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Don Read

1974-1976Oregon

One defining stop at Oregon.

Don Read coached 3 seasons, won 27.3%, and posted an average SRS of -6.4. Best season: 1975 Oregon. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

9-24

Career Win %

27.3%

Seasons

3

Career Span

3 years

Average SRS

-6.4

Peak SRS

-2.2

Best Finish

Consistency

83.9

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.

Don Read
EliteStrongAverageLean
1974Actual season year • SRS range -11.9 to -2.21976

Active comparison point

Don Read1975

Selected

1975 Oregon

Best seasonBiggest improvement

3-8 • SRS -2.2 • SP Overall -5.4

Win %

27.3%

YoY SRS

+9.7

SP Off / Def

19.8 / 25.4

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

Oregon

1974-19763 seasons

Avg SRS -6.4 • Win % 27.3%

Longest Tenure

Oregon • 3 seasons

Best Tenure

Oregon • -6.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Oregon • 27.3%

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.

Don Read sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Don Read sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Don Read

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -12.6

21th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Oregon

1974-19769-24

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

Avg SRS -6.4Win % 27.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.0 during vs 4.4 baseline

-1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.4 during vs 7.5 baseline

-13.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-12.6 during vs 6.2 baseline

-18.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Oregon 1975

3-8SRS -2.2

Biggest Improvement

Oregon 1975

3-89.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Oregon 1975

3-8SP Off 19.8

Best Defensive Season

Oregon 1975

3-8SP Def 25.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Oregon 1974

2-9SRS -11.9

Biggest Drop

Oregon 1976

4-7-3.0 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Oregon19761147036.4%-5.2-9.018.627.0-3.0+9.1%
Oregon19751138027.3%-2.2-5.419.825.4+9.7+9.1%
Oregon19741129018.2%-11.9-23.513.334.9

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