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Jim Harbaugh

2007-2023Michigan, Stanford

2 schools coached, anchored by Michigan.

Jim Harbaugh coached 13 seasons, won 72.0%, and posted an average SRS of 15.2. Best season: 2010 Stanford. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

118-46

Career Win %

72.0%

Seasons

13

Career Span

17 years

Average SRS

15.2

Peak SRS

30.2

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

14.2

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.

Jim Harbaugh
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Jim Harbaugh: 2015 Michigan
2007Actual season year • SRS range -2.5 to 30.22023

Active comparison point

Jim Harbaugh2010

Selected

2010 Stanford

Best seasonBiggest improvement

12-1 • SRS 30.2 • SP Overall 28.1

Win %

92.3%

YoY SRS

+19.2

SP Off / Def

44.4 / 17.3

Finish

#4

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

Michigan

2015-20239 seasons

Avg SRS 17.4 • Win % 78.1%

Stanford

2007-20104 seasons

Avg SRS 10.2 • Win % 58.0%

Longest Tenure

Michigan • 9 seasons

Best Tenure

Michigan • 17.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Michigan • 78.1%

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.

Jim Harbaugh sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

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Jim Harbaugh sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Harbaugh

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Raw avg SP Overall: 18.3

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Impact by School

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

Michigan

2015-202389-25

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

Avg SRS 17.4Win % 78.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.9 during vs 7.6 baseline

+2.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

17.4 during vs 7.3 baseline

+10.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

22.6 during vs 13.5 baseline

+9.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 40.0% baseline

+26.7%

Stanford

2007-201029-21

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

Avg SRS 10.2Win % 58.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 3.2 baseline

+4.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.2 during vs -1.3 baseline

+11.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.6 during vs -2.3 baseline

+10.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Stanford 2010

12-1SRS 30.2

Biggest Improvement

Stanford 2010

12-119.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Stanford 2010

12-1SP Off 44.4

Best Defensive Season

Michigan 2023

15-0SP Def 7.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

Stanford 2007

4-8SRS -2.5

Biggest Drop

Michigan 2020

2-4-18.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Michigan2023151500100.0%#2#125.931.336.67.2+4.8+7.1%
Michigan202214131092.9%#8#321.132.038.07.6+2.8+7.1%
Michigan202114122085.7%#318.323.436.515.8+18.9+52.4%
Michigan2020624033.3%#16-0.610.733.022.2-18.7-35.9%
Michigan20191394069.2%#7#1818.120.735.716.0-0.9-7.7%
Michigan201813103076.9%#1419.022.035.514.3+6.1+15.4%
Michigan20171385061.5%#1112.919.631.111.8-11.2-15.4%
Michigan201613103076.9%#7#1024.124.434.811.1+6.60.0%
Michigan201513103076.9%#1217.519.735.216.2-12.7-15.4%
Stanford201013121092.3%#430.228.144.417.3+19.2+30.8%
Stanford20091385061.5%11.010.739.230.6+9.1+19.9%
Stanford20081257041.7%1.92.230.229.5+4.4+8.3%
Stanford20071248033.3%-2.5-6.721.027.4

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