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Terry Shea

1990-2000Rutgers, San José State

2 schools coached, anchored by Rutgers.

Terry Shea coached 7 seasons, won 34.6%, and posted an average SRS of -9.9. Best season: 1990 San José State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

26-50-2

Career Win %

34.6%

Seasons

7

Career Span

11 years

Average SRS

-9.9

Peak SRS

11.2

Best Finish

Consistency

6.2

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.

Terry Shea
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Terry Shea: 1996 Rutgers
1990Actual season year • SRS range -27.3 to 11.22000

Active comparison point

Terry Shea1990

Selected

1990 San José State

Best season

9-2-1 • SRS 11.2 • SP Overall 18.6

Win %

79.2%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

41.3 / 25.8

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

Rutgers

1996-20005 seasons

Avg SRS -16.2 • Win % 20.0%

San José State

1990-19912 seasons

Avg SRS 5.9 • Win % 69.6%

Longest Tenure

Rutgers • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

San José State • 5.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

San José State • 69.6%

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.

Terry Shea sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Terry Shea sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Terry Shea

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -9.0

30th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Rutgers

1996-200011-44

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

Avg SRS -16.2Win % 20.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.2 during vs 5.2 baseline

-3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-16.2 during vs -3.6 baseline

-12.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-17.1 during vs -5.1 baseline

-12.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

San José State

1990-199115-6-2

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

Avg SRS 5.9Win % 69.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.5 during vs 6.4 baseline

+1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.9 during vs -4.0 baseline

+9.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.3 during vs -1.8 baseline

+13.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

San José State 1990

9-2-1SRS 11.2

Biggest Improvement

Rutgers 1998

5-616.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

San José State 1990

9-2-1SP Off 41.3

Best Defensive Season

San José State 1990

9-2-1SP Def 25.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Rutgers 1997

0-11SRS -27.3

Biggest Drop

Rutgers 1996

2-9-14.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Rutgers20001138027.3%-12.2-9.531.438.5+4.9+18.2%
Rutgers19991111009.1%-17.1-20.123.339.9-6.4-36.4%
Rutgers19981156045.5%-10.7-11.130.138.7+16.6+45.5%
Rutgers19971101100.0%-27.3-30.324.546.8-13.8-18.2%
Rutgers19961129018.2%-13.5-14.621.334.1-14.1-40.9%
San José State19911164159.1%0.64.039.035.6-10.6-20.1%
San José State19901292179.2%11.218.641.325.8

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