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Brian Polian

2013-2016Nevada

One defining stop at Nevada.

Brian Polian coached 4 seasons, won 46.0%, and posted an average SRS of -8.2. Best season: 2014 Nevada. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

23-27

Career Win %

46.0%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

-8.2

Peak SRS

-2.1

Best Finish

Consistency

83.0

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.

Brian Polian
EliteStrongAverageLean
2013Actual season year • SRS range -13.7 to -2.12016

Active comparison point

Brian Polian2014

Selected

2014 Nevada

Best seasonBiggest improvement

7-6 • SRS -2.1 • SP Overall -7.3

Win %

53.8%

YoY SRS

+5.4

SP Off / Def

26.7 / 33.7

Finish

Unranked

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

Nevada

2013-20164 seasons

Avg SRS -8.2 • Win % 46.0%

Longest Tenure

Nevada • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Nevada • -8.2 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Nevada • 46.0%

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.

Brian Polian sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Brian Polian sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Brian Polian

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.1

25th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Nevada

2013-201623-27

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

Avg SRS -8.2Win % 46.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 8.4 baseline

-2.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.2 during vs 2.8 baseline

-10.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.1 during vs 2.0 baseline

-13.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Nevada 2014

7-6SRS -2.1

Biggest Improvement

Nevada 2014

7-65.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Nevada 2015

7-6SP Off 26.9

Best Defensive Season

Nevada 2015

7-6SP Def 32.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Nevada 2016

5-7SRS -13.7

Biggest Drop

Nevada 2015

7-6-7.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Nevada20161257041.7%-13.7-13.026.237.9-4.3-12.2%
Nevada20151376053.8%-9.4-7.126.932.6-7.30.0%
Nevada20141376053.8%-2.1-7.326.733.7+5.4+20.5%
Nevada20131248033.3%-7.5-16.825.742.6

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