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Vince Dooley

1964-1988Georgia

One defining stop at Georgia.

Vince Dooley coached 25 seasons, won 71.5%, and posted an average SRS of 15.9. Best season: 1981 Georgia. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

201-77-10

Career Win %

71.5%

Seasons

25

Career Span

25 years

Average SRS

15.9

Peak SRS

26.2

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

69.8

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

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Vince Dooley
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1964Actual season year • SRS range 4.0 to 26.21988

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Vince Dooley1981

Selected

1981 Georgia

Best season

10-2 • SRS 26.2 • SP Overall 27.1

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+5.8

SP Off / Def

38.0 / 11.2

Finish

#6

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

Georgia

1964-198825 seasons

Avg SRS 15.9 • Win % 71.5%

Longest Tenure

Georgia • 25 seasons

Best Tenure

Georgia • 15.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Georgia • 71.5%

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.

Vince Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

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Vince Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Vince Dooley

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Raw avg SP Overall: 17.2

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Impact by School

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

Georgia

1964-1988201-77-10

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

Avg SRS 15.9Win % 71.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 5.2 baseline

+2.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.9 during vs 8.4 baseline

+7.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

17.2 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

48.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

+28.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Georgia 1981

10-2SRS 26.2

Biggest Improvement

Georgia 1980

12-013.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Georgia 1974

6-6SP Off 38.5

Best Defensive Season

Georgia 1976

10-2SP Def 10.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Georgia 1977

5-6SRS 4.0

Biggest Drop

Georgia 1977

5-6-18.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Georgia19881293075.0%#12#1511.812.832.620.6-3.80.0%
Georgia19871293075.0%#20#1315.618.934.417.4+2.8+8.3%
Georgia19861284066.7%#1612.817.035.319.8-1.80.0%
Georgia19851273266.7%14.618.632.014.4+2.1+4.2%
Georgia19841274162.5%12.514.731.517.8-4.1-25.0%
Georgia198312101187.5%#15#416.621.932.010.9-3.9-4.2%
Georgia198212111091.7%#7#420.522.235.414.1-5.7+8.3%
Georgia198112102083.3%#10#626.227.138.011.2+5.8-16.7%
Georgia1980121200100.0%#16#120.419.232.314.3+13.5+45.5%
Georgia19791165054.5%#116.96.624.418.7-6.7-24.6%
Georgia19781292179.2%#1613.614.030.417.4+9.6+33.7%
Georgia19771156045.5%#194.0-1.117.919.0-18.7-37.9%
Georgia197612102083.3%#16#1022.727.236.610.3+9.5+8.3%
Georgia19751293075.0%#1913.218.633.316.3+1.1+25.0%
Georgia19741266050.0%12.116.338.524.0-2.5-12.5%
Georgia19731274162.5%14.617.327.411.0-0.4-1.1%
Georgia19721174063.6%#1715.016.325.510.3-11.1-28.0%
Georgia197112111091.7%#18#726.123.735.011.7+10.4+41.7%
Georgia19701055050.0%15.715.330.516.7-1.00.0%
Georgia19691155150.0%#816.7-8.1-31.8%
Georgia19681181281.8%#824.8+5.4+18.2%
Georgia19671174063.6%#619.4+1.4-27.3%
Georgia196611101090.9%#418.0+3.4+30.9%
Georgia19651064060.0%14.6+5.1-8.2%
Georgia19641173168.2%9.5

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