1978-1984 • Ball State
One defining stop at Ball State.
Dwight Wallace coached 7 seasons, won 51.9%, and posted an average SRS of -11.5. Best season: 1978 Ball State. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
40-37
Career Win %
51.9%
Seasons
7
Career Span
7 years
Average SRS
-11.5
Peak SRS
2.0
Best Finish
—
Consistency
22.6
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
10-1 • SRS 2.0 • SP Overall 15.3
Win %
90.9%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
25.1 / 10.7
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.
Ball State
1978-1984 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -11.5 • Win % 51.9%
Longest Tenure
Ball State • 7 seasons
Best Tenure
Ball State • -11.5 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Ball State • 51.9%
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.
Dwight Wallace sets the reference point in overall strength.
Dwight Wallace sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dwight Wallace
Mixed
Raw avg SP Overall: -3.3
46th pct
Mixed
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1978-1984 • 40-37
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 8.7 baseline
-3.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-11.5 during vs 1.8 baseline
-13.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.3 during vs 11.3 baseline
-14.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Ball State 1978
10-1 • SRS 2.0
Biggest Improvement
Ball State 1983
6-5 • 3.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Ball State 1979
6-5 • SP Off 28.5
Best Defensive Season
Ball State 1978
10-1 • SP Def 10.7
Setbacks
Worst Season
Ball State 1984
3-8 • SRS -21.6
Biggest Drop
Ball State 1981
4-7 • -9.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Ball State | 1984 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -21.6 | -15.3 | 15.0 | 29.7 | -5.1 | -27.3% |
| Ball State | 1983 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -16.5 | -9.8 | 25.2 | 33.7 | +3.9 | +9.1% |
| Ball State | 1982 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -20.4 | -10.8 | 15.7 | 25.8 | -4.3 | +9.1% |
| Ball State | 1981 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -16.1 | -12.5 | 14.6 | 26.1 | -9.2 | -18.2% |
| Ball State | 1980 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -6.9 | 6.2 | 26.6 | 21.5 | -6.0 | 0.0% |
| Ball State | 1979 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -0.9 | 4.0 | 28.5 | 25.5 | -2.9 | -36.4% |
| Ball State | 1978 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | — | 2.0 | 15.3 | 25.1 | 10.7 | — | — |
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