2016-2020 • Illinois
One defining stop at Illinois.
Lovie Smith coached 5 seasons, won 30.4%, and posted an average SRS of -8.0. Best season: 2019 Illinois. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
17-39
Career Win %
30.4%
Seasons
5
Career Span
5 years
Average SRS
-8.0
Peak SRS
-0.4
Best Finish
—
Consistency
84.3
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
6-7 • SRS -0.4 • SP Overall 0.6
Win %
46.2%
YoY SRS
+10.1
SP Off / Def
24.4 / 25.8
Finish
Unranked
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
2016-2020 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -8.0 • Win % 30.4%
Longest Tenure
Illinois • 5 seasons
Best Tenure
Illinois • -8.0 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Illinois • 30.4%
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.
Lovie Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Lovie Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Lovie Smith
Mixed
Raw avg SP Overall: -5.4
41th pct
Mixed
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2016-2020 • 17-39
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.4 during vs 4.6 baseline
-1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-8.0 during vs -4.9 baseline
-3.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-5.4 during vs -0.8 baseline
-4.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Illinois 2019
6-7 • SRS -0.4
Biggest Improvement
Illinois 2019
6-7 • 10.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Illinois 2018
4-8 • SP Off 29.1
Best Defensive Season
Illinois 2019
6-7 • SP Def 25.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Illinois 2017
2-10 • SRS -11.4
Biggest Drop
Illinois 2020
2-5 • -7.0 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Illinois | 2020 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28.6% | — | — | -7.4 | -5.4 | 23.9 | 29.4 | -7.0 | -17.6% |
| Illinois | 2019 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -0.4 | 0.6 | 24.4 | 25.8 | +10.1 | +12.8% |
| Illinois | 2018 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -10.5 | -7.9 | 29.1 | 38.6 | +0.9 | +16.7% |
| Illinois | 2017 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -11.4 | -7.4 | 21.6 | 29.9 | -1.3 | -8.3% |
| Illinois | 2016 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -10.1 | -6.7 | 22.7 | 29.5 | — | — |
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