1942-1959 • Illinois
One defining stop at Illinois.
Ray Eliot coached 18 seasons, won 53.0%, and posted an average SRS of 13.3. Best season: 1946 Illinois. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
83-73-11
Career Win %
53.0%
Seasons
18
Career Span
18 years
Average SRS
13.3
Peak SRS
29.3
Best Finish
#4
Consistency
54.6
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
8-2 • SRS 29.3 • SP Overall —
Win %
80.0%
YoY SRS
+16.4
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#5
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.
Illinois
1942-1959 • 18 seasons
Avg SRS 13.3 • Win % 53.0%
Longest Tenure
Illinois • 18 seasons
Best Tenure
Illinois • 13.3 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Illinois • 53.0%
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.
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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ray Eliot
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
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See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1942-1959 • 83-73-11
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 2.4 baseline
+2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
13.3 during vs 1.2 baseline
+12.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
High Points
Best Season
Illinois 1946
8-2 • SRS 29.3
Biggest Improvement
Illinois 1946
8-2 • 16.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Illinois 1943
3-7 • SRS 3.0
Biggest Drop
Illinois 1954
1-8 • -15.8 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Illinois | 1959 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | #13 | 11.4 | — | — | — | +0.3 | +16.7% |
| Illinois | 1958 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 11.1 | — | — | — | -2.3 | 0.0% |
| Illinois | 1957 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 13.4 | — | — | — | +2.6 | +11.1% |
| Illinois | 1956 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 33.3% | #20 | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | +2.7 | -27.8% |
| Illinois | 1955 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 8.1 | — | — | — | +4.8 | +50.0% |
| Illinois | 1954 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | #5 | — | 3.3 | — | — | — | -15.8 | -72.2% |
| Illinois | 1953 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% | — | #7 | 19.1 | — | — | — | +8.6 | +38.9% |
| Illinois | 1952 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | #5 | — | 10.5 | — | — | — | -11.3 | -50.6% |
| Illinois | 1951 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | #10 | #4 | 21.8 | — | — | — | +3.6 | +17.2% |
| Illinois | 1950 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | #8 | #13 | 18.2 | — | — | — | +5.3 | +33.3% |
| Illinois | 1949 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 44.4% | — | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | +5.0 | +11.1% |
| Illinois | 1948 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | 7.9 | — | — | — | -9.6 | -27.8% |
| Illinois | 1947 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 17.5 | — | — | — | -11.8 | -18.9% |
| Illinois | 1946 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #5 | 29.3 | — | — | — | +16.4 | +52.2% |
| Illinois | 1945 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | 12.9 | — | — | — | -6.2 | -27.2% |
| Illinois | 1944 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | #15 | 19.1 | — | — | — | +16.1 | +25.0% |
| Illinois | 1943 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | 3.0 | — | — | — | -7.0 | -30.0% |
| Illinois | 1942 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 10.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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