexico.
Willis Barnes coached 4 seasons, won 47.4%, and posted an average SRS of -14.6. Best season: 1945 New Mexico. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints 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
New Mexico
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 28.5.
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.
Active comparison point
6-1-1 • SRS -2.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
81.3%
YoY SRS
+16.2
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
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.
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
New Mexico
1944-1946 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -14.2 • Win % 48.2%
New Mexico
1942-1942 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -15.7 • Win % 45.5%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Willis Barnes
Insufficient sample
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
1944-1946 • 12-13-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 5.5 baseline
-1.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-14.2 during vs -14.4 baseline
+0.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1942-1942 • 4-5-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 6.0 baseline
-2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-15.7 during vs -12.4 baseline
-3.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
New Mexico 1945
6-1-1 • SRS -2.8
Biggest Improvement
New Mexico 1945
6-1-1 • 16.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
New Mexico 1946
5-5-2 • SRS -20.8
Biggest Drop
New Mexico 1946
5-5-2 • -18.0 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| New Mexico | 1946 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | -20.8 | — | — | — | -18.0 | -31.3% |
| New Mexico | 1945 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | — | -2.8 | — | — | — | +16.2 | +68.8% |
| New Mexico | 1944 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12.5% | — | — | -19.0 | — | — | — | -3.3 | -33.0% |
| New Mexico | 1942 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45.5% | — | — | -15.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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