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Butch Jones

2007-2025Arkansas State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Tennessee

4 schools coached, anchored by Tennessee.

Butch Jones coached 16 seasons, won 54.8%, and posted an average SRS of -0.7. Best season: 2015 Tennessee. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

103-85

Career Win %

54.8%

Seasons

16

Career Span

19 years

Average SRS

-0.7

Peak SRS

17.7

Best Finish

#22

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.

Butch Jones
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Butch Jones: 2010 CincinnatiButch Jones: 2013 TennesseeButch Jones: 2021 Arkansas State
2007Actual season year • SRS range -16.8 to 17.72025

Active comparison point

Butch Jones2015

Selected

2015 Tennessee

Best season

9-4 • SRS 17.7 • SP Overall 19.5

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+6.8

SP Off / Def

35.7 / 17.8

Finish

#22

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

Arkansas State

2021-20255 seasons

Avg SRS -11.3 • Win % 38.0%

Tennessee

2013-20175 seasons

Avg SRS 6.8 • Win % 55.7%

Cincinnati

2010-20123 seasons

Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 62.2%

Central Michigan

2007-20093 seasons

Avg SRS -1.8 • Win % 67.5%

Longest Tenure

Arkansas State • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Tennessee • 6.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Central Michigan • 67.5%

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.

Butch Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Butch Jones sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Butch Jones

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.8

60th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Arkansas State

2021-202519-31

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

Avg SRS -11.3Win % 38.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.8 during vs 7.0 baseline

-3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.3 during vs -4.0 baseline

-7.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.2 during vs -1.6 baseline

-9.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Tennessee

2013-201734-27

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

Avg SRS 6.8Win % 55.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 5.1 baseline

+1.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 4.8 baseline

+2.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

10.9 during vs 11.6 baseline

-0.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

40.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+40.0%

Cincinnati

2010-201223-14

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

Avg SRS 5.4Win % 62.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.7 during vs 8.2 baseline

-0.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.4 during vs 5.9 baseline

-0.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.8 during vs 8.5 baseline

+0.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 60.0% baseline

-26.7%

Central Michigan

2007-200927-13

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

Avg SRS -1.8Win % 67.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.0 during vs 5.2 baseline

+3.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.8 during vs -12.0 baseline

+10.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.2 during vs -15.6 baseline

+11.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline

+33.3%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Tennessee 2015

9-4SRS 17.7

Biggest Improvement

Central Michigan 2009

11-211.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Tennessee 2016

9-4SP Off 39.9

Best Defensive Season

Tennessee 2015

9-4SP Def 17.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Arkansas State 2021

2-10SRS -16.8

Biggest Drop

Tennessee 2017

4-6-17.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Arkansas State20250000-10.2-8.824.433.5+1.3
Arkansas State20241385061.5%-11.5-9.924.635.2-5.1+15.4%
Arkansas State20231367046.2%-6.4-6.325.832.8+5.0+21.1%
Arkansas State20221239025.0%-11.4-13.023.738.5+5.4+8.3%
Arkansas State202112210016.7%-16.8-17.921.040.0-9.5-23.3%
Tennessee20171046040.0%#25-7.31.225.825.7-17.7-29.2%
Tennessee20161394069.2%#9#2210.416.339.925.2-7.30.0%
Tennessee20151394069.2%#25#2217.719.535.717.8+6.8+15.4%
Tennessee20141376053.8%10.912.231.019.9+8.5+12.2%
Tennessee20131257041.7%2.45.129.226.1-8.1-33.3%
Cincinnati20121293075.0%10.511.133.823.7+2.6-1.9%
Cincinnati201113103076.9%#257.912.830.117.8+10.0+43.6%
Cincinnati20101248033.3%-2.12.528.427.7-6.6-51.3%
Central Michigan200913112084.6%#234.53.529.125.7+11.4+23.1%
Central Michigan20081385061.5%-6.9-5.630.136.3-3.8+4.4%
Central Michigan20071486057.1%-3.1-10.630.239.8

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