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Terry Donahue

1976-1995UCLA

One defining stop at UCLA.

Terry Donahue coached 20 seasons, won 66.5%, and posted an average SRS of 14.1. Best season: 1982 UCLA. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

151-74-8

Career Win %

66.5%

Seasons

20

Career Span

20 years

Average SRS

14.1

Peak SRS

22.6

Best Finish

#5

Consistency

43.4

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.

Terry Donahue
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1976Actual season year • SRS range 1.6 to 22.61995

Active comparison point

Terry Donahue1982

Selected

1982 UCLA

Best season

10-1-1 • SRS 22.6 • SP Overall 24.2

Win %

87.5%

YoY SRS

+4.8

SP Off / Def

42.6 / 20.2

Finish

#5

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

UCLA

1976-199520 seasons

Avg SRS 14.1 • Win % 66.5%

Longest Tenure

UCLA • 20 seasons

Best Tenure

UCLA • 14.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

UCLA • 66.5%

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.

Terry Donahue sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Terry Donahue sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Terry Donahue

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Raw avg SP Overall: 16.9

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Impact by School

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

UCLA

1976-1995151-74-8

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

Avg SRS 14.1Win % 66.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.5 during vs 6.8 baseline

+0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

14.1 during vs 14.7 baseline

-0.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

16.9 during vs 13.1 baseline

+3.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

60.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

UCLA 1982

10-1-1SRS 22.6

Biggest Improvement

UCLA 1993

8-418.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UCLA 1987

10-2SP Off 43.8

Best Defensive Season

UCLA 1980

9-2SP Def 14.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

UCLA 1994

5-6SRS 1.6

Biggest Drop

UCLA 1994

5-6-19.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

UCLA19951275058.3%#167.011.937.727.7+5.4+12.9%
UCLA19941156045.5%#141.6-0.429.530.1-19.1-21.2%
UCLA19931284066.7%#1820.724.941.318.3+18.1+12.1%
UCLA19921165054.5%#182.62.824.522.4-14.3-20.4%
UCLA19911293075.0%#24#1916.918.934.217.2+10.8+29.5%
UCLA19901156045.5%#196.17.838.832.8+1.9+13.6%
UCLA19891137131.8%#94.26.928.022.2-16.6-51.5%
UCLA198812102083.3%#5#620.828.042.015.6-0.80.0%
UCLA198712102083.3%#3#921.628.143.817.8+0.8+12.5%
UCLA19861283170.8%#4#1420.824.942.018.7+1.6-8.3%
UCLA19851292179.2%#20#719.225.540.616.9+15.6+4.2%
UCLA19841293075.0%#5#93.67.329.423.7-9.4+12.5%
UCLA19831274162.5%#20#1713.020.838.819.1-9.6-25.0%
UCLA198212101187.5%#20#522.624.242.620.2+4.8+25.0%
UCLA19811274162.5%#1317.822.435.414.1-3.1-19.3%
UCLA19801192081.8%#1320.920.733.814.0+8.8+36.4%
UCLA19791156045.5%12.113.734.622.1-3.5-25.4%
UCLA19781283170.8%#12#1415.614.128.514.6+1.4+7.2%
UCLA19771174063.6%#1114.211.430.520.2-5.6-15.5%
UCLA19761292179.2%#17#1519.823.239.317.4

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