Coach Profile
1981-1990 • Syracuse
One defining stop at Syracuse.
Dick MacPherson coached 10 seasons, won 58.6%, and posted an average SRS of 7.1. Best season: 1987 Syracuse. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Syracuse
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 80.6.
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
11-0-1 • SRS 18.1 • SP Overall 22.2
Win %
95.8%
YoY SRS
+18.4
SP Off / Def
37.4 / 16.3
Finish
#4
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.
Syracuse
1981-1990 • 10 seasons
Avg SRS 7.1 • Win % 58.6%
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.
Dick MacPherson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Dick MacPherson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dick MacPherson
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1981-1990 • 66-46-4
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 4.8 baseline
+1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.1 during vs 2.9 baseline
+4.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.7 during vs 2.7 baseline
+5.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+20.0%
High Points
Best Season
Syracuse 1987
11-0-1 • SRS 18.1
Biggest Improvement
Syracuse 1987
11-0-1 • 18.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Syracuse 1987
11-0-1 • SP Off 37.4
Best Defensive Season
Syracuse 1984
6-5 • SP Def 10.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Syracuse 1982
2-9 • SRS -1.2
Biggest Drop
Syracuse 1989
8-4 • -12.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Syracuse | 1990 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 61.5% | — | — | 10.9 | 9.8 | 29.9 | 21.5 | +7.2 | -5.1% |
| Syracuse | 1989 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #13 | — | 3.7 | 6.1 | 29.2 | 24.7 | -12.4 | -16.7% |
| Syracuse | 1988 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #13 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 34.4 | 18.8 | -2.0 | -12.5% |
| Syracuse | 1987 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 95.8% | — | #4 | 18.1 | 22.2 | 37.4 | 16.3 | +18.4 | +50.4% |
| Syracuse | 1986 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.3 | -2.2 | 27.2 | 29.5 | -7.3 | -12.9% |
| Syracuse | 1985 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 7.0 | 5.7 | 26.6 | 21.8 | -2.0 | +3.8% |
| Syracuse | 1984 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 9.0 | 11.3 | 20.8 | 10.8 | +7.0 | 0.0% |
| Syracuse | 1983 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 2.0 | 1.5 | 21.0 | 19.6 | +3.2 | +36.4% |
| Syracuse | 1982 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -1.2 | -2.9 | 18.6 | 21.5 | -7.0 | -22.7% |
| Syracuse | 1981 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | 5.8 | 8.6 | 32.1 | 25.0 | — | — |
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