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Don Lawrence

1971-1973Virginia

One defining stop at Virginia.

Don Lawrence coached 3 seasons, won 33.3%, and posted an average SRS of -7.9. Best season: 1972 Virginia. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

11-22

Career Win %

33.3%

Seasons

3

Career Span

3 years

Average SRS

-7.9

Peak SRS

-6.1

Best Finish

Consistency

98.7

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.

Don Lawrence
EliteStrongAverageLean
1971Actual season year • SRS range -8.8 to -6.11973

Active comparison point

Don Lawrence1972

Selected

1972 Virginia

Best seasonBiggest improvement

4-7 • SRS -6.1 • SP Overall -9.0

Win %

36.4%

YoY SRS

+2.7

SP Off / Def

22.5 / 30.5

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

Virginia

1971-19733 seasons

Avg SRS -7.9 • Win % 33.3%

Longest Tenure

Virginia • 3 seasons

Best Tenure

Virginia • -7.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Virginia • 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.

Don Lawrence sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Don Lawrence sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Don Lawrence

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -13.7

18th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Virginia

1971-197311-22

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

Avg SRS -7.9Win % 33.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.7 during vs 4.8 baseline

-1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.9 during vs -4.0 baseline

-3.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.7 during vs -11.8 baseline

-1.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Virginia 1972

4-7SRS -6.1

Biggest Improvement

Virginia 1972

4-72.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Virginia 1972

4-7SP Off 22.5

Best Defensive Season

Virginia 1971

3-8SP Def 29.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Virginia 1971

3-8SRS -8.8

Biggest Drop

Virginia 1973

4-7-2.6 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Virginia19731147036.4%-8.7-16.120.034.8-2.60.0%
Virginia19721147036.4%-6.1-9.022.530.5+2.7+9.1%
Virginia19711138027.3%-8.8-15.914.629.8

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