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Gary Nord

2000-2003UTEP

One defining stop at UTEP.

Gary Nord coached 4 seasons, won 29.2%, and posted an average SRS of -19.5. Best season: 2000 UTEP. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

14-34

Career Win %

29.2%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

-19.5

Peak SRS

2.7

Best Finish

Consistency

3.5

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.

Gary Nord
EliteStrongAverageLean
2000Actual season year • SRS range -27.7 to 2.72003

Active comparison point

Gary Nord2000

Selected

2000 UTEP

Best season

8-4 • SRS 2.7 • SP Overall 8.1

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

39.4 / 33.5

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

UTEP

2000-20034 seasons

Avg SRS -19.5 • Win % 29.2%

Longest Tenure

UTEP • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

UTEP • -19.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

UTEP • 29.2%

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.

Gary Nord sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Gary Nord sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Gary Nord

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -19.7

8th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

UTEP

2000-200314-34

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

Avg SRS -19.5Win % 29.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.5 during vs 3.2 baseline

+0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-19.5 during vs -16.2 baseline

-3.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-19.7 during vs -17.7 baseline

-2.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

UTEP 2000

8-4SRS 2.7

Biggest Improvement

UTEP 2003

2-11-0.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UTEP 2000

8-4SP Off 39.4

Best Defensive Season

UTEP 2000

8-4SP Def 33.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

UTEP 2003

2-11SRS -27.7

Biggest Drop

UTEP 2001

2-9-28.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

UTEP200313211015.4%-27.7-31.022.946.1-0.7-1.3%
UTEP200212210016.7%-27.0-27.025.645.5-0.9-1.5%
UTEP20011129018.2%-26.1-28.823.344.8-28.8-48.5%
UTEP20001284066.7%2.78.139.433.5

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