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Pete Carroll

2001-2009USC

One defining stop at USC.

Pete Carroll coached 9 seasons, won 83.6%, and posted an average SRS of 23.5. Best season: 2004 USC. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

97-19

Career Win %

83.6%

Seasons

9

Career Span

9 years

Average SRS

23.5

Peak SRS

34.1

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

26.6

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.

Pete Carroll
EliteStrongAverageLean
2001Actual season year • SRS range 8.4 to 34.12009

Active comparison point

Pete Carroll2004

Selected

2004 USC

Best season

13-0 • SRS 34.1 • SP Overall 32.3

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+9.1

SP Off / Def

45.2 / 14.3

Finish

#1

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

USC

2001-20099 seasons

Avg SRS 23.5 • Win % 83.6%

Longest Tenure

USC • 9 seasons

Best Tenure

USC • 23.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

USC • 83.6%

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.

Pete Carroll sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Pete Carroll sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Pete Carroll

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 29.0

100th pct

Elite

Impact by School

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

USC

2001-200997-19

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

Avg SRS 23.5Win % 83.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

10.8 during vs 6.2 baseline

+4.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

23.5 during vs 9.1 baseline

+14.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

29.0 during vs 12.0 baseline

+17.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

88.9% during vs 0.0% baseline

+88.9%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

USC 2004

13-0SRS 34.1

Biggest Improvement

USC 2002

11-217.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

USC 2005

12-1SP Off 51.6

Best Defensive Season

USC 2008

12-1SP Def 7.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

USC 2009

9-4SRS 8.4

Biggest Drop

USC 2009

9-4-19.6 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

USC20091394069.2%#4#228.416.635.217.4-19.6-23.1%
USC200813121092.3%#3#328.037.044.47.2+7.8+7.7%
USC200713112084.6%#1#320.232.039.07.7-3.10.0%
USC200613112084.6%#6#423.330.337.89.3-9.3-7.7%
USC200513121092.3%#1#232.634.751.616.9-1.5-7.7%
USC2004131300100.0%#1#134.132.345.214.3+9.1+7.7%
USC200313121092.3%#8#125.030.149.421.5-3.9+7.7%
USC200213112084.6%#20#428.934.547.715.5+17.8+34.6%
USC20011266050.0%11.113.731.918.9

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