Coach Profile
1973-1979 • Arizona, Cincinnati
2 schools coached, anchored by Cincinnati.
Tony Mason coached 7 seasons, won 52.5%, and posted an average SRS of 5.1. Best season: 1978 Arizona. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. 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
Cincinnati
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 64.9.
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
5-6 • SRS 11.3 • SP Overall 7.8
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+7.9
SP Off / Def
28.4 / 21.3
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.
Arizona
1977-1979 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 7.0 • Win % 47.1%
Cincinnati
1973-1976 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 3.8 • Win % 56.8%
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.
Tony Mason sets the reference point in overall strength.
Tony Mason sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Tony Mason
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1977-1979 • 16-18-1
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 7.0 baseline
-1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 3.9 baseline
+3.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
4.2 during vs 3.5 baseline
+0.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
1973-1976 • 25-19
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 5.0 baseline
+1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
3.8 during vs -10.4 baseline
+14.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.6 during vs -5.0 baseline
+15.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Arizona 1978
5-6 • SRS 11.3
Biggest Improvement
Arizona 1978
5-6 • 7.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Arizona 1978
5-6 • SP Off 28.4
Best Defensive Season
Cincinnati 1976
8-3 • SP Def 8.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Cincinnati 1973
4-7 • SRS -1.0
Biggest Drop
Arizona 1977
5-7 • -6.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Arizona | 1979 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 54.2% | — | — | 6.2 | 4.4 | 26.5 | 23.0 | -5.1 | +8.7% |
| Arizona | 1978 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 11.3 | 7.8 | 28.4 | 21.3 | +7.9 | +3.8% |
| Arizona | 1977 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | 3.4 | 0.3 | 25.7 | 25.8 | -6.2 | -31.1% |
| Cincinnati | 1976 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 9.6 | 17.4 | 25.1 | 8.3 | +6.8 | +18.2% |
| Cincinnati | 1975 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 2.8 | 12.6 | 27.2 | 15.1 | -0.8 | -9.1% |
| Cincinnati | 1974 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 3.6 | 4.0 | 24.2 | 20.6 | +4.6 | +27.3% |
| Cincinnati | 1973 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -1.0 | 8.2 | 20.3 | 12.7 | — | — |
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