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Kliff Kingsbury

2013-2018Texas Tech

One defining stop at Texas Tech.

Kliff Kingsbury coached 6 seasons, won 46.7%, and posted an average SRS of 4.0. Best season: 2018 Texas Tech. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

35-40

Career Win %

46.7%

Seasons

6

Career Span

6 years

Average SRS

4.0

Peak SRS

7.3

Best Finish

Consistency

90.8

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.

Kliff Kingsbury
EliteStrongAverageLean
2013Actual season year • SRS range -1.3 to 7.32018

Active comparison point

Kliff Kingsbury2018

Selected

2018 Texas Tech

Best season

5-7 • SRS 7.3 • SP Overall 8.7

Win %

41.7%

YoY SRS

+2.5

SP Off / Def

36.2 / 29.8

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

Texas Tech

2013-20186 seasons

Avg SRS 4.0 • Win % 46.7%

Longest Tenure

Texas Tech • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

Texas Tech • 4.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Texas Tech • 46.7%

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.

Kliff Kingsbury sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Kliff Kingsbury sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Kliff Kingsbury

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 6.8

77th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Texas Tech

2013-201835-40

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

Avg SRS 4.0Win % 46.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 7.8 baseline

-2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 8.5 baseline

-4.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 15.4 baseline

-8.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Texas Tech 2018

5-7SRS 7.3

Biggest Improvement

Texas Tech 2015

7-66.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Texas Tech 2015

7-6SP Off 44.8

Best Defensive Season

Texas Tech 2013

8-5SP Def 24.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Texas Tech 2014

4-8SRS -1.3

Biggest Drop

Texas Tech 2014

4-8-8.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Texas Tech20181257041.7%7.38.736.229.8+2.5-4.5%
Texas Tech20171367046.2%4.84.834.428.3+3.8+4.5%
Texas Tech20161257041.7%1.03.740.636.9-4.2-12.2%
Texas Tech20151376053.8%5.24.544.840.3+6.5+20.5%
Texas Tech20141248033.3%-1.34.939.935.3-8.5-28.2%
Texas Tech20131385061.5%7.214.037.924.1

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