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Jim Leavitt

2000-2021SMU, South Florida

2 schools coached, anchored by South Florida.

Jim Leavitt coached 11 seasons, won 63.0%, and posted an average SRS of 0.9. Best season: 2007 South Florida. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

75-44

Career Win %

63.0%

Seasons

11

Career Span

22 years

Average SRS

0.9

Peak SRS

17.3

Best Finish

Consistency

8.3

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.

Jim Leavitt
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Jim Leavitt: 2021 SMU
2000Actual season year • SRS range -26.3 to 17.32021

Active comparison point

Jim Leavitt2007

Selected

2007 South Florida

Best season

9-4 • SRS 17.3 • SP Overall 15.8

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+12.0

SP Off / Def

33.1 / 16.5

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

SMU

2021-20211 seasons

Avg SRS 6.1 • Win %

South Florida

2000-200910 seasons

Avg SRS 0.4 • Win % 63.0%

Longest Tenure

South Florida • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

SMU • 6.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

South Florida • 63.0%

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.

Jim Leavitt sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Leavitt sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Leavitt

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.4

62th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

SMU

2021-20210-0

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

Avg SRS 6.1Win %

Avg wins

Higher is better

0.0 during vs 6.8 baseline

-6.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.1 during vs -3.0 baseline

+9.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.9 during vs -3.7 baseline

+12.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

South Florida

2000-200975-44

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 0.4Win % 63.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

South Florida 2007

9-4SRS 17.3

Biggest Improvement

South Florida 2001

8-328.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

SMU 2021

0-0SP Off 36.7

Best Defensive Season

South Florida 2006

9-4SP Def 12.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

South Florida 2000

7-4SRS -26.3

Biggest Drop

South Florida 2008

8-5-13.6 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

SMU202100006.18.936.727.1+3.2
South Florida20091385061.5%2.92.826.922.5-0.80.0%
South Florida20081385061.5%#193.78.028.820.9-13.6-7.7%
South Florida20071394069.2%17.315.833.116.5+12.00.0%
South Florida20061394069.2%5.310.725.412.8-2.8+19.2%
South Florida20051266050.0%8.12.322.420.1+18.5+13.6%
South Florida20041147036.4%-10.4-9.732.339.2-5.2-27.3%
South Florida20031174063.6%-5.2-5.624.029.5-11.8-18.2%
South Florida20021192081.8%6.615.235.221.3+4.9+9.1%
South Florida20011183072.7%1.72.230.729.7+28.0+9.1%
South Florida20001174063.6%-26.3-35.39.639.8

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