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Thomas Hammock

2019-2025Northern Illinois

One defining stop at Northern Illinois.

Thomas Hammock coached 7 seasons, won 45.7%, and posted an average SRS of -10.4. Best season: 2024 Northern Illinois. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

32-38

Career Win %

45.7%

Seasons

7

Career Span

7 years

Average SRS

-10.4

Peak SRS

-1.1

Best Finish

Consistency

65.4

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

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Thomas Hammock
EliteStrongAverageLean
2019Actual season year • SRS range -17.2 to -1.12025

Active comparison point

Thomas Hammock2024

Selected

2024 Northern Illinois

Best seasonBiggest improvement

8-5 • SRS -1.1 • SP Overall -3.5

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+7.7

SP Off / Def

20.0 / 21.6

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

Northern Illinois

2019-20257 seasons

Avg SRS -10.4 • Win % 45.7%

Longest Tenure

Northern Illinois • 7 seasons

Best Tenure

Northern Illinois • -10.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Northern Illinois • 45.7%

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.

Thomas Hammock sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Thomas Hammock sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Thomas Hammock

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.3

25th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Northern Illinois

2019-202532-38

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

Avg SRS -10.4Win % 45.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 8.0 baseline

-3.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-10.4 during vs -2.5 baseline

-7.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.3 during vs -1.6 baseline

-9.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Northern Illinois 2024

8-5SRS -1.1

Biggest Improvement

Northern Illinois 2024

8-57.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Northern Illinois 2021

9-5SP Off 29.4

Best Defensive Season

Northern Illinois 2024

8-5SP Def 21.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Northern Illinois 2025

0-0SRS -17.2

Biggest Drop

Northern Illinois 2025

0-0-16.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Northern Illinois20250000-17.2-16.712.028.1-16.1
Northern Illinois20241385061.5%-1.1-3.520.021.6+7.7+7.7%
Northern Illinois20231376053.8%-8.8-7.518.324.2+6.2+28.8%
Northern Illinois20221239025.0%-15.0-18.825.343.1-9.0-39.3%
Northern Illinois20211495064.3%-6.0-7.129.436.1+64.3%
Northern Illinois202060600.0%-41.7%
Northern Illinois20191257041.7%-14.5-13.920.734.2

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