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Clark Shaughnessy

1915-1946Chicago, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Tulane

5 schools coached, anchored by Tulane.

Clark Shaughnessy coached 24 seasons, won 54.6%, and posted an average SRS of -2.8. Best season: 1940 Stanford. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 5 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

108-89-10

Career Win %

54.6%

Seasons

24

Career Span

32 years

Average SRS

-2.8

Peak SRS

19.5

Best Finish

#2

Consistency

11.9

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.

Clark Shaughnessy
EliteStrongAverageLean
Clark Shaughnessy: 1933 ChicagoClark Shaughnessy: 1940 StanfordClark Shaughnessy: 1942 MarylandClark Shaughnessy: 1943 PittsburghClark Shaughnessy: 1946 Maryland
1915Actual season year • SRS range -25.1 to 19.51946

Active comparison point

Clark Shaughnessy1940

Selected

1940 Stanford

Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Stanford

10-0 • SRS 19.5 • SP Overall

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+44.6

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#2

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

Maryland

1942-19462 seasons

Avg SRS -8.1 • Win % 55.6%

Pittsburgh

1943-19453 seasons

Avg SRS -2.8 • Win % 37.0%

Stanford

1940-19412 seasons

Avg SRS 16.6 • Win % 84.2%

Chicago

1933-19397 seasons

Avg SRS -8.0 • Win % 34.5%

Tulane

1915-192610 seasons

Avg SRS -2.0 • Win % 65.9%

Longest Tenure

Tulane • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Stanford • 16.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Stanford • 84.2%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Clark Shaughnessy

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

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Impact by School

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

Maryland

1942-194610-8

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

Avg SRS -8.1Win % 55.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 3.4 baseline

+1.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.1 during vs -12.1 baseline

+4.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Pittsburgh

1943-194510-17

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

Avg SRS -2.8Win % 37.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 4.4 baseline

-1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.8 during vs 6.2 baseline

-9.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Stanford

1940-194116-3

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

Avg SRS 16.6Win % 84.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 3.6 baseline

+4.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

16.6 during vs 6.5 baseline

+10.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+50.0%

Chicago

1933-193917-34-4

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

Avg SRS -8.0Win % 34.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.4 during vs 3.2 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.0 during vs -3.5 baseline

-4.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Tulane

1915-192655-27-6

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

Avg SRS -2.0Win % 65.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 3.2 baseline

+2.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.0 during vs -19.7 baseline

+17.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Stanford 1940

10-0SRS 19.5

Biggest Improvement

Stanford 1940

10-044.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Chicago 1939

2-6SRS -25.1

Biggest Drop

Maryland 1942

7-2-22.9 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Maryland1946936033.3%-6.8-8.0+3.3%
Pittsburgh19451037030.0%1.2+3.0-14.4%
Pittsburgh1944945044.4%-1.8+6.1+6.9%
Pittsburgh1943835037.5%-7.9+1.4-40.3%
Maryland1942972077.8%-9.3-22.9+11.1%
Stanford1941963066.7%13.6-5.9-33.3%
Stanford1940101000100.0%#219.5+44.6+75.0%
Chicago1939826025.0%-25.1-4.9+6.3%
Chicago1938816118.8%-20.2-9.4+4.5%
Chicago1937716014.3%-10.8+1.1-17.0%
Chicago1936825131.3%-11.9-9.7-18.8%
Chicago1935844050.0%-2.2-7.90.0%
Chicago1934844050.0%5.7-2.60.0%
Chicago1933833250.0%8.3+9.2+11.1%
Tulane1926935138.9%-0.9-13.8-56.1%
Tulane19251090195.0%12.9+7.2+6.1%
Tulane1924981088.9%5.7+12.4+23.9%
Tulane19231063165.0%-6.7-0.3+15.0%
Tulane1922844050.0%-6.4-7.5-22.2%
Tulane1920962172.2%1.1+6.20.0%
Tulane1919962172.2%-5.1-6.8+9.7%
Tulane1917853062.5%1.7+9.0+6.3%
Tulane1916843156.3%-7.3+7.3+6.3%
Tulane1915844050.0%-14.6

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