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Jim Colletto

1975-1996Cal State Fullerton, Purdue

2 schools coached, anchored by Purdue.

Jim Colletto coached 11 seasons, won 32.0%, and posted an average SRS of -6.3. Best season: 1995 Purdue. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

37-81-4

Career Win %

32.0%

Seasons

11

Career Span

22 years

Average SRS

-6.3

Peak SRS

11.7

Best Finish

Consistency

7.6

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 Colletto
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Jim Colletto: 1991 Purdue
1975Actual season year • SRS range -24.4 to 11.71996

Active comparison point

Jim Colletto1995

Selected

1995 Purdue

Best season

4-6-1 • SRS 11.7 • SP Overall 11.9

Win %

40.9%

YoY SRS

+5.5

SP Off / Def

35.7 / 25.6

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

Purdue

1991-19966 seasons

Avg SRS 2.0 • Win % 32.6%

Cal State Fullerton

1975-19795 seasons

Avg SRS -16.1 • Win % 31.3%

Longest Tenure

Purdue • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

Purdue • 2.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Purdue • 32.6%

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 Colletto sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Colletto sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Colletto

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.

Purdue

1991-199620-43-3

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

Avg SRS 2.0Win % 32.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 3.0 baseline

+0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

2.0 during vs -8.4 baseline

+10.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.9 during vs -9.9 baseline

+12.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Cal State Fullerton

1975-197917-38-1

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -16.1Win % 31.3%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Purdue 1995

4-6-1SRS 11.7

Biggest Improvement

Purdue 1991

4-712.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Purdue 1994

4-5-2SP Off 40.8

Best Defensive Season

Purdue 1995

4-6-1SP Def 25.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Cal State Fullerton 1976

3-7-1SRS -24.4

Biggest Drop

Purdue 1996

3-8-13.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Purdue19961138027.3%-1.7-0.328.829.0-13.4-13.6%
Purdue19951146140.9%11.711.935.725.6+5.5-4.5%
Purdue19941145245.5%6.29.040.834.4+9.0+36.4%
Purdue19931111009.1%-2.8-2.829.232.1-2.5-27.3%
Purdue19921147036.4%-0.3-0.726.227.1+1.00.0%
Purdue19911147036.4%-1.30.327.427.4+12.6+9.1%
Cal State Fullerton19791138027.3%-13.9-17.014.531.1-10.7-14.4%
Cal State Fullerton19781257041.7%-3.2-8.526.834.0+12.2+5.3%
Cal State Fullerton19771147036.4%-15.4-16.925.939.7+9.0+4.5%
Cal State Fullerton19761137131.8%-24.4-23.57.330.9-0.8+13.6%
Cal State Fullerton19751129018.2%-23.6-17.823.438.7

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