1977-1994 • Stanford
One defining stop at Stanford.
Bill Walsh coached 5 seasons, won 58.5%, and posted an average SRS of 9.6. Best season: 1978 Stanford. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Record
34-24-1
Career Win %
58.5%
Seasons
5
Career Span
18 years
Average SRS
9.6
Peak SRS
18.1
Best Finish
#9
Consistency
44.2
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
8-4 • SRS 18.1 • SP Overall 20.4
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+9.9
SP Off / Def
36.9 / 17.8
Finish
#17
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
1977-1994 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 9.6 • Win % 58.5%
Longest Tenure
Stanford • 5 seasons
Best Tenure
Stanford • 9.6 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Stanford • 58.5%
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.
Bill Walsh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Bill Walsh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bill Walsh
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 10.2
86th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1977-1994 • 34-24-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 6.0 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
9.6 during vs 8.6 baseline
+1.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.2 during vs 9.9 baseline
+0.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
60.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+60.0%
High Points
Best Season
Stanford 1978
8-4 • SRS 18.1
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1978
8-4 • 9.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Stanford 1993
4-7 • SP Off 39.2
Best Defensive Season
Stanford 1992
10-3 • SP Def 12.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Stanford 1994
3-7-1 • SRS 1.3
Biggest Drop
Stanford 1993
4-7 • -14.4 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Stanford | 1994 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | 1.3 | -1.1 | 37.8 | 37.9 | -1.6 | -4.5% |
| Stanford | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | #15 | — | 2.9 | 3.7 | 39.2 | 36.3 | -14.4 | -40.6% |
| Stanford | 1992 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #17 | #9 | 17.3 | 22.1 | 34.2 | 12.5 | -0.8 | +10.3% |
| Stanford | 1978 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #17 | 18.1 | 20.4 | 36.9 | 17.8 | +9.9 | -8.3% |
| Stanford | 1977 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #15 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 30.8 | 26.7 | — | — |
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