1951-1975 • Auburn
One defining stop at Auburn.
Ralph Jordan coached 25 seasons, won 67.4%, and posted an average SRS of 14.0. Best season: 1970 Auburn. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
175-83-7
Career Win %
67.4%
Seasons
25
Career Span
25 years
Average SRS
14.0
Peak SRS
24.0
Best Finish
#1
Consistency
40.5
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
9-2 • SRS 24.0 • SP Overall 27.9
Win %
81.8%
YoY SRS
+1.0
SP Off / Def
43.6 / 18.0
Finish
#10
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.
Auburn
1951-1975 • 25 seasons
Avg SRS 14.0 • Win % 67.4%
Longest Tenure
Auburn • 25 seasons
Best Tenure
Auburn • 14.0 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Auburn • 67.4%
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.
Ralph Jordan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Ralph Jordan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ralph Jordan
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 18.9
97th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1951-1975 • 175-83-7
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.0 during vs 1.8 baseline
+5.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
14.0 during vs -6.3 baseline
+20.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
18.9 during vs — baseline
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Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
52.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+52.0%
High Points
Best Season
Auburn 1970
9-2 • SRS 24.0
Biggest Improvement
Auburn 1967
6-4 • 15.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Auburn 1970
9-2 • SP Off 43.6
Best Defensive Season
Auburn 1972
10-1 • SP Def 7.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Auburn 1951
5-5 • SRS -2.2
Biggest Drop
Auburn 1975
3-6-2 • -17.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Auburn | 1975 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 36.4% | #8 | — | 3.1 | 6.8 | 25.7 | 19.8 | -17.4 | -47.0% |
| Auburn | 1974 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #8 | 20.5 | 24.2 | 32.0 | 7.9 | +13.7 | +33.3% |
| Auburn | 1973 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #13 | — | 6.8 | 8.2 | 21.1 | 13.9 | -12.7 | -40.9% |
| Auburn | 1972 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #5 | 19.5 | 22.7 | 29.6 | 7.2 | -2.9 | +9.1% |
| Auburn | 1971 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #6 | #12 | 22.4 | 23.6 | 39.3 | 17.4 | -1.6 | 0.0% |
| Auburn | 1970 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | #20 | #10 | 24.0 | 27.9 | 43.6 | 18.0 | +1.0 | +9.1% |
| Auburn | 1969 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #20 | #20 | 23.0 | — | — | — | +4.5 | +9.1% |
| Auburn | 1968 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | #16 | 18.5 | — | — | — | -0.1 | +3.6% |
| Auburn | 1967 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 18.6 | — | — | — | +15.5 | +20.0% |
| Auburn | 1966 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 3.1 | — | — | — | -7.3 | -10.0% |
| Auburn | 1965 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.4 | — | — | — | +3.7 | -10.0% |
| Auburn | 1964 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #8 | — | 6.7 | — | — | — | -9.5 | -21.8% |
| Auburn | 1963 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #5 | 16.2 | — | — | — | +8.3 | +16.8% |
| Auburn | 1962 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | -3.3 | +5.0% |
| Auburn | 1961 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 11.2 | — | — | — | -6.8 | -20.0% |
| Auburn | 1960 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | #12 | #13 | 18.0 | — | — | — | -1.6 | +10.0% |
| Auburn | 1959 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | #3 | — | 19.6 | — | — | — | +4.0 | -25.0% |
| Auburn | 1958 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | #5 | #4 | 15.6 | — | — | — | -7.5 | -5.0% |
| Auburn | 1957 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #15 | #1 | 23.1 | — | — | — | +8.6 | +30.0% |
| Auburn | 1956 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 14.5 | — | — | — | +2.8 | -7.3% |
| Auburn | 1955 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77.3% | #17 | #8 | 11.7 | — | — | — | -8.8 | +4.5% |
| Auburn | 1954 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #13 | 20.5 | — | — | — | +7.7 | +4.5% |
| Auburn | 1953 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | #17 | 12.8 | — | — | — | +9.3 | +48.2% |
| Auburn | 1952 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20.0% | — | — | 3.5 | — | — | — | +5.7 | -30.0% |
| Auburn | 1951 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -2.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
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