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Rip Scherer
1995-2000 • Memphis
One defining program at Memphis.
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.
- 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.
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
1999 Memphis
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-6 • 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.
Top 10
1-1
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 50.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
View ranked game results10
| 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 edgeRip 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
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.
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
Worst 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 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -7.0 | -9.4 | 15.7 | 24.3 | -13.0 | -9.1% |
| Memphis | 1999 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 6.0 | 8.6 | 26.5 | 18.4 | +17.1 | +27.3% |
| Memphis | 1998 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -11.1 | -13.0 | 25.9 | 36.5 | -3.8 | -18.2% |
| Memphis | 1997 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -7.3 | -10.3 | 20.7 | 30.1 | -3.2 | 0.0% |
| Memphis | 1996 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -4.1 | -4.0 | 17.0 | 21.0 | +3.6 | +9.1% |
| Memphis | 1995 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -7.7 | -9.4 | 16.7 | 25.4 | — | — |
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