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Steve Spurrier

1987-2015Duke, Florida, South Carolina

3 schools coached, anchored by Florida.

Steve Spurrier coached 26 seasons, won 71.8%, and posted an average SRS of 14.9. Best season: 1996 Florida. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

228-89-2

Career Win %

71.8%

Seasons

26

Career Span

29 years

Average SRS

14.9

Peak SRS

31.2

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

22.5

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.

Steve Spurrier
EliteStrongAverageLean
Steve Spurrier: 1990 FloridaSteve Spurrier: 2005 South Carolina
1987Actual season year • SRS range -0.4 to 31.22015

Active comparison point

Steve Spurrier1996

Selected

1996 Florida

Best season

12-1 • SRS 31.2 • SP Overall 37.0

Win %

92.3%

YoY SRS

+5.1

SP Off / Def

51.9 / 20.0

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

South Carolina

2005-201511 seasons

Avg SRS 10.4 • Win % 63.7%

Florida

1990-200112 seasons

Avg SRS 22.0 • Win % 81.7%

Duke

1987-19893 seasons

Avg SRS 2.9 • Win % 60.3%

Longest Tenure

Florida • 12 seasons

Best Tenure

Florida • 22.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Florida • 81.7%

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.

Steve Spurrier sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Steve Spurrier sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Steve Spurrier

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 18.7

97th pct

Elite

Impact by School

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

South Carolina

2005-201586-49

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

Avg SRS 10.4Win % 63.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.8 during vs 6.6 baseline

+1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.4 during vs 6.6 baseline

+3.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

14.4 during vs 10.0 baseline

+4.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

36.4% during vs 40.0% baseline

-3.6%

Florida

1990-2001122-27-1

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

Avg SRS 22.0Win % 81.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

10.2 during vs 6.3 baseline

+3.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

22.0 during vs 11.7 baseline

+10.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

27.4 during vs 15.8 baseline

+11.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+80.0%

Duke

1987-198920-13-1

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

Avg SRS 2.9Win % 60.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.7 during vs 3.8 baseline

+2.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

2.9 during vs -3.7 baseline

+6.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.5 during vs -8.3 baseline

+7.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Florida 1996

12-1SRS 31.2

Biggest Improvement

Florida 1993

11-214.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Florida 1996

12-1SP Off 51.9

Best Defensive Season

South Carolina 2009

7-6SP Def 13.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

Duke 1988

7-3-1SRS -0.4

Biggest Drop

South Carolina 2005

7-5-27.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

South Carolina2015624033.3%1.43.431.328.6-6.0-20.5%
South Carolina20141376053.8%#97.417.443.626.5-10.3-30.8%
South Carolina201313112084.6%#6#417.719.840.720.6-1.10.0%
South Carolina201213112084.6%#9#818.816.133.215.5+5.00.0%
South Carolina201113112084.6%#12#913.818.633.314.6-1.8+20.3%
South Carolina20101495064.3%#2215.620.338.619.0+7.9+10.4%
South Carolina20091376053.8%7.713.927.013.2+0.70.0%
South Carolina20081376053.8%7.07.823.716.3-1.8+3.9%
South Carolina20071266050.0%8.816.233.218.4-3.9-11.5%
South Carolina20061385061.5%12.719.138.020.2+9.4+3.2%
South Carolina20051275058.3%3.36.326.320.0-27.1-25.0%
Florida200112102083.3%#1#330.432.350.120.2+10.0+6.4%
Florida200013103076.9%#9#1020.428.246.321.0+4.0+7.7%
Florida19991394069.2%#5#1216.421.740.821.5-4.0-14.1%
Florida199812102083.3%#3#520.424.138.214.4-3.50.0%
Florida199712102083.3%#2#423.929.144.917.7-7.3-9.0%
Florida199613121092.3%#4#131.237.051.920.0+5.10.0%
Florida199513121092.3%#5#226.130.550.523.7+2.2+11.5%
Florida199413102180.8%#1#723.929.148.321.8+1.3-3.9%
Florida199313112084.6%#9#522.630.048.820.6+14.1+15.4%
Florida19921394069.2%#4#108.514.134.421.5-13.5-14.1%
Florida199112102083.3%#5#722.028.842.514.7+3.7+1.5%
Florida19901192081.8%#1318.323.642.420.9+12.8+15.2%
Duke19891284066.7%5.55.438.734.4+5.9-1.5%
Duke19881173168.2%-0.4-4.634.237.5-4.1+22.7%
Duke19871156045.5%3.7-2.429.432.0

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