Coach Profile
1973-1988 • Oklahoma
One defining stop at Oklahoma.
Barry Switzer coached 16 seasons, won 83.7%, and posted an average SRS of 23.6. Best season: 1973 Oklahoma. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy 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
Oklahoma
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 99.4.
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
10-0-1 • SRS 37.8 • SP Overall 36.3
Win %
95.5%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
45.6 / 10.9
Finish
#3
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.
Oklahoma
1973-1988 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS 23.6 • Win % 83.7%
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.
Barry Switzer sets the reference point in overall strength.
Barry Switzer sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Barry Switzer
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1973-1988 • 157-29-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.8 during vs 8.4 baseline
+1.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
23.6 during vs 24.8 baseline
-1.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
25.9 during vs 28.6 baseline
-2.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
93.8% during vs 80.0% baseline
+13.8%
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma 1973
10-0-1 • SRS 37.8
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma 1985
11-1 • 9.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma 1974
11-0 • SP Off 47.0
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma 1985
11-1 • SP Def 9.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oklahoma 1983
8-4 • SRS 12.3
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma 1988
9-3 • -8.3 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Oklahoma | 1988 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #3 | #14 | 15.9 | 19.9 | 33.8 | 15.1 | -8.3 | -16.7% |
| Oklahoma | 1987 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #1 | #3 | 24.2 | 26.5 | 40.1 | 15.1 | -5.0 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 1986 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #1 | #3 | 29.2 | 32.0 | 44.4 | 13.4 | +5.4 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 1985 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #1 | #1 | 23.8 | 28.4 | 37.6 | 9.2 | +9.8 | +12.5% |
| Oklahoma | 1984 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | #16 | #6 | 14.0 | 18.2 | 32.0 | 14.7 | +1.7 | +12.5% |
| Oklahoma | 1983 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #2 | — | 12.3 | 19.0 | 35.4 | 18.1 | -3.4 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 1982 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #9 | #16 | 15.7 | 19.9 | 35.4 | 16.9 | -2.5 | +4.2% |
| Oklahoma | 1981 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | #2 | #20 | 18.2 | 18.6 | 35.4 | 18.3 | -5.7 | -20.8% |
| Oklahoma | 1980 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #5 | #3 | 23.9 | 25.5 | 42.1 | 18.3 | -2.4 | -8.3% |
| Oklahoma | 1979 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #3 | #3 | 26.3 | 24.7 | 39.3 | 15.6 | -3.3 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 1978 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #4 | #3 | 29.6 | 28.5 | 44.9 | 18.8 | +4.7 | +8.3% |
| Oklahoma | 1977 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #1 | #7 | 24.9 | 27.0 | 43.1 | 18.3 | +4.7 | +4.2% |
| Oklahoma | 1976 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | #5 | #5 | 20.2 | 23.1 | 36.8 | 14.6 | -6.6 | -12.5% |
| Oklahoma | 1975 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #1 | #1 | 26.8 | 30.0 | 39.3 | 10.0 | -7.8 | -8.3% |
| Oklahoma | 1974 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #1 | #1 | 34.6 | 36.5 | 47.0 | 12.4 | -3.2 | +4.5% |
| Oklahoma | 1973 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 95.5% | #11 | #3 | 37.8 | 36.3 | 45.6 | 10.9 | — | — |
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