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Lee Corso

1969-1984Indiana, Louisville, Northern Illinois

3 schools coached, anchored by Indiana.

Lee Corso coached 15 seasons, won 46.3%, and posted an average SRS of -1.3. Best season: 1979 Indiana. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

73-85-6

Career Win %

46.3%

Seasons

15

Career Span

16 years

Average SRS

-1.3

Peak SRS

10.7

Best Finish

#18

Consistency

38.3

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.

Lee Corso
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Lee Corso: 1973 IndianaLee Corso: 1984 Northern Illinois
1969Actual season year • SRS range -16.0 to 10.71984

Active comparison point

Lee Corso1979

Selected

1979 Indiana

Best season

8-4 • SRS 10.7 • SP Overall 9.2

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

+8.7

SP Off / Def

32.6 / 25.0

Finish

#19

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

Northern Illinois

1984-19841 seasons

Avg SRS -15.2 • Win % 40.9%

Indiana

1973-198210 seasons

Avg SRS 0.6 • Win % 37.8%

Louisville

1969-19724 seasons

Avg SRS -2.5 • Win % 70.2%

Longest Tenure

Indiana • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Indiana • 0.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Louisville • 70.2%

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.

Lee Corso sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Lee Corso sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Lee Corso

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -2.4

48th pct

Mixed

Impact by School

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

Northern Illinois

1984-19844-6-1

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

Avg SRS -15.2Win % 40.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 6.0 baseline

-2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-15.2 during vs -10.0 baseline

-5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.3 during vs -2.7 baseline

-8.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Indiana

1973-198241-68-2

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

Avg SRS 0.6Win % 37.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 3.8 baseline

+0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.6 during vs -0.9 baseline

+1.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.8 during vs -16.3 baseline

+11.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

10.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+10.0%

Louisville

1969-197228-11-3

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

Avg SRS -2.5Win % 70.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 4.6 baseline

+2.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.5 during vs -10.5 baseline

+8.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.3 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Indiana 1979

8-4SRS 10.7

Biggest Improvement

Louisville 1970

8-3-112.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Indiana 1979

8-4SP Off 32.6

Best Defensive Season

Louisville 1971

6-3-1SP Def 15.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Louisville 1969

5-4-1SRS -16.0

Biggest Drop

Northern Illinois 1984

4-6-1-17.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Northern Illinois19841146140.9%-15.2-11.312.823.2-17.8-4.5%
Indiana19821156045.5%2.6-1.224.525.8+11.0+18.2%
Indiana19811138027.3%-8.4-15.616.631.4-11.9-27.3%
Indiana19801165054.5%3.5-3.725.529.0-7.2-12.1%
Indiana19791284066.7%#1910.79.232.625.0+8.7+30.3%
Indiana19781147036.4%2.0-3.427.430.7-2.2-13.6%
Indiana19771155150.0%4.2-0.323.724.0+6.0+4.5%
Indiana19761156045.5%-1.8-7.417.224.3+4.6+22.7%
Indiana19751128122.7%-6.4-14.312.625.7-3.8+13.6%
Indiana19741111009.1%-2.6-7.422.029.0-4.4-9.1%
Indiana19731129018.2%1.8-3.421.625.0-7.2-71.8%
Louisville19721091090.0%#189.016.831.916.0+8.7+25.0%
Louisville19711063165.0%0.32.617.915.6+3.5-5.8%
Louisville19701283170.8%-3.25.624.219.2+12.8+15.8%
Louisville19691054155.0%-16.0

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