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- Games
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- Win rate
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Justin Fuente
2012-2021 • Memphis, Virginia Tech
2 schools coached, anchored by Virginia Tech.
Justin Fuente coached 10 seasons, won 56.1%, and posted an average SRS of 3.0. Best season: 2016 Virginia Tech. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 69-54
- Career win rate
- 56.1%
- Average SRS
- 3.0
- Peak SRS
- 15.0
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
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years
- Best finish
- #16
- Consistency
- 16.7
Primary school anchor
Virginia Tech
Defense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 73.5.
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.
Justin Fuente
EliteStrongAverageLean
Justin Fuente: 2016 Virginia Tech
2012Actual season year • SRS range -13.9 to 15.02021
Active comparison point
Justin Fuente • 2016
2016 Virginia Tech
Best seasonNew stop: Virginia Tech10-4 • SRS 15.0 • SP Overall 15.2
Win %
71.4%
YoY SRS
+5.7
SP Off / Def
34.5 / 19.6
Finish
#16
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
1-8
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 11.1%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Virginia Tech
2016-2021 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 58.1%
Memphis
2012-2015 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -1.5 • Win % 53.1%
- Longest tenure
- Virginia Tech • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Virginia Tech • 6.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Virginia Tech • 58.1%
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.
Justin Fuente sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJustin Fuente sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Justin Fuente
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 4.9
- Percentile
- 72th pct
Strong
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.
Virginia Tech
2016-2021 • 43-31
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 6.6Win % 58.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.2 during vs 8.0 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 6.2 baseline
+0.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
8.8 during vs 12.4 baseline
-3.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
Memphis
2012-2015 • 26-23
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -1.5Win % 53.1%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 3.6 baseline
+2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.5 during vs -17.9 baseline
+16.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.1 during vs -16.3 baseline
+16.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Virginia Tech 2016
10-4 • SRS 15.0
Biggest Improvement
Memphis 2014
10-3 • 15.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Memphis 2015
9-3 • SP Off 35.1
Best Defensive Season
Virginia Tech 2017
9-4 • SP Def 14.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Memphis 2012
4-8 • SRS -13.9
Biggest Drop
Virginia Tech 2018
6-7 • -17.4 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Virginia Tech | 2021 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.2 | 2.4 | 26.7 | 25.2 | — | +4.5% |
| Virginia Tech | 2020 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -16.1% |
| Virginia Tech | 2019 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 4.5 | 8.0 | 29.9 | 23.3 | +7.1 | +15.4% |
| Virginia Tech | 2018 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #20 | — | -2.6 | 3.9 | 32.8 | 29.4 | -17.4 | -23.1% |
| Virginia Tech | 2017 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #21 | #24 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 27.8 | 14.4 | -0.2 | -2.2% |
| Virginia Tech | 2016 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | #16 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 34.5 | 19.6 | +5.7 | -3.6% |
| Memphis | 2015 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 9.3 | 8.0 | 35.1 | 30.4 | +2.0 | -1.9% |
| Memphis | 2014 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #25 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 26.5 | 22.0 | +15.9 | +51.9% |
| Memphis | 2013 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -8.6 | -3.2 | 18.0 | 24.3 | +5.3 | -8.3% |
| Memphis | 2012 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -13.9 | -10.0 | 19.3 | 29.2 | — | — |
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