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Bill Mallory

1969-1996Colorado, Indiana, Miami (OH), Northern Illinois

4 schools coached, anchored by Indiana.

Bill Mallory coached 27 seasons, won 56.1%, and posted an average SRS of 2.2. Best season: 1976 Colorado. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

167-130-4

Career Win %

56.1%

Seasons

27

Career Span

28 years

Average SRS

2.2

Peak SRS

17.7

Best Finish

#15

Consistency

24.4

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.

Bill Mallory
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Bill Mallory: 1974 ColoradoBill Mallory: 1980 Northern IllinoisBill Mallory: 1984 Indiana
1969Actual season year • SRS range -17.1 to 17.71996

Active comparison point

Bill Mallory1976

Selected

1976 Colorado

Best season

8-4 • SRS 17.7 • SP Overall 22.7

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

+1.3

SP Off / Def

37.4 / 15.6

Finish

#16

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

Indiana

1984-199613 seasons

Avg SRS 2.5 • Win % 46.6%

Northern Illinois

1980-19834 seasons

Avg SRS -10.1 • Win % 56.8%

Colorado

1974-19785 seasons

Avg SRS 12.0 • Win % 62.3%

Miami (OH)

1969-19735 seasons

Avg SRS 1.7 • Win % 76.5%

Longest Tenure

Indiana • 13 seasons

Best Tenure

Colorado • 12.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Miami (OH) • 76.5%

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.

Bill Mallory sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bill Mallory sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bill Mallory

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 4.8

72th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Indiana

1984-199668-78-3

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

Avg SRS 2.5Win % 46.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.2 during vs 5.0 baseline

+0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

2.5 during vs -0.6 baseline

+3.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.8 during vs -5.4 baseline

+7.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

7.7% during vs 20.0% baseline

-12.3%

Northern Illinois

1980-198325-19

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

Avg SRS -10.1Win % 56.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.3 during vs 3.4 baseline

+2.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-10.1 during vs -18.0 baseline

+7.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-1.8 during vs -15.2 baseline

+13.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Colorado

1974-197835-21-1

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

Avg SRS 12.0Win % 62.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 7.4 baseline

-0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.0 during vs 18.9 baseline

-6.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

12.9 during vs 18.8 baseline

-5.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

40.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

-20.0%

Miami (OH)

1969-197339-12

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

Avg SRS 1.7Win % 76.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.8 during vs 7.0 baseline

+0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.7 during vs 2.5 baseline

-0.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.1 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+20.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Colorado 1976

8-4SRS 17.7

Biggest Improvement

Northern Illinois 1983

10-217.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Indiana 1988

8-3-1SP Off 38.4

Best Defensive Season

Miami (OH) 1973

11-0SP Def 6.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Northern Illinois 1981

3-8SRS -17.1

Biggest Drop

Northern Illinois 1980

7-4-14.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Indiana19961138027.3%1.23.530.528.7+5.0+9.1%
Indiana19951129018.2%-3.8-5.124.529.5-9.7-36.4%
Indiana19941165054.5%5.94.934.030.9-0.5-12.1%
Indiana19931284066.7%6.49.627.118.3+7.2+21.2%
Indiana19921156045.5%-0.8-2.718.721.3-9.6-17.1%
Indiana19911274162.5%8.89.830.822.5+2.8+8.3%
Indiana19901265154.2%6.04.030.327.7+4.8+8.7%
Indiana19891156045.5%1.21.831.130.4-11.4-25.4%
Indiana19881283170.8%#2012.613.738.426.3+5.6+4.2%
Indiana19871284066.7%7.08.329.922.8+4.0+16.7%
Indiana19861266050.0%3.02.826.524.3+9.0+13.6%
Indiana19851147036.4%-6.0-11.628.437.1+3.6+36.4%
Indiana19841101100.0%-9.6-16.121.635.9-10.6-83.3%
Northern Illinois198312102083.3%1.010.830.721.3+17.1+33.3%
Northern Illinois19821055050.0%-16.1-4.613.117.7+1.0+22.7%
Northern Illinois19811138027.3%-17.1-15.613.027.7-9.0-36.4%
Northern Illinois19801174063.6%-8.12.222.020.2-14.4+9.1%
Colorado19781165054.5%6.3-0.423.824.3-7.3-13.6%
Colorado19771173168.2%#1213.613.830.517.5-4.1+1.5%
Colorado19761284066.7%#1617.722.737.415.6+1.3-8.3%
Colorado19751293075.0%#1616.419.138.120.9+10.2+29.5%
Colorado19741156045.5%6.29.233.526.1-4.4-54.5%
Miami (OH)1973111100100.0%#1510.620.525.76.5+13.5+30.0%
Miami (OH)19721073070.0%-2.94.622.518.9-6.50.0%
Miami (OH)19711073070.0%3.610.724.014.1+7.90.0%
Miami (OH)19701073070.0%-4.38.621.113.4-5.80.0%
Miami (OH)19691073070.0%1.5

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