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Wayne Howard

1974-1981 • Long Beach State, Utah

2 schools coached, anchored by Utah.

Wayne Howard coached 8 seasons, won 60.7%, and posted an average SRS of -1.6. Best season: 1978 Utah. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

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Career Record

53-34-2

Career Win %

60.7%

Seasons

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

-1.6

Peak SRS

5.1

Best Finish

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Consistency

64.7

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.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Wayne Howard

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Wayne Howard: 1977 Utah

1974Actual season year • SRS range -9.5 to 5.11981

Active comparison point

Wayne Howard • 1978

Selected

1978 Utah

Best seasonBiggest improvement

8-3 • SRS 5.1 • SP Overall 7.1

Win %

72.7%

YoY SRS

+14.6

SP Off / Def

28.7 / 22.8

Finish

Unranked

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

Utah

1977-1981 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS 0.4 • Win % 55.4%

Long Beach State

1974-1976 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS -5.0 • Win % 69.7%

Longest Tenure

Utah • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Utah • 0.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Long Beach State • 69.7%

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.

Wayne Howard sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Wayne Howard sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Wayne Howard

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: -0.1

56th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Utah

1977-1981 • 30-24-2

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

Avg SRS 0.4Win % 55.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 3.6 baseline

+2.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.4 during vs -8.4 baseline

+8.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.0 during vs -12.1 baseline

+14.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Long Beach State

1974-1976 • 23-10

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -5.0Win % 69.7%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Utah 1978

8-3 • SRS 5.1

Biggest Improvement

Utah 1978

8-3 • 14.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Utah 1980

5-5-1 • SP Off 34.6

Best Defensive Season

Long Beach State 1975

9-2 • SP Def 21.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Utah 1977

3-8 • SRS -9.5

Biggest Drop

Long Beach State 1976

8-3 • -9.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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


Utah	1981	11	8	2	1	77.3%	—	—	3.5	5.0	31.2	28.0	+0.8	+27.3%
Utah	1980	11	5	5	1	50.0%	—	—	2.7	7.5	34.6	29.0	+2.4	0.0%
Utah	1979	12	6	6	0	50.0%	—	—	0.3	5.4	30.7	26.9	-4.8	-22.7%
Utah	1978	11	8	3	0	72.7%	—	—	5.1	7.1	28.7	22.8	+14.6	+45.5%
Utah	1977	11	3	8	0	27.3%	—	—	-9.5	-15.0	26.6	38.6	-2.0	-45.5%
Long Beach State	1976	11	8	3	0	72.7%	—	—	-7.5	-8.0	16.5	24.1	-9.3	-9.1%
Long Beach State	1975	11	9	2	0	81.8%	—	—	1.8	5.1	25.9	21.6	+11.2	+27.3%
Long Beach State	1974	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-9.4	-7.7	24.5	31.7	—	—