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Norm Chow

2012-2015Hawai'i

One defining stop at Hawai'i.

Norm Chow coached 4 seasons, won 21.7%, and posted an average SRS of -16.6. Best season: 2014 Hawai'i. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

10-36

Career Win %

21.7%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

-16.6

Peak SRS

-11.7

Best Finish

Consistency

80.1

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.

Norm Chow
EliteStrongAverageLean
2012Actual season year • SRS range -21.7 to -11.72015

Active comparison point

Norm Chow2014

Selected

2014 Hawai'i

Best season

4-9 • SRS -11.7 • SP Overall -15.0

Win %

30.8%

YoY SRS

+0.9

SP Off / Def

15.7 / 30.6

Finish

Unranked

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

Hawai'i

2012-20154 seasons

Avg SRS -16.6 • Win % 21.7%

Longest Tenure

Hawai'i • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Hawai'i • -16.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Hawai'i • 21.7%

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.

Norm Chow sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Norm Chow sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Norm Chow

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -16.2

12th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Hawai'i

2012-201510-36

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

Avg SRS -16.6Win % 21.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.5 during vs 8.2 baseline

-5.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-16.6 during vs -3.4 baseline

-13.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-16.2 during vs 1.3 baseline

-17.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Hawai'i 2014

4-9SRS -11.7

Biggest Improvement

Hawai'i 2013

1-117.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Hawai'i 2013

1-11SP Off 23.4

Best Defensive Season

Hawai'i 2014

4-9SP Def 30.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Hawai'i 2015

2-7SRS -21.7

Biggest Drop

Hawai'i 2015

2-7-10.0 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Hawai'i2015927022.2%-21.7-16.316.635.1-10.0-8.6%
Hawai'i20141349030.8%-11.7-15.015.730.6+0.9+22.4%
Hawai'i20131211108.3%-12.6-14.323.435.6+7.9-16.7%
Hawai'i20121239025.0%-20.5-19.114.732.8

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