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5-19-2
- Games
- 26
- Win rate
- 23.1%
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Jim Stanley
1973-1978 • Oklahoma State
One defining program at Oklahoma State.
Jim Stanley coached 6 seasons, won 52.9%, and posted an average SRS of 12.6. Best season: 1973 Oklahoma State. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 35-31-2
- Career win rate
- 52.9%
- Average SRS
- 12.6
- Peak SRS
- 19.1
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
- #14
- Consistency
- 50.5
Primary school anchor
Oklahoma State
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 82.3.
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 Stanley
EliteStrongAverageLean
1973Actual season year • SRS range 3.0 to 19.11978
Active comparison point
Jim Stanley • 1973
1973 Oklahoma State
Best season5-4-2 • SRS 19.1 • SP Overall 20.7
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
36.5 / 17.1
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
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.
Top 10
1-13
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 7.1%
Top 5
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results26
| 1978 Regular Week 12 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #4 | L7-62 |
| 1978 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #4 | L14-22 |
| 1978 Regular Week 4 | Oklahoma State | Arkansas | #2 | L7-19 |
| 1978 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma State | Florida State | #13 | L20-38 |
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #3 | L28-61 |
| 1977 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #11 | L14-31 |
| 1977 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #3 | L13-29 |
| 1977 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma State | Arkansas | #16 | L6-28 |
| 1976 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #9 | L10-14 |
| 1976 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma State | Missouri | #16 | W20-19 |
| 1976 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #13 | W31-24 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Kansas | #15 | W21-14 |
| 1976 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma State | Arkansas | #12 | L10-16 |
| 1975 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Colorado | #14 | L7-17 |
| 1975 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #2 | L7-27 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #4 | L20-28 |
| 1975 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma State | Missouri | #12 | L14-41 |
| 1975 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma State | Arkansas | #16 | W20-13 |
| 1974 Regular Week 13 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #1 | L13-44 |
| 1974 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #9 | L3-7 |
| 1974 Regular Week 5 | Oklahoma State | Texas Tech | #10 | L13-14 |
| 1974 Regular Week 3 | Oklahoma State | Arkansas | #10 | W26-7 |
| 1973 Regular Week 14 | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma | #2 | L18-45 |
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma State | Kansas | #18 | T10-10 |
| 1973 Regular Week 9 | Oklahoma State | Nebraska | #13 | T17-17 |
| 1973 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma State | Missouri | #7 | L9-13 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Oklahoma State
1973-1978 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 12.6 • Win % 52.9%
- Longest tenure
- Oklahoma State • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oklahoma State • 12.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oklahoma State • 52.9%
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 Stanley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJim Stanley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Stanley
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 14.2
- Percentile
- 93th pct
Elite
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.
Oklahoma State
1973-1978 • 35-31-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 12.6Win % 52.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 4.4 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.6 during vs 8.9 baseline
+3.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.2 during vs 5.8 baseline
+8.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline
+16.7%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma State 1973
5-4-2 • SRS 19.1
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma State 1975
7-4 • 2.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma State 1976
9-3 • SP Off 38.5
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma State 1974
7-5 • SP Def 13.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oklahoma State 1978
3-8 • SRS 3.0
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma State 1977
4-7 • -13.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Oklahoma State | 1978 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 3.0 | 3.5 | 25.1 | 22.5 | -0.6 | -9.1% |
| Oklahoma State | 1977 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #20 | — | 3.6 | 1.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | -13.9 | -38.6% |
| Oklahoma State | 1976 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #14 | 17.5 | 23.1 | 38.5 | 16.3 | +0.3 | +11.4% |
| Oklahoma State | 1975 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 17.2 | 19.2 | 34.2 | 16.5 | +2.3 | +5.3% |
| Oklahoma State | 1974 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 14.9 | 17.9 | 30.4 | 13.5 | -4.2 | +3.8% |
| Oklahoma State | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 54.5% | — | — | 19.1 | 20.7 | 36.5 | 17.1 | — | — |
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