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Coach Profile

Rip Scherer

1995-2000 • Memphis

One defining program at Memphis.

Rip Scherer's coaching record is 22-44, highlighted by seasons at Memphis from 1995 to 2000.

Rip Scherer coached 6 seasons, won 33.3%, and posted an average SRS of -5.2. Best season: 1999 Memphis. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 22-44
Career win rate: 33.3%
Average SRS: -5.2
Peak SRS: 6.0

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: 6
Career span: 6 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 69.6

Primary school anchor

Memphis

Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 50.8.

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Records fans search first

Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Rip Scherer

Overall record: 22-44
Memphis record: 22-44
Full-season record: 22-44
Vs AP Top 25: 1-9
Vs AP Top 10: 1-1
Vs AP Top 5: 0-0
Vs Ole Miss: 0-3
Postseason / bowl record: 0-0
CFP record: 0-0
National titles: 0

Record definition and data status

Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.

Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.

Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 18, 2000. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.

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.

Rip Scherer

EliteStrongAverageLean

1995Actual season year • SRS range -11.1 to 6.02000

Active comparison point

Rip Scherer • 1999

Selected

1999 Memphis

Best seasonBiggest improvement

5-6 • SRS 6.0 • SP Overall 8.6

Win %

45.5%

YoY SRS

+17.1

SP Off / Def

26.5 / 18.4

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.

Poll source

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

1-9

Games: 10
Win rate: 10.0%

Top 10

1-1

Games: 2
Win rate: 50.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

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2000 Regular Week 6	Memphis	Southern Miss	#21	L3-24
1999 Regular Week 11	Memphis	Southern Miss	#25	L5-20
1999 Regular Week 5	Memphis	Tennessee	#7	L16-17
1998 Regular Week 11	Memphis	Tulane	#14	L31-41
1998 Regular Week 7	Memphis	Arkansas	#17	L9-23
1998 Regular Week 3	Memphis	Mississippi State	#25	L6-14
1997 Regular Week 4	Memphis	Michigan State	#21	L21-51
1996 Regular Week 12	Memphis	Tennessee	#6	W21-17
1996 Regular Week 2	Memphis	Miami	#11	L7-30
1995 Regular Week 3	Memphis	Michigan	#11	L7-24

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Memphis

1995-2000 • 6 seasons

Avg SRS -5.2 • Win % 33.3%

Longest tenure: Memphis • 6 seasons
Best tenure: Memphis • -5.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Memphis • 33.3%

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.

Rip Scherer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Rip Scherer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Rip Scherer

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -6.3
Percentile: 38th pct

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.

Memphis

1995-2000 • 22-44

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -5.2Win % 33.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.7 during vs 5.4 baseline

-1.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-5.2 during vs 0.9 baseline

-6.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-6.3 during vs 1.3 baseline

-7.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Memphis 1999

5-6 • SRS 6.0

Biggest Improvement

Memphis 1999

5-6 • 17.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Memphis 1999

5-6 • SP Off 26.5

Best Defensive Season

Memphis 1999

5-6 • SP Def 18.4

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Memphis 1998

2-9 • SRS -11.1

Biggest Drop

Memphis 2000

4-7 • -13.0 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.


Memphis	2000	11	4	7	36.4%	—	—	-7.0	-9.4	15.7	24.3	-13.0	-9.1%	Season summary
Memphis	1999	11	5	6	45.5%	—	—	6.0	8.6	26.5	18.4	+17.1	+27.3%	Season summary
Memphis	1998	11	2	9	18.2%	—	—	-11.1	-13.0	25.9	36.5	-3.8	-18.2%	Season summary
Memphis	1997	11	4	7	36.4%	—	—	-7.3	-10.3	20.7	30.1	-3.2	0.0%	Season summary
Memphis	1996	11	4	7	36.4%	—	—	-4.1	-4.0	17.0	21.0	+3.6	+9.1%	Season summary
Memphis	1995	11	3	8	27.3%	—	—	-7.7	-9.4	16.7	25.4	—	—	Season summary

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