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Jack Pardee

1987-1989Houston

One defining stop at Houston.

Jack Pardee coached 3 seasons, won 66.2%, and posted an average SRS of 15.6. Best season: 1989 Houston. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

22-11-1

Career Win %

66.2%

Seasons

3

Career Span

3 years

Average SRS

15.6

Peak SRS

25.9

Best Finish

#14

Consistency

15.9

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

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Jack Pardee
EliteStrongAverageLean
1987Actual season year • SRS range 3.0 to 25.91989

Active comparison point

Jack Pardee1989

Selected

1989 Houston

Best seasonBiggest drop

9-2 • SRS 25.9 • SP Overall 25.8

Win %

81.8%

YoY SRS

+8.1

SP Off / Def

50.3 / 29.7

Finish

#14

Comparison context

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School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Houston

1987-19893 seasons

Avg SRS 15.6 • Win % 66.2%

Longest Tenure

Houston • 3 seasons

Best Tenure

Houston • 15.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Houston • 66.2%

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.

Jack Pardee sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

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Jack Pardee sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jack Pardee

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Raw avg SP Overall: 16.9

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Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Houston

1987-198922-11-1

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

Avg SRS 15.6Win % 66.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 4.2 baseline

+3.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.6 during vs -5.2 baseline

+20.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

16.9 during vs -6.1 baseline

+22.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+66.7%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Houston 1989

9-2SRS 25.9

Biggest Improvement

Houston 1988

9-314.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Houston 1989

9-2SP Off 50.3

Best Defensive Season

Houston 1988

9-3SP Def 26.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Houston 1987

4-6-1SRS 3.0

Biggest Drop

Houston 1989

9-28.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Houston19891192081.8%#21#1425.925.850.329.7+8.1+6.8%
Houston19881293075.0%#1817.820.243.526.6+14.8+34.1%
Houston19871146140.9%3.04.632.429.5

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