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Bud Carson

1967-1971Georgia Tech

One defining stop at Georgia Tech.

Bud Carson coached 5 seasons, won 50.0%, and posted an average SRS of 5.4. Best season: 1970 Georgia Tech. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

27-27

Career Win %

50.0%

Seasons

5

Career Span

5 years

Average SRS

5.4

Peak SRS

14.0

Best Finish

#13

Consistency

68.1

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.

Bud Carson
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1967Actual season year • SRS range -2.1 to 14.01971

Active comparison point

Bud Carson1970

Selected

1970 Georgia Tech

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-3 • SRS 14.0 • SP Overall 19.0

Win %

75.0%

YoY SRS

+10.0

SP Off / Def

28.6 / 10.8

Finish

#13

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

Georgia Tech

1967-19715 seasons

Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 50.0%

Longest Tenure

Georgia Tech • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Georgia Tech • 5.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Georgia Tech • 50.0%

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.

Bud Carson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bud Carson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bud Carson

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Raw avg SP Overall: 14.7

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Impact by School

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

Georgia Tech

1967-197127-27

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

Avg SRS 5.4Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.4 during vs 7.4 baseline

-2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.4 during vs 15.9 baseline

-10.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

14.7 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Georgia Tech 1970

9-3SRS 14.0

Biggest Improvement

Georgia Tech 1970

9-310.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Georgia Tech 1970

9-3SP Off 28.6

Best Defensive Season

Georgia Tech 1970

9-3SP Def 10.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Georgia Tech 1968

4-6SRS -2.1

Biggest Drop

Georgia Tech 1971

6-6-5.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Georgia Tech19711266050.0%#178.710.325.215.6-5.3-25.0%
Georgia Tech19701293075.0%#1314.019.028.610.8+10.0+35.0%
Georgia Tech19691046040.0%4.0+6.10.0%
Georgia Tech19681046040.0%-2.1-4.40.0%
Georgia Tech19671046040.0%2.3

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