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George Woodruff

1892-1927Carlisle, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania

4 schools coached, anchored by Pennsylvania.

George Woodruff coached 17 seasons, won 80.3%, and posted an average SRS of 9.6. Best season: 1897 Pennsylvania. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

172-41-3

Career Win %

80.3%

Seasons

17

Career Span

36 years

Average SRS

9.6

Peak SRS

23.2

Best Finish

Consistency

19.0

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.

George Woodruff
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George Woodruff: 1903 IllinoisGeorge Woodruff: 1905 CarlisleGeorge Woodruff: 1923 Georgia
1892Actual season year • SRS range -5.3 to 23.21927

Active comparison point

George Woodruff1897

Selected

1897 Pennsylvania

Best season

15-0 • SRS 23.2 • SP Overall

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

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

1923-19275 seasons

Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 64.9%

Carlisle

1905-19051 seasons

Avg SRS 1.6 • Win % 71.4%

Illinois

1903-19031 seasons

Avg SRS 1.7 • Win % 57.1%

Pennsylvania

1892-190110 seasons

Avg SRS 15.7 • Win % 88.6%

Longest Tenure

Pennsylvania • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Pennsylvania • 15.7 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Pennsylvania • 88.6%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

George Woodruff

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

Insufficient sample

Impact by School

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

Georgia

1923-192730-16-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 6.6Win % 64.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 6.0 baseline

+0.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.6 during vs 5.2 baseline

+1.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Carlisle

1905-190510-4

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 1.6Win % 71.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

10.0 during vs 7.5 baseline

+2.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.6 during vs 6.2 baseline

-4.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Illinois

1903-19038-6

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

Avg SRS 1.7Win % 57.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 6.4 baseline

+1.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.7 during vs 0.5 baseline

+1.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Pennsylvania

1892-1901124-15-2

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

Avg SRS 15.7Win % 88.6%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Pennsylvania 1897

15-0SRS 23.2

Biggest Improvement

Georgia 1927

9-117.3 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Georgia 1923

5-3-1SRS -5.3

Biggest Drop

Pennsylvania 1901

10-5-16.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Georgia19271091090.0%20.6+17.3+34.4%
Georgia1926954055.6%3.3-2.2+11.1%
Georgia1925945044.4%5.5-3.4-25.6%
Georgia19241073070.0%8.9+14.2+8.9%
Georgia1923953161.1%-5.3-6.9-10.3%
Carlisle190514104071.4%1.6-0.1+14.3%
Illinois19031486057.1%1.7+0.1-9.5%
Pennsylvania190115105066.7%1.6-16.1-25.6%
Pennsylvania190013121092.3%17.7+3.8+23.1%
Pennsylvania18991383269.2%13.9-8.1-23.1%
Pennsylvania189813121092.3%22.0-1.2-7.7%
Pennsylvania1897151500100.0%23.2+6.7%
Pennsylvania189615141093.3%-6.7%
Pennsylvania1895141400100.0%0.0%
Pennsylvania1894121200100.0%+20.0%
Pennsylvania189315123080.0%-13.8%
Pennsylvania189216151093.8%

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