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Jim Owens

1957-1974Washington

One defining stop at Washington.

Jim Owens coached 18 seasons, won 54.5%, and posted an average SRS of 8.5. Best season: 1970 Washington. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

99-82-6

Career Win %

54.5%

Seasons

18

Career Span

18 years

Average SRS

8.5

Peak SRS

23.4

Best Finish

#6

Consistency

28.9

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.

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

Jim Owens
EliteStrongAverageLean
1957Actual season year • SRS range -8.2 to 23.41974

Active comparison point

Jim Owens1970

Selected

1970 Washington

Best seasonBiggest improvement

6-4 • SRS 23.4 • SP Overall 19.1

Win %

60.0%

YoY SRS

+25.0

SP Off / Def

41.3 / 25.6

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

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

Washington

1957-197418 seasons

Avg SRS 8.5 • Win % 54.5%

Longest Tenure

Washington • 18 seasons

Best Tenure

Washington • 8.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Washington • 54.5%

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.

Jim Owens sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Owens sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Owens

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 4.8

72th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Washington

1957-197499-82-6

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

Avg SRS 8.5Win % 54.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 4.4 baseline

+1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.5 during vs 4.6 baseline

+3.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

4.8 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+16.7%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Washington 1970

6-4SRS 23.4

Biggest Improvement

Washington 1970

6-425.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Washington 1970

6-4SP Off 41.3

Best Defensive Season

Washington 1972

8-3SP Def 18.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Washington 1973

2-9SRS -8.2

Biggest Drop

Washington 1973

2-9-17.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Washington19741156045.5%3.31.231.431.2+11.5+27.3%
Washington19731129018.2%-8.2-19.126.842.2-17.5-54.5%
Washington19721183072.7%#99.39.026.618.3-7.90.0%
Washington19711183072.7%#1917.213.836.224.1-6.2+12.7%
Washington19701064060.0%23.419.141.325.6+25.0+50.0%
Washington19691019010.0%-1.6-7.2-30.0%
Washington19681035240.0%5.6+0.8-10.0%
Washington19671055050.0%4.8-0.3-10.0%
Washington19661064060.0%5.1-5.8+10.0%
Washington19651055050.0%10.9-0.1-10.0%
Washington19641064060.0%#711.0-2.0+5.5%
Washington19631165054.5%#1013.0-7.6-25.4%
Washington19621071280.0%#1020.6+17.2+25.0%
Washington19611054155.0%3.4-11.3-35.9%
Washington196011101090.9%#3#614.7-4.10.0%
Washington195911101090.9%#818.8+17.1+60.9%
Washington19581037030.0%1.7+1.8-5.0%
Washington19571036135.0%-0.1

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