Coach Profile
1972-1975 • Oklahoma State, SMU
2 schools coached, anchored by SMU.
Dave Smith coached 4 seasons, won 52.3%, and posted an average SRS of 7.0. Best season: 1972 Oklahoma State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stops 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
SMU
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 74.2.
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
6-5 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 14.2
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
32.0 / 18.7
Finish
Unranked
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.
SMU
1973-1975 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 4.2 • Win % 51.5%
Oklahoma State
1972-1972 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS 15.3 • Win % 54.5%
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.
Dave Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Dave Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dave Smith
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1973-1975 • 16-15-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 5.4 baseline
-0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 7.9 baseline
-3.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
1.3 during vs 2.0 baseline
-0.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
1972-1972 • 6-5
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 4.0 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.3 during vs 6.6 baseline
+8.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.2 during vs 1.6 baseline
+12.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma State 1972
6-5 • SRS 15.3
Biggest Improvement
SMU 1974
6-4-1 • -1.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma State 1972
6-5 • SP Off 32.0
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma State 1972
6-5 • SP Def 18.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
SMU 1975
4-7 • SRS 1.5
Biggest Drop
SMU 1973
6-4-1 • -9.1 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| SMU | 1975 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 1.5 | 0.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | -3.3 | -22.7% |
| SMU | 1974 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 4.8 | 2.8 | 26.7 | 24.7 | -1.4 | 0.0% |
| SMU | 1973 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 6.2 | 1.0 | 26.7 | 26.1 | -9.1 | +4.5% |
| Oklahoma State | 1972 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 15.3 | 14.2 | 32.0 | 18.7 | — | — |
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