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Jim Strong

1990-1993UNLV

One defining stop at UNLV.

Jim Strong coached 4 seasons, won 38.6%, and posted an average SRS of -18.4. Best season: 1993 UNLV. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

17-27

Career Win %

38.6%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

-18.4

Peak SRS

-15.4

Best Finish

Consistency

94.4

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.

Jim Strong
EliteStrongAverageLean
1990Actual season year • SRS range -21.2 to -15.41993

Active comparison point

Jim Strong1993

Selected

1993 UNLV

Best seasonBiggest improvement

3-8 • SRS -15.4 • SP Overall -17.0

Win %

27.3%

YoY SRS

+5.8

SP Off / Def

27.1 / 40.6

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

UNLV

1990-19934 seasons

Avg SRS -18.4 • Win % 38.6%

Longest Tenure

UNLV • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

UNLV • -18.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

UNLV • 38.6%

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.

Jim Strong sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Strong sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Strong

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -20.4

7th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

UNLV

1990-199317-27

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

Avg SRS -18.4Win % 38.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.3 during vs 4.8 baseline

-0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-18.4 during vs -14.3 baseline

-4.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-20.4 during vs -13.2 baseline

-7.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

UNLV 1993

3-8SRS -15.4

Biggest Improvement

UNLV 1993

3-85.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UNLV 1993

3-8SP Off 27.1

Best Defensive Season

UNLV 1990

4-7SP Def 37.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

UNLV 1992

6-5SRS -21.2

Biggest Drop

UNLV 1991

4-7-4.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

UNLV19931138027.3%-15.4-17.027.140.6+5.8-27.3%
UNLV19921165054.5%-21.2-23.520.740.4-0.6+18.2%
UNLV19911147036.4%-20.6-25.519.841.5-4.30.0%
UNLV19901147036.4%-16.3-15.625.137.7

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