1989-2006 • Pacific, Pittsburgh, Stanford
3 schools coached, anchored by Pittsburgh.
Walt Harris coached 13 seasons, won 44.8%, and posted an average SRS of -2.1. Best season: 2002 Pittsburgh. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
69-85
Career Win %
44.8%
Seasons
13
Career Span
18 years
Average SRS
-2.1
Peak SRS
10.5
Best Finish
#19
Consistency
17.2
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
9-4 • SRS 10.5 • SP Overall 14.5
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+3.1
SP Off / Def
32.7 / 19.2
Finish
#19
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.
Stanford
2005-2006 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -3.0 • Win % 26.1%
Pittsburgh
1997-2004 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS 2.9 • Win % 54.2%
Pacific
1989-1991 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -14.9 • Win % 31.4%
Longest Tenure
Pittsburgh • 8 seasons
Best Tenure
Pittsburgh • 2.9 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Pittsburgh • 54.2%
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.
Walt Harris sets the reference point in overall strength.
Walt Harris sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Walt Harris
Mixed
Raw avg SP Overall: -1.2
53th pct
Mixed
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
2005-2006 • 6-17
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 4.8 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-3.0 during vs 3.4 baseline
-6.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.8 during vs 5.4 baseline
-12.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
1997-2004 • 52-44
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.5 during vs 2.7 baseline
+3.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.9 during vs -8.0 baseline
+10.9
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.2 during vs -8.2 baseline
+13.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+25.0%
1989-1991 • 11-24
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Pittsburgh 2002
9-4 • SRS 10.5
Biggest Improvement
Pittsburgh 1999
5-6 • 7.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Pacific 1991
5-7 • SP Off 40.8
Best Defensive Season
Pittsburgh 2002
9-4 • SP Def 19.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Pacific 1989
2-10 • SRS -20.3
Biggest Drop
Stanford 2006
1-11 • -15.5 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Stanford | 2006 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8.3% | — | — | -10.7 | -14.1 | 14.8 | 27.6 | -15.5 | -37.1% |
| Stanford | 2005 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 4.8 | 0.6 | 26.4 | 25.7 | +1.4 | -21.2% |
| Pittsburgh | 2004 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #25 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 32.1 | 27.4 | -4.1 | +5.1% |
| Pittsburgh | 2003 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #10 | — | 7.5 | 11.0 | 37.6 | 28.5 | -3.0 | -7.7% |
| Pittsburgh | 2002 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | #19 | 10.5 | 14.5 | 32.7 | 19.2 | +3.1 | +10.9% |
| Pittsburgh | 2001 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 7.4 | 12.0 | 33.5 | 22.8 | +1.9 | 0.0% |
| Pittsburgh | 2000 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.5 | 9.6 | 31.5 | 23.3 | +4.3 | +12.9% |
| Pittsburgh | 1999 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 1.2 | 2.8 | 32.1 | 30.4 | +7.1 | +27.3% |
| Pittsburgh | 1998 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -5.9 | -8.0 | 25.7 | 33.1 | +0.5 | -31.8% |
| Pittsburgh | 1997 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -6.4 | -6.7 | 32.3 | 37.2 | +4.0 | +8.3% |
| Pacific | 1991 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -10.4 | -9.7 | 40.8 | 45.6 | +3.7 | +5.3% |
| Pacific | 1990 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -14.1 | -13.3 | 36.2 | 43.5 | +6.2 | +19.7% |
| Pacific | 1989 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16.7% | — | — | -20.3 | -20.2 | 20.0 | 38.0 | — | — |
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