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Jim Donnan

1996-2000Georgia

One defining stop at Georgia.

Jim Donnan coached 5 seasons, won 67.8%, and posted an average SRS of 9.3. Best season: 1997 Georgia. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

40-19

Career Win %

67.8%

Seasons

5

Career Span

5 years

Average SRS

9.3

Peak SRS

18.5

Best Finish

#10

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.

Jim Donnan
EliteStrongAverageLean
1996Actual season year • SRS range 2.5 to 18.52000

Active comparison point

Jim Donnan1997

Selected

1997 Georgia

Best seasonBiggest improvement

10-2 • SRS 18.5 • SP Overall 20.8

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+16.0

SP Off / Def

39.0 / 19.0

Finish

#10

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

1996-20005 seasons

Avg SRS 9.3 • Win % 67.8%

Longest Tenure

Georgia • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Georgia • 9.3 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Georgia • 67.8%

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 Donnan sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Donnan sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Donnan

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Raw avg SP Overall: 11.9

89th pct

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Impact by School

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

Georgia

1996-200040-19

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

Avg SRS 9.3Win % 67.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 7.2 baseline

+0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

9.3 during vs 8.9 baseline

+0.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.9 during vs 12.1 baseline

-0.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

80.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

+40.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Georgia 1997

10-2SRS 18.5

Biggest Improvement

Georgia 1997

10-216.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Georgia 1997

10-2SP Off 39.0

Best Defensive Season

Georgia 1997

10-2SP Def 19.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Georgia 1996

5-6SRS 2.5

Biggest Drop

Georgia 1998

9-3-11.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Georgia20001284066.7%#10#2012.216.035.020.5+5.90.0%
Georgia19991284066.7%#14#166.36.435.431.1-0.8-8.3%
Georgia19981293075.0%#19#147.110.330.421.1-11.4-8.3%
Georgia199712102083.3%#1018.520.839.019.0+16.0+37.9%
Georgia19961156045.5%2.56.029.324.8

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