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Ron Zook

2002-2011Florida, Illinois

2 schools coached, anchored by Illinois.

Ron Zook coached 10 seasons, won 46.7%, and posted an average SRS of 3.5. Best season: 2004 Florida. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

57-65

Career Win %

46.7%

Seasons

10

Career Span

10 years

Average SRS

3.5

Peak SRS

13.3

Best Finish

#20

Consistency

28.9

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.

Ron Zook
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Ron Zook: 2005 Illinois
2002Actual season year • SRS range -10.5 to 13.32011

Active comparison point

Ron Zook2004

Selected

2004 Florida

Best season

7-4 • SRS 13.3 • SP Overall 17.1

Win %

63.6%

YoY SRS

+1.5

SP Off / Def

39.4 / 25.0

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

Illinois

2005-20117 seasons

Avg SRS -0.0 • Win % 40.0%

Florida

2002-20043 seasons

Avg SRS 11.6 • Win % 62.2%

Longest Tenure

Illinois • 7 seasons

Best Tenure

Florida • 11.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Florida • 62.2%

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.

Ron Zook sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ron Zook sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ron Zook

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 7.4

79th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Illinois

2005-201134-51

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

Avg SRS -0.0Win % 40.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.9 during vs 4.8 baseline

+0.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.0 during vs 0.1 baseline

-0.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.8 during vs -0.1 baseline

+2.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

14.3% during vs 20.0% baseline

-5.7%

Florida

2002-200423-14

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

Avg SRS 11.6Win % 62.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.7 during vs 9.8 baseline

-2.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.6 during vs 22.3 baseline

-10.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

18.2 during vs 27.1 baseline

-8.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 100.0% baseline

-66.7%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Florida 2004

7-4SRS 13.3

Biggest Improvement

Illinois 2007

9-416.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Florida 2003

8-5SP Off 39.7

Best Defensive Season

Illinois 2011

6-6SP Def 17.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Illinois 2005

2-9SRS -10.5

Biggest Drop

Illinois 2005

2-9-23.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Illinois20111266050.0%0.96.823.617.1-8.1-3.9%
Illinois20101376053.8%9.08.630.222.4+15.2+28.8%
Illinois20091239025.0%-6.2-5.727.132.0-9.9-16.7%
Illinois20081257041.7%#203.78.933.223.8-6.0-27.6%
Illinois20071394069.2%#209.712.734.722.9+16.4+52.6%
Illinois200612210016.7%-6.7-2.820.122.3+3.8-1.5%
Illinois20051129018.2%-10.5-8.825.634.3-23.8-45.5%
Florida20041174063.6%#1113.317.139.425.0+1.5+2.1%
Florida20031385061.5%#2411.821.639.719.8+2.20.0%
Florida20021385061.5%#69.615.935.621.6

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