1967-1981 • Colorado, Oklahoma
2 schools coached, anchored by Oklahoma.
Chuck Fairbanks coached 9 seasons, won 58.9%, and posted an average SRS of 13.9. Best season: 1971 Oklahoma. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
59-41-1
Career Win %
58.9%
Seasons
9
Career Span
15 years
Average SRS
13.9
Peak SRS
34.7
Best Finish
#2
Consistency
1.0
Higher = steadier
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.
Active comparison point
11-1 • SRS 34.7 • SP Overall 34.8
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+15.1
SP Off / Def
— / 20.6
Finish
#2
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Colorado
1979-1981 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -6.0 • Win % 21.2%
Oklahoma
1967-1972 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 23.9 • Win % 77.2%
Longest Tenure
Oklahoma • 6 seasons
Best Tenure
Oklahoma • 23.9 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Oklahoma • 77.2%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Chuck Fairbanks sets the reference point in overall strength.
Chuck Fairbanks sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Chuck Fairbanks
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 9.7
84th pct
Strong
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1979-1981 • 7-26
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.3 during vs 7.0 baseline
-4.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-6.0 during vs 12.0 baseline
-18.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.3 during vs 12.9 baseline
-22.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
1967-1972 • 52-15-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.7 during vs 6.2 baseline
+2.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
23.9 during vs 12.2 baseline
+11.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
28.6 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
83.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
+43.3%
High Points
Best Season
Oklahoma 1971
11-1 • SRS 34.7
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma 1971
11-1 • 15.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Oklahoma 1972
11-1 • SP Off 40.0
Best Defensive Season
Oklahoma 1972
11-1 • SP Def 6.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Colorado 1980
1-10 • SRS -12.6
Biggest Drop
Colorado 1979
3-8 • -34.2 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Colorado | 1981 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -3.7 | -7.4 | 22.3 | 29.2 | +8.9 | +18.2% |
| Colorado | 1980 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -12.6 | -15.7 | 27.4 | 39.7 | -10.9 | -18.2% |
| Colorado | 1979 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -1.7 | -4.9 | 22.0 | 27.0 | -34.2 | -64.4% |
| Oklahoma | 1972 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #6 | #2 | 32.5 | 33.3 | 40.0 | 6.8 | -2.2 | 0.0% |
| Oklahoma | 1971 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #10 | #2 | 34.7 | 34.8 | — | 20.6 | +15.1 | +29.2% |
| Oklahoma | 1970 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | #20 | #20 | 19.6 | 17.8 | 35.4 | 19.2 | +6.3 | +2.5% |
| Oklahoma | 1969 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #6 | — | 13.3 | — | — | — | -10.4 | -3.6% |
| Oklahoma | 1968 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #4 | #11 | 23.7 | — | — | — | +4.2 | -27.3% |
| Oklahoma | 1967 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #3 | 19.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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