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Rick Forzano

1969-1972Navy

One defining stop at Navy.

Rick Forzano coached 4 seasons, won 23.3%, and posted an average SRS of -7.2. Best season: 1972 Navy. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

10-33

Career Win %

23.3%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

-7.2

Peak SRS

-0.1

Best Finish

Consistency

75.1

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.

Rick Forzano
EliteStrongAverageLean
1969Actual season year • SRS range -13.1 to -0.11972

Active comparison point

Rick Forzano1972

Selected

1972 Navy

Best seasonBiggest improvement

4-7 • SRS -0.1 • SP Overall -1.6

Win %

36.4%

YoY SRS

+5.1

SP Off / Def

23.5 / 25.0

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

Navy

1969-19724 seasons

Avg SRS -7.2 • Win % 23.3%

Longest Tenure

Navy • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Navy • -7.2 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Navy • 23.3%

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.

Rick Forzano sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Rick Forzano sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Rick Forzano

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -6.0

39th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Navy

1969-197210-33

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

Avg SRS -7.2Win % 23.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.5 during vs 3.6 baseline

-1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.2 during vs 0.7 baseline

-7.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-6.0 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

Navy 1972

4-7SRS -0.1

Biggest Improvement

Navy 1972

4-75.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Navy 1971

3-8SP Off 23.7

Best Defensive Season

Navy 1972

4-7SP Def 25.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Navy 1969

1-9SRS -13.1

Biggest Drop

Navy 1970

2-92.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Navy19721147036.4%-0.1-1.623.525.0+5.1+9.1%
Navy19711138027.3%-5.2-6.123.729.5+5.1+9.1%
Navy19701129018.2%-10.3-10.320.630.1+2.8+8.2%
Navy19691019010.0%-13.1

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