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Jay Norvell

2017-2025Colorado State, Nevada

2 schools coached, anchored by Nevada.

Jay Norvell coached 9 seasons, won 51.0%, and posted an average SRS of -7.2. Best season: 2021 Nevada. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

49-47

Career Win %

51.0%

Seasons

9

Career Span

9 years

Average SRS

-7.2

Peak SRS

6.3

Best Finish

Consistency

42.8

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.

Jay Norvell
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Jay Norvell: 2022 Colorado State
2017Actual season year • SRS range -17.1 to 6.32025

Active comparison point

Jay Norvell2021

Selected

2021 Nevada

Best season

8-4 • SRS 6.3 • SP Overall 3.6

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

+4.2

SP Off / Def

30.3 / 26.9

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

Colorado State

2022-20254 seasons

Avg SRS -12.0 • Win % 43.2%

Nevada

2017-20215 seasons

Avg SRS -3.5 • Win % 55.9%

Longest Tenure

Nevada • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Nevada • -3.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Nevada • 55.9%

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.

Jay Norvell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jay Norvell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jay Norvell

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -8.5

32th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Colorado State

2022-202516-21

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

Avg SRS -12.0Win % 43.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 3.6 baseline

+0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-12.0 during vs -7.8 baseline

-4.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.1 during vs -3.8 baseline

-9.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Nevada

2017-202133-26

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

Avg SRS -3.5Win % 55.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.6 during vs 6.0 baseline

+0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.5 during vs -7.0 baseline

+3.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.7 during vs -9.2 baseline

+4.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Nevada 2021

8-4SRS 6.3

Biggest Improvement

Nevada 2020

7-214.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Nevada 2021

8-4SP Off 30.3

Best Defensive Season

Nevada 2020

7-2SP Def 25.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Colorado State 2022

3-9SRS -17.1

Biggest Drop

Colorado State 2022

3-9-23.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Colorado State20250000-13.8-15.617.632.9-5.6
Colorado State20241385061.5%-8.2-5.724.229.2+0.6+19.9%
Colorado State20231257041.7%-8.8-8.921.932.0+8.3+16.7%
Colorado State20221239025.0%-17.1-22.27.829.0-23.4-41.7%
Nevada20211284066.7%6.33.630.326.9+4.2-11.1%
Nevada2020972077.8%2.11.927.525.6+14.7+23.9%
Nevada20191376053.8%-12.6-12.319.431.9-8.7-7.7%
Nevada20181385061.5%-3.9-0.527.528.0+5.3+36.5%
Nevada20171239025.0%-9.2-16.425.641.1

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