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Pat Fitzgerald

2006-2022Northwestern

One defining stop at Northwestern.

Pat Fitzgerald coached 17 seasons, won 52.1%, and posted an average SRS of 1.3. Best season: 2017 Northwestern. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

110-101

Career Win %

52.1%

Seasons

17

Career Span

17 years

Average SRS

1.3

Peak SRS

13.1

Best Finish

#10

Consistency

50.3

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.

Pat Fitzgerald
EliteStrongAverageLean
2006Actual season year • SRS range -7.2 to 13.12022

Active comparison point

Pat Fitzgerald2017

Selected

2017 Northwestern

Best season

10-3 • SRS 13.1 • SP Overall 11.2

Win %

76.9%

YoY SRS

+3.2

SP Off / Def

28.8 / 17.4

Finish

#17

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

Northwestern

2006-202217 seasons

Avg SRS 1.3 • Win % 52.1%

Longest Tenure

Northwestern • 17 seasons

Best Tenure

Northwestern • 1.3 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Northwestern • 52.1%

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.

Pat Fitzgerald sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Pat Fitzgerald sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Pat Fitzgerald

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.2

57th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Northwestern

2006-2022110-101

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

Avg SRS 1.3Win % 52.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.5 during vs 5.2 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.3 during vs -0.5 baseline

+1.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

0.2 during vs 0.3 baseline

-0.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

23.5% during vs 0.0% baseline

+23.5%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Northwestern 2017

10-3SRS 13.1

Biggest Improvement

Northwestern 2020

7-215.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Northwestern 2011

6-7SP Off 33.3

Best Defensive Season

Northwestern 2015

10-3SP Def 15.0

Setbacks

Worst Season

Northwestern 2022

1-11SRS -7.2

Biggest Drop

Northwestern 2021

3-9-19.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Northwestern20221211108.3%-7.2-13.417.028.60.0-16.7%
Northwestern20211239025.0%-7.2-11.119.427.3-19.4-52.8%
Northwestern2020972077.8%#1012.29.024.015.2+15.4+52.8%
Northwestern20191239025.0%-3.2-5.516.520.0-9.5-39.3%
Northwestern20181495064.3%6.31.925.521.6-6.8-12.6%
Northwestern201713103076.9%#1713.111.228.817.4+3.2+23.1%
Northwestern20161376053.8%9.92.927.923.5+6.9-23.1%
Northwestern201513103076.9%#233.00.216.815.0+3.3+35.3%
Northwestern20141257041.7%-0.31.523.721.6-1.80.0%
Northwestern20131257041.7%#221.54.229.425.9-7.3-35.3%
Northwestern201213103076.9%#178.87.230.624.3+7.6+30.8%
Northwestern20111367046.2%1.20.633.331.2+7.0-7.7%
Northwestern20101376053.8%-5.8-1.130.932.8-2.7-7.7%
Northwestern20091385061.5%-3.1-4.024.427.4-7.0-7.7%
Northwestern20081394069.2%3.97.326.719.3+10.3+19.2%
Northwestern20071266050.0%-6.4-2.430.131.7-1.2+16.7%
Northwestern20061248033.3%-5.2-4.921.325.0

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