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Bill Curry

1980-1996Alabama, Georgia Tech, Kentucky

3 schools coached, anchored by Georgia Tech.

Bill Curry coached 17 seasons, won 44.3%, and posted an average SRS of 2.0. Best season: 1989 Alabama. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

83-105-4

Career Win %

44.3%

Seasons

17

Career Span

17 years

Average SRS

2.0

Peak SRS

17.5

Best Finish

#9

Consistency

20.2

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 Curry
EliteStrongAverageLean
Bill Curry: 1987 AlabamaBill Curry: 1990 Kentucky
1980Actual season year • SRS range -13.6 to 17.51996

Active comparison point

Bill Curry1989

Selected

1989 Alabama

Best season

10-2 • SRS 17.5 • SP Overall 23.0

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+3.9

SP Off / Def

39.4 / 18.0

Finish

#9

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

Kentucky

1990-19967 seasons

Avg SRS -4.7 • Win % 33.3%

Alabama

1987-19893 seasons

Avg SRS 14.7 • Win % 72.2%

Georgia Tech

1980-19867 seasons

Avg SRS 3.4 • Win % 42.3%

Longest Tenure

Kentucky • 7 seasons

Best Tenure

Alabama • 14.7 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Alabama • 72.2%

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.

Bill Curry sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Bill Curry sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bill Curry

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 2.4

65th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Kentucky

1990-199626-52

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

Avg SRS -4.7Win % 33.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.7 during vs 5.2 baseline

-1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.7 during vs 3.7 baseline

-8.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.3 during vs 5.4 baseline

-9.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Alabama

1987-198926-10

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

Avg SRS 14.7Win % 72.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.7 during vs 8.0 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

14.7 during vs 17.0 baseline

-2.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

19.4 during vs 20.7 baseline

-1.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 80.0% baseline

-13.3%

Georgia Tech

1980-198631-43-4

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

Avg SRS 3.4Win % 42.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.4 during vs 5.6 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.4 during vs 5.0 baseline

-1.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.8 during vs 2.5 baseline

-0.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

14.3% during vs 0.0% baseline

+14.3%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Alabama 1989

10-2SRS 17.5

Biggest Improvement

Kentucky 1995

4-715.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Alabama 1989

10-2SP Off 39.4

Best Defensive Season

Georgia Tech 1985

9-2-1SP Def 10.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kentucky 1994

1-10SRS -13.6

Biggest Drop

Kentucky 1990

4-7-26.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Kentucky19961147036.4%-7.6-7.722.029.0-9.70.0%
Kentucky19951147036.4%2.14.929.225.6+15.7+27.3%
Kentucky19941111009.1%-13.6-15.923.737.1-17.1-40.9%
Kentucky19931266050.0%3.55.623.718.9+7.3+13.6%
Kentucky19921147036.4%-3.8-2.725.728.4+1.0+9.1%
Kentucky19911138027.3%-4.8-3.723.727.3+3.8-9.1%
Kentucky19901147036.4%-8.6-10.825.734.7-26.1-47.0%
Alabama198912102083.3%#16#917.523.039.418.0+3.9+8.3%
Alabama19881293075.0%#14#1713.616.632.917.7+0.5+16.7%
Alabama19871275058.3%13.118.632.315.3+4.5+8.3%
Georgia Tech19861155150.0%8.69.831.123.0-5.4-29.2%
Georgia Tech19851292179.2%#1914.016.225.110.0+2.9+20.1%
Georgia Tech19841164159.1%11.111.032.022.4+11.7+31.8%
Georgia Tech19831138027.3%-0.6-0.630.531.7+0.7-27.3%
Georgia Tech19821165054.5%-1.3-5.427.132.4+5.1+45.5%
Georgia Tech19811111009.1%-6.4-12.118.329.4-4.5-4.5%
Georgia Tech19801119113.6%-1.9-6.117.023.1

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