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Chad Lunsford

2017-2024Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern

2 schools coached, anchored by Georgia Southern.

Chad Lunsford coached 6 seasons, won 56.9%, and posted an average SRS of -8.0. Best season: 2020 Georgia Southern. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

29-22

Career Win %

56.9%

Seasons

6

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

-8.0

Peak SRS

1.2

Best Finish

Consistency

31.0

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.

Chad Lunsford
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Chad Lunsford: 2024 Florida Atlantic
2017Actual season year • SRS range -17.4 to 1.22024

Active comparison point

Chad Lunsford2020

Selected

2020 Georgia Southern

Best season

8-5 • SRS 1.2 • SP Overall 0.2

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+2.2

SP Off / Def

27.4 / 27.1

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

Florida Atlantic

2024-20241 seasons

Avg SRS -15.4 • Win % 50.0%

Georgia Southern

2017-20215 seasons

Avg SRS -6.5 • Win % 57.1%

Longest Tenure

Georgia Southern • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Georgia Southern • -6.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Georgia Southern • 57.1%

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.

Chad Lunsford sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Chad Lunsford sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Chad Lunsford

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -8.4

32th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Florida Atlantic

2024-20241-1

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

Avg SRS -15.4Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

1.0 during vs 6.0 baseline

-5.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-15.4 during vs -4.7 baseline

-10.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-12.7 during vs -4.5 baseline

-8.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Georgia Southern

2017-202128-21

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -6.5Win % 57.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.6 during vs 7.7 baseline

-2.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.5 during vs -1.3 baseline

-5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-7.6 during vs 0.3 baseline

-7.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Georgia Southern 2020

8-5SRS 1.2

Biggest Improvement

Georgia Southern 2018

10-317.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Georgia Southern 2018

10-3SP Off 27.9

Best Defensive Season

Georgia Southern 2020

8-5SP Def 27.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Georgia Southern 2017

2-4SRS -17.4

Biggest Drop

Georgia Southern 2021

1-3-16.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Florida Atlantic2024211050.0%-15.4-12.720.832.1-0.5+25.0%
Georgia Southern2021413025.0%-14.9-15.318.434.0-16.1-36.5%
Georgia Southern20201385061.5%1.20.227.427.1+2.2+7.7%
Georgia Southern20191376053.8%-1.0-4.522.227.4-0.6-23.1%
Georgia Southern201813103076.9%-0.4-2.427.931.6+17.0+43.6%
Georgia Southern2017624033.3%-17.4-15.818.335.5

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