1979-1988 • San José State, Stanford
2 schools coached, anchored by Stanford.
Jack Elway coached 10 seasons, won 54.9%, and posted an average SRS of 3.8. Best season: 1986 Stanford. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
60-49-3
Career Win %
54.9%
Seasons
10
Career Span
10 years
Average SRS
3.8
Peak SRS
14.8
Best Finish
—
Consistency
67.8
Higher = steadier
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.
Active comparison point
8-4 • SRS 14.8 • SP Overall 17.3
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+18.2
SP Off / Def
31.2 / 15.3
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Stanford
1984-1988 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 5.3 • Win % 46.4%
San José State
1979-1983 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 2.4 • Win % 63.4%
Longest Tenure
Stanford • 5 seasons
Best Tenure
Stanford • 5.3 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
San José State • 63.4%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Jack Elway sets the reference point in overall strength.
Jack Elway sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jack Elway
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 4.9
72th pct
Strong
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1984-1988 • 25-29-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.0 during vs 4.2 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.3 during vs 6.1 baseline
-0.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.8 during vs 5.1 baseline
+2.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1979-1983 • 35-20-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 7.0 baseline
+0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.4 during vs 1.2 baseline
+1.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 4.6 baseline
-2.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Stanford 1986
8-4 • SRS 14.8
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1986
8-4 • 18.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
San José State 1981
9-3 • SP Off 36.7
Best Defensive Season
Stanford 1986
8-4 • SP Def 15.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
San José State 1983
5-6 • SRS -3.7
Biggest Drop
Stanford 1987
5-6 • -11.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Stanford | 1988 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 36.4% | — | — | 10.2 | 13.4 | 30.9 | 18.4 | +6.8 | -9.1% |
| Stanford | 1987 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 3.4 | 6.8 | 32.1 | 27.1 | -11.4 | -21.2% |
| Stanford | 1986 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 14.8 | 17.3 | 31.2 | 15.3 | +18.2 | +30.3% |
| Stanford | 1985 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -3.4 | -3.8 | 29.4 | 33.2 | -4.7 | -9.1% |
| Stanford | 1984 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.3 | 5.4 | 30.7 | 27.0 | +5.0 | 0.0% |
| San José State | 1983 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -3.7 | -5.2 | 25.9 | 31.1 | -8.9 | -27.3% |
| San José State | 1982 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | 5.2 | 4.4 | 31.5 | 28.7 | -2.6 | -2.3% |
| San José State | 1981 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 7.8 | 10.1 | 36.7 | 28.7 | +6.4 | +11.4% |
| San José State | 1980 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 1.4 | 1.5 | 32.3 | 31.9 | +0.1 | +4.5% |
| San José State | 1979 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 1.3 | -0.7 | 35.7 | 36.2 | — | — |
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