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1-9
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 10.0%
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John Blake
1996-1998 • Oklahoma
One defining program at Oklahoma.
John Blake coached 3 seasons, won 35.3%, and posted an average SRS of -3.3. Best season: 1998 Oklahoma. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 12-22
- Career win rate
- 35.3%
- Average SRS
- -3.3
- Peak SRS
- 1.4
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 89.2
Primary school anchor
Oklahoma
Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 38.3.
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.
John Blake
EliteStrongAverageLean
1996Actual season year • SRS range -6.7 to 1.41998
Active comparison point
John Blake • 1998
1998 Oklahoma
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-6 • SRS 1.4 • SP Overall -1.1
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+8.1
SP Off / Def
22.0 / 23.1
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
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results10
| 1998 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma | Texas A&M | #6 | L0-29 |
| 1998 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma | Missouri | #19 | L6-20 |
| 1998 Regular Week 6 | Oklahoma | Colorado | #14 | L25-27 |
| 1997 Regular Week 13 | Oklahoma | Texas A&M | #18 | L7-51 |
| 1997 Regular Week 12 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | #25 | L7-30 |
| 1997 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #1 | L7-69 |
| 1997 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma | Kansas State | #14 | L7-26 |
| 1996 Regular Week 11 | Oklahoma | Nebraska | #5 | L21-73 |
| 1996 Regular Week 10 | Oklahoma | Kansas State | #16 | L35-42 |
| 1996 Regular Week 8 | Oklahoma | Texas | #25 | W30-27 |
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
1996-1998 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -3.3 • Win % 35.3%
- Longest tenure
- Oklahoma • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Oklahoma • -3.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Oklahoma • 35.3%
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.
John Blake sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJohn Blake sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Blake
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -4.5
- Percentile
- 43th pct
Mixed
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
1996-1998 • 12-22
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -3.3Win % 35.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.0 during vs 6.8 baseline
-2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.3 during vs 9.6 baseline
-12.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.5 during vs 12.1 baseline
-16.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma 1998
5-6 • SRS 1.4
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma 1998
5-6 • 8.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma 1996
3-8 • SP Off 33.6
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma 1998
5-6 • SP Def 23.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oklahoma 1997
4-8 • SRS -6.7
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma 1997
4-8 • -2.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Oklahoma | 1998 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.4 | -1.1 | 22.0 | 23.1 | +8.1 | +12.1% |
| Oklahoma | 1997 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -6.7 | -7.1 | 28.1 | 34.3 | -2.0 | +6.1% |
| Oklahoma | 1996 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -4.7 | -5.3 | 33.6 | 37.5 | — | — |
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