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JR Boone

1973-1975Fresno State

One defining stop at Fresno State.

JR Boone coached 3 seasons, won 29.4%, and posted an average SRS of -15.7. Best season: 1974 Fresno State. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

10-24

Career Win %

29.4%

Seasons

3

Career Span

3 years

Average SRS

-15.7

Peak SRS

-6.7

Best Finish

Consistency

43.9

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.

JR Boone
EliteStrongAverageLean
1973Actual season year • SRS range -23.9 to -6.71975

Active comparison point

JR Boone1974

Selected

1974 Fresno State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

5-7 • SRS -6.7 • SP Overall -2.1

Win %

41.7%

YoY SRS

+17.2

SP Off / Def

22.3 / 24.5

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

Fresno State

1973-19753 seasons

Avg SRS -15.7 • Win % 29.4%

Longest Tenure

Fresno State • 3 seasons

Best Tenure

Fresno State • -15.7 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Fresno State • 29.4%

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.

JR Boone sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

JR Boone sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

JR Boone

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -13.2

19th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Fresno State

1973-197510-24

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -15.7Win % 29.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 6.5 baseline

-3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-15.7 during vs -4.9 baseline

-10.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.2 during vs -0.8 baseline

-12.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Fresno State 1974

5-7SRS -6.7

Biggest Improvement

Fresno State 1974

5-717.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Fresno State 1974

5-7SP Off 22.3

Best Defensive Season

Fresno State 1974

5-7SP Def 24.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Fresno State 1973

2-9SRS -23.9

Biggest Drop

Fresno State 1975

3-8-9.9 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Fresno State19751138027.3%-16.6-18.119.035.4-9.9-14.4%
Fresno State19741257041.7%-6.7-2.122.324.5+17.2+23.5%
Fresno State19731129018.2%-23.9-19.312.031.3

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