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Don Morton
1985-1989 • Tulsa, Wisconsin
2 schools coached, anchored by Wisconsin.
Don Morton coached 5 seasons, won 34.5%, and posted an average SRS of -7.5. Best season: 1986 Tulsa. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 19-36
- Career win rate
- 34.5%
- Average SRS
- -7.5
- Peak SRS
- 3.3
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
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 51.1
Primary school anchor
Wisconsin
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 42.4.
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.
Don Morton
EliteStrongAverageLean
Don Morton: 1987 Wisconsin
1985Actual season year • SRS range -16.4 to 3.31989
Active comparison point
Don Morton • 1986
1986 Tulsa
Best seasonBiggest improvement7-4 • SRS 3.3 • SP Overall 7.9
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+7.6
SP Off / Def
29.6 / 23.0
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
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results14
| 1989 Regular Week 13 | Wisconsin | Michigan State | #25 | L3-31 |
| 1989 Regular Week 12 | Wisconsin | Ohio State | #22 | L22-42 |
| 1989 Regular Week 9 | Wisconsin | Illinois | #8 | L9-32 |
| 1989 Regular Week 6 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #5 | L0-24 |
| 1989 Regular Week 2 | Wisconsin | Miami | #3 | L3-51 |
| 1988 Regular Week 6 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #19 | L14-62 |
| 1988 Regular Week 5 | Wisconsin | Miami | #1 | L3-23 |
| 1987 Regular Week 13 | Wisconsin | Michigan State | #9 | L9-30 |
| 1987 Regular Week 6 | Wisconsin | Michigan | #12 | L0-49 |
| 1986 Regular Week 12 | Tulsa | Miami | #1 | L10-23 |
| 1986 Regular Week 4 | Tulsa | Arkansas | #9 | L17-34 |
| 1985 Regular Week 8 | Tulsa | Florida State | #13 | L14-76 |
| 1985 Regular Week 6 | Tulsa | Oklahoma State | #6 | L13-25 |
| 1985 Regular Week 4 | Tulsa | Arkansas | #14 | L0-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Wisconsin
1987-1989 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -12.1 • Win % 18.2%
Tulsa
1985-1986 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -0.5 • Win % 59.1%
- Longest tenure
- Wisconsin • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tulsa • -0.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Tulsa • 59.1%
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.
Don Morton sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDon Morton sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Don Morton
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -7.0
- Percentile
- 35th pct
Lower end
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.
Wisconsin
1987-1989 • 6-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -12.1Win % 18.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 5.8 baseline
-3.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-12.1 during vs 3.2 baseline
-15.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-13.9 during vs 4.6 baseline
-18.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Tulsa
1985-1986 • 13-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.5Win % 59.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 7.6 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.5 during vs 3.3 baseline
-3.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
3.4 during vs 9.5 baseline
-6.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Tulsa 1986
7-4 • SRS 3.3
Biggest Improvement
Tulsa 1986
7-4 • 7.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Tulsa 1985
6-5 • SP Off 33.0
Best Defensive Season
Tulsa 1986
7-4 • SP Def 23.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Wisconsin 1988
1-10 • SRS -16.4
Biggest Drop
Wisconsin 1987
3-8 • -12.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Wisconsin | 1989 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -10.7 | -12.0 | 23.5 | 33.6 | +5.7 | +9.1% |
| Wisconsin | 1988 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -16.4 | -18.9 | 13.5 | 32.1 | -7.2 | -18.2% |
| Wisconsin | 1987 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -9.2 | -10.8 | 23.3 | 32.8 | -12.5 | -36.4% |
| Tulsa | 1986 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 3.3 | 7.9 | 29.6 | 23.0 | +7.6 | +9.1% |
| Tulsa | 1985 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -4.3 | -1.2 | 33.0 | 34.2 | — | — |
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