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Bill Clark

2014-2021UAB

One defining stop at UAB.

Bill Clark coached 6 seasons, won 65.3%, and posted an average SRS of -2.5. Best season: 2020 UAB. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

49-26

Career Win %

65.3%

Seasons

6

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

-2.5

Peak SRS

4.1

Best Finish

Consistency

58.0

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 Clark
EliteStrongAverageLean
2014Actual season year • SRS range -13.6 to 4.12021

Active comparison point

Bill Clark2020

Selected

2020 UAB

Best season

6-3 • SRS 4.1 • SP Overall 6.3

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

+12.0

SP Off / Def

24.7 / 18.7

Finish

Unranked

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

UAB

2014-20216 seasons

Avg SRS -2.5 • Win % 65.3%

Longest Tenure

UAB • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

UAB • -2.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

UAB • 65.3%

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 Clark sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bill Clark sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bill Clark

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.9

64th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

UAB

2014-202149-26

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

Avg SRS -2.5Win % 65.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.2 during vs 3.4 baseline

+4.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.5 during vs -16.4 baseline

+13.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.9 during vs -13.5 baseline

+15.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

UAB 2020

6-3SRS 4.1

Biggest Improvement

UAB 2018

11-314.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

UAB 2021

9-4SP Off 32.1

Best Defensive Season

UAB 2020

6-3SP Def 18.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

UAB 2017

8-5SRS -13.6

Biggest Drop

UAB 2017

8-5-14.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

UAB20211394069.2%1.09.132.121.7-3.1+2.6%
UAB2020963066.7%4.16.324.718.7+12.0+2.4%
UAB20191495064.3%-7.9-1.418.320.2-8.5-14.3%
UAB201814113078.6%0.6-0.324.124.4+14.2+17.0%
UAB20171385061.5%-13.6-14.1+11.5%
UAB20141266050.0%0.5-4.226.032.8

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