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Brian Burke

1979-1984Ohio

One defining stop at Ohio.

Brian Burke coached 6 seasons, won 47.7%, and posted an average SRS of -13.5. Best season: 1979 Ohio. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career record
31-34-1
Career win rate
47.7%
Average SRS
-13.5
Peak SRS
-0.5

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
6
Career span
6 years
Best finish
Consistency
40.1

Primary school anchor

Ohio

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 33.5.

Career Arc

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.

Brian Burke
EliteStrongAverageLean
1979Actual season year • SRS range -22.0 to -0.51984

Active comparison point

Brian Burke1979

Selected

1979 Ohio

Best season

6-5 • SRS -0.5 • SP Overall 0.5

Win %

54.5%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

22.7 / 22.4

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Ohio

1979-19846 seasons

Avg SRS -13.5 • Win % 47.7%

Longest tenure
Ohio • 6 seasons
Best tenure
Ohio • -13.5 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Ohio • 47.7%

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.

Brian Burke sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Brian Burke sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Brian Burke

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 stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Ohio

1979-198431-34-1

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

Avg SRS -13.5Win % 47.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.2 during vs 4.4 baseline

+0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-13.5 during vs -8.8 baseline

-4.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-8.4 during vs -2.4 baseline

-6.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Ohio 1979

6-5SRS -0.5

Biggest Improvement

Ohio 1983

4-74.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Ohio 1981

5-6SP Off 24.0

Best Defensive Season

Ohio 1979

6-5SP Def 22.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Ohio 1982

6-5SRS -22.0

Biggest Drop

Ohio 1982

6-5-10.4 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Ohio19841146140.9%-19.8-15.614.329.0-2.1+4.5%
Ohio19831147036.4%-17.7-14.417.230.2+4.3-18.2%
Ohio19821165054.5%-22.0-12.817.329.0-10.4+9.1%
Ohio19811156045.5%-11.6-6.724.030.1-2.3-9.1%
Ohio19801165054.5%-9.3-1.722.023.7-8.80.0%
Ohio19791165054.5%-0.50.522.722.4

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