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Dean Pees

1998-2003Kent State

One defining stop at Kent State.

Dean Pees coached 6 seasons, won 25.0%, and posted an average SRS of -19.8. Best season: 2001 Kent State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

17-51

Career Win %

25.0%

Seasons

6

Career Span

6 years

Average SRS

-19.8

Peak SRS

-6.6

Best Finish

Consistency

18.4

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.

Dean Pees
EliteStrongAverageLean
1998Actual season year • SRS range -33.0 to -6.62003

Active comparison point

Dean Pees2001

Selected

2001 Kent State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

6-5 • SRS -6.6 • SP Overall -3.8

Win %

54.5%

YoY SRS

+19.7

SP Off / Def

27.4 / 31.1

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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

Kent State

1998-20036 seasons

Avg SRS -19.8 • Win % 25.0%

Longest Tenure

Kent State • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

Kent State • -19.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Kent State • 25.0%

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.

Dean Pees sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Dean Pees sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dean Pees

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -18.1

10th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Kent State

1998-200317-51

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

Avg SRS -19.8Win % 25.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.8 during vs 1.6 baseline

+1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-19.8 during vs -26.7 baseline

+6.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-18.1 during vs -23.4 baseline

+5.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Kent State 2001

6-5SRS -6.6

Biggest Improvement

Kent State 2001

6-519.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Kent State 2003

5-7SP Off 33.3

Best Defensive Season

Kent State 2001

6-5SP Def 31.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kent State 1998

0-11SRS -33.0

Biggest Drop

Kent State 2002

3-9-17.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Kent State20031257041.7%-9.7-12.133.341.6+14.3+16.7%
Kent State20021239025.0%-24.0-19.122.539.1-17.4-29.5%
Kent State20011165054.5%-6.6-3.827.431.1+19.7+45.5%
Kent State20001111009.1%-26.3-25.014.637.3-7.1-9.1%
Kent State19991129018.2%-19.2-17.724.739.5+13.8+18.2%
Kent State19981101100.0%-33.0-30.720.444.5

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