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Neal Brown

2015-2024Troy, West Virginia

2 schools coached, anchored by West Virginia.

Neal Brown coached 10 seasons, won 58.5%, and posted an average SRS of 0.8. Best season: 2023 West Virginia. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

72-51

Career Win %

58.5%

Seasons

10

Career Span

10 years

Average SRS

0.8

Peak SRS

6.5

Best Finish

Consistency

81.0

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.

Neal Brown
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Neal Brown: 2019 West Virginia
2015Actual season year • SRS range -9.9 to 6.52024

Active comparison point

Neal Brown2023

Selected

2023 West Virginia

Best season

9-4 • SRS 6.5 • SP Overall 7.5

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+2.6

SP Off / Def

31.5 / 24.6

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

West Virginia

2019-20246 seasons

Avg SRS 2.8 • Win % 51.4%

Troy

2015-20184 seasons

Avg SRS -2.1 • Win % 68.6%

Longest Tenure

West Virginia • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

West Virginia • 2.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Troy • 68.6%

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.

Neal Brown sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Neal Brown sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Neal Brown

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.4

62th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

West Virginia

2019-202437-35

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

Avg SRS 2.8Win % 51.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.2 during vs 8.0 baseline

-1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

2.8 during vs 11.5 baseline

-8.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.5 during vs 10.3 baseline

-7.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Troy

2015-201835-16

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

Avg SRS -2.1Win % 68.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.8 during vs 5.0 baseline

+3.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.1 during vs -12.0 baseline

+9.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.4 during vs -11.4 baseline

+10.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

West Virginia 2023

9-4SRS 6.5

Biggest Improvement

Troy 2016

10-311.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

West Virginia 2022

5-7SP Off 36.3

Best Defensive Season

West Virginia 2020

6-4SP Def 19.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Troy 2015

4-8SRS -9.9

Biggest Drop

West Virginia 2024

6-6-5.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

West Virginia20241266050.0%1.22.130.129.7-5.3-19.2%
West Virginia20231394069.2%6.57.531.524.6+2.6+27.6%
West Virginia20221257041.7%3.92.436.334.5+2.8-4.5%
West Virginia20211367046.2%1.11.827.725.0-4.8-13.9%
West Virginia20201064060.0%5.98.527.919.4+7.6+18.3%
West Virginia20191257041.7%-1.7-7.022.929.1-0.3-35.3%
Troy201813103076.9%-1.42.626.425.6-2.6-7.7%
Troy201713112084.6%1.21.627.523.5-0.4+7.7%
Troy201613103076.9%1.61.125.725.1+11.5+43.6%
Troy20151248033.3%-9.9-7.024.531.9

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