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Bill Snyder

1989-2018Kansas State

One defining stop at Kansas State.

Bill Snyder coached 27 seasons, won 64.7%, and posted an average SRS of 10.3. Best season: 1998 Kansas State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

215-117-1

Career Win %

64.7%

Seasons

27

Career Span

30 years

Average SRS

10.3

Peak SRS

27.1

Best Finish

#6

Consistency

11.4

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.

Bill Snyder
EliteStrongAverageLean
1989Actual season year • SRS range -19.2 to 27.12018

Active comparison point

Bill Snyder1998

Selected

1998 Kansas State

Best season

11-2 • SRS 27.1 • SP Overall 28.6

Win %

84.6%

YoY SRS

+9.9

SP Off / Def

49.8 / 24.1

Finish

#10

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

Kansas State

1989-201827 seasons

Avg SRS 10.3 • Win % 64.7%

Longest Tenure

Kansas State • 27 seasons

Best Tenure

Kansas State • 10.3 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Kansas State • 64.7%

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.

Bill Snyder sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bill Snyder sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bill Snyder

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Raw avg SP Overall: 12.3

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Impact by School

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

Kansas State

1989-2018215-117-1

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

Avg SRS 10.3Win % 64.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 1.1 baseline

+6.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.3 during vs -17.7 baseline

+28.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

12.3 during vs -21.4 baseline

+33.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

48.1% during vs 0.0% baseline

+48.1%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Kansas State 1998

11-2SRS 27.1

Biggest Improvement

Kansas State 1990

5-616.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Kansas State 1998

11-2SP Off 49.8

Best Defensive Season

Kansas State 1996

9-3SP Def 15.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kansas State 1989

1-10SRS -19.2

Biggest Drop

Kansas State 2004

4-7-16.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Kansas State20181257041.7%3.9-0.527.227.5-3.4-19.9%
Kansas State20171385061.5%#207.310.934.426.1-2.4-7.7%
Kansas State20161394069.2%9.78.234.227.2+7.6+23.1%
Kansas State20151367046.2%2.12.632.230.8-16.4-23.1%
Kansas State20141394069.2%#20#1818.516.337.723.2+4.1+7.7%
Kansas State20131385061.5%14.421.740.420.0-8.1-23.1%
Kansas State201213112084.6%#22#1222.522.741.820.4+9.6+7.7%
Kansas State201113103076.9%#1512.97.632.124.6+9.4+23.1%
Kansas State20101376053.8%3.58.634.427.4+3.8+3.9%
Kansas State20091266050.0%-0.35.025.120.3+2.0+4.5%
Kansas State20051156045.5%-2.36.125.919.8-5.5+9.1%
Kansas State20041147036.4%#133.27.940.834.9-16.8-37.0%
Kansas State200315114073.3%#7#1420.025.843.019.2-6.2-11.3%
Kansas State200213112084.6%#726.225.344.421.8+13.8+34.6%
Kansas State20011266050.0%#1312.417.134.619.0-5.8-28.6%
Kansas State200014113078.6%#8#918.222.744.625.2-0.6-13.1%
Kansas State199912111091.7%#20#618.821.840.821.3-8.3+7.0%
Kansas State199813112084.6%#6#1027.128.649.824.1+9.9-7.0%
Kansas State199712111091.7%#23#817.223.240.318.9+0.6+16.7%
Kansas State19961293075.0%#21#1716.621.835.715.0-3.0-8.3%
Kansas State199512102083.3%#719.622.741.320.6+6.5+8.3%
Kansas State19941293075.0%#1913.117.432.015.6+2.2-4.2%
Kansas State19931292179.2%#2010.911.333.323.7+14.8+33.7%
Kansas State19921156045.5%-3.9-5.120.826.1-12.1-18.2%
Kansas State19911174063.6%8.28.930.122.5+10.6+18.2%
Kansas State19901156045.5%-2.4-4.529.533.7+16.8+36.4%
Kansas State19891111009.1%-19.2-22.818.338.3

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