1959-1996 • San José State, Stanford, Utah State
3 schools coached, anchored by Stanford.
John Ralston coached 17 seasons, won 54.4%, and posted an average SRS of 3.2. Best season: 1969 Stanford. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
97-81-4
Career Win %
54.4%
Seasons
17
Career Span
38 years
Average SRS
3.2
Peak SRS
26.5
Best Finish
#8
Consistency
1.9
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
7-2-1 • SRS 26.5 • SP Overall —
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+10.6
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#19
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.
San José State
1993-1996 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -16.1 • Win % 24.4%
Stanford
1963-1971 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 12.2 • Win % 60.1%
Utah State
1959-1962 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 2.4 • Win % 73.3%
Longest Tenure
Stanford • 9 seasons
Best Tenure
Stanford • 12.2 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Utah State • 73.3%
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.
John Ralston sets the reference point in overall strength.
John Ralston sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
John Ralston
Mixed
Raw avg SP Overall: -4.8
43th pct
Mixed
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1993-1996 • 11-34
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.8 during vs 6.4 baseline
-3.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-16.1 during vs -1.8 baseline
-14.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-17.4 during vs -0.1 baseline
-17.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1963-1971 • 55-36-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.1 during vs 2.8 baseline
+3.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.2 during vs -2.6 baseline
+14.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
20.4 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
1959-1962 • 31-11-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.8 during vs 3.8 baseline
+4.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.4 during vs -14.2 baseline
+16.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
High Points
Best Season
Stanford 1969
7-2-1 • SRS 26.5
Biggest Improvement
Utah State 1960
9-2 • 18.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Stanford 1970
9-3 • SP Off 39.2
Best Defensive Season
Stanford 1971
9-3 • SP Def 11.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
San José State 1995
3-8 • SRS -20.1
Biggest Drop
San José State 1993
2-9 • -24.9 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| San José State | 1996 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -18.6 | -21.7 | 24.4 | 41.9 | +1.5 | -2.3% |
| San José State | 1995 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -20.1 | -19.3 | 27.6 | 42.4 | -1.8 | 0.0% |
| San José State | 1994 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -18.3 | -18.9 | 23.5 | 39.4 | -10.7 | +9.1% |
| San José State | 1993 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -7.6 | -9.8 | 30.4 | 37.7 | -24.9 | -56.8% |
| Stanford | 1971 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #19 | #10 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 27.5 | 11.3 | -8.6 | 0.0% |
| Stanford | 1970 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #10 | #8 | 25.9 | 24.1 | 39.2 | 15.6 | -0.6 | 0.0% |
| Stanford | 1969 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #16 | #19 | 26.5 | — | — | — | +10.6 | +10.0% |
| Stanford | 1968 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 15.9 | — | — | — | +14.2 | +15.0% |
| Stanford | 1967 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.7 | — | — | — | -2.7 | 0.0% |
| Stanford | 1966 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 4.4 | — | — | — | -1.3 | -15.0% |
| Stanford | 1965 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 5.7 | — | — | — | -4.7 | +15.0% |
| Stanford | 1964 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.4 | — | — | — | +8.2 | +20.0% |
| Stanford | 1963 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 2.2 | — | — | — | -0.6 | -50.0% |
| Utah State | 1962 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 2.8 | — | — | — | -9.2 | -6.4% |
| Utah State | 1961 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 86.4% | — | #10 | 12.0 | — | — | — | +5.2 | +4.5% |
| Utah State | 1960 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 6.8 | — | — | — | +18.9 | +36.4% |
| Utah State | 1959 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -12.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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