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Randy Walker

1990-2005Miami (OH), Northwestern

2 schools coached, anchored by Miami (OH).

Randy Walker coached 16 seasons, won 53.6%, and posted an average SRS of -2.8. Best season: 1997 Miami (OH). The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

95-82-5

Career Win %

53.6%

Seasons

16

Career Span

16 years

Average SRS

-2.8

Peak SRS

9.8

Best Finish

Consistency

20.3

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.

Randy Walker
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Randy Walker: 1999 Northwestern
1990Actual season year • SRS range -21.2 to 9.82005

Active comparison point

Randy Walker1997

Selected

1997 Miami (OH)

Best season

8-3 • SRS 9.8 • SP Overall 16.0

Win %

72.7%

YoY SRS

+12.1

SP Off / Def

41.7 / 29.0

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

Northwestern

1999-20057 seasons

Avg SRS 0.1 • Win % 44.6%

Miami (OH)

1990-19989 seasons

Avg SRS -4.9 • Win % 61.1%

Longest Tenure

Miami (OH) • 9 seasons

Best Tenure

Northwestern • 0.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Miami (OH) • 61.1%

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.

Randy Walker sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Randy Walker sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Randy Walker

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.1

61th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Northwestern

1999-200537-46

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

Avg SRS 0.1Win % 44.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.3 during vs 6.0 baseline

-0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.1 during vs 4.4 baseline

-4.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.0 during vs 5.1 baseline

-4.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

Miami (OH)

1990-199858-36-5

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

Avg SRS -4.9Win % 61.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 4.6 baseline

+1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.9 during vs -14.0 baseline

+9.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.2 during vs -7.6 baseline

+8.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Miami (OH) 1997

8-3SRS 9.8

Biggest Improvement

Miami (OH) 1995

8-2-118.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Northwestern 2000

8-4SP Off 46.9

Best Defensive Season

Miami (OH) 1991

6-4-1SP Def 17.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Miami (OH) 1993

4-7SRS -21.2

Biggest Drop

Miami (OH) 1993

4-7-12.0 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Northwestern20051275058.3%8.78.038.830.9+7.1+8.3%
Northwestern20041266050.0%1.63.933.831.6+1.8+3.9%
Northwestern20031367046.2%-0.22.828.826.9+11.7+21.1%
Northwestern20021239025.0%-11.9-11.534.441.9-11.1-11.4%
Northwestern20011147036.4%#16-0.8-1.738.238.8-10.5-30.3%
Northwestern20001284066.7%9.713.746.936.6+16.4+39.4%
Northwestern19991138027.3%-6.7-8.020.428.1-8.8-63.6%
Miami (OH)199811101090.9%2.18.829.021.3-7.7+18.2%
Miami (OH)19971183072.7%9.816.041.729.0+12.1+18.2%
Miami (OH)19961165054.5%-2.36.026.721.8-9.3-22.7%
Miami (OH)19951182177.3%7.012.732.721.1+18.0+27.3%
Miami (OH)19941155150.0%-11.0-6.726.232.3+10.2+13.6%
Miami (OH)19931147036.4%-21.2-13.617.729.9-12.0-22.7%
Miami (OH)19921164159.1%-9.2-3.720.724.5-5.50.0%
Miami (OH)19911164159.1%-3.73.220.017.5+12.3+9.1%
Miami (OH)19901155150.0%-16.0-11.518.028.4

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