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Lou Tepper

1992-1996Illinois

One defining stop at Illinois.

Lou Tepper coached 5 seasons, won 45.6%, and posted an average SRS of 5.8. Best season: 1994 Illinois. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

25-30-2

Career Win %

45.6%

Seasons

5

Career Span

5 years

Average SRS

5.8

Peak SRS

19.5

Best Finish

Consistency

27.5

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.

Lou Tepper
EliteStrongAverageLean
1992Actual season year • SRS range -5.4 to 19.51996

Active comparison point

Lou Tepper1994

Selected

1994 Illinois

Best seasonBiggest improvement

7-5 • SRS 19.5 • SP Overall 21.7

Win %

58.3%

YoY SRS

+13.8

SP Off / Def

33.3 / 12.4

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

Illinois

1992-19965 seasons

Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 45.6%

Longest Tenure

Illinois • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Illinois • 5.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Illinois • 45.6%

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.

Lou Tepper sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Lou Tepper sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Lou Tepper

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 6.0

75th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Illinois

1992-199625-30-2

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

Avg SRS 5.8Win % 45.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 6.6 baseline

-1.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 6.0 baseline

-0.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 6.8 baseline

-0.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Illinois 1994

7-5SRS 19.5

Biggest Improvement

Illinois 1994

7-513.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Illinois 1994

7-5SP Off 33.3

Best Defensive Season

Illinois 1994

7-5SP Def 12.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Illinois 1996

2-9SRS -5.4

Biggest Drop

Illinois 1996

2-9-14.0 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Illinois19961129018.2%-5.4-6.328.734.1-14.0-31.8%
Illinois19951155150.0%8.69.825.516.9-10.9-8.3%
Illinois19941275058.3%#2119.521.733.312.4+13.8+12.9%
Illinois19931156045.5%5.73.724.021.0+5.0-8.7%
Illinois19921265154.2%0.71.023.723.0

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