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Mark Stoops

2013-2025Kentucky

One defining stop at Kentucky.

Mark Stoops coached 13 seasons, won 51.3%, and posted an average SRS of 3.2. Best season: 2018 Kentucky. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

77-73

Career Win %

51.3%

Seasons

13

Career Span

13 years

Average SRS

3.2

Peak SRS

14.7

Best Finish

#18

Consistency

73.6

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.

Mark Stoops
EliteStrongAverageLean
2013Actual season year • SRS range -6.4 to 14.72025

Active comparison point

Mark Stoops2018

Selected

2018 Kentucky

Best seasonBiggest improvement

10-3 • SRS 14.7 • SP Overall 13.1

Win %

76.9%

YoY SRS

+14.2

SP Off / Def

29.5 / 16.3

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

Kentucky

2013-202513 seasons

Avg SRS 3.2 • Win % 51.3%

Longest Tenure

Kentucky • 13 seasons

Best Tenure

Kentucky • 3.2 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Kentucky • 51.3%

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.

Mark Stoops sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Mark Stoops sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Mark Stoops

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 5.6

74th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Kentucky

2013-202577-73

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

Avg SRS 3.2Win % 51.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.9 during vs 5.4 baseline

+0.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.2 during vs -0.3 baseline

+3.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

5.6 during vs -1.5 baseline

+7.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

7.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+7.7%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Kentucky 2018

10-3SRS 14.7

Biggest Improvement

Kentucky 2018

10-314.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Kentucky 2021

10-3SP Off 35.1

Best Defensive Season

Kentucky 2022

7-6SP Def 9.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kentucky 2013

2-10SRS -6.4

Biggest Drop

Kentucky 2019

8-5-9.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Kentucky202500002.91.825.523.7-0.1
Kentucky20241248033.3%3.05.524.520.9-2.3-20.5%
Kentucky20231376053.8%5.310.531.622.2-0.20.0%
Kentucky20221376053.8%#205.513.023.29.9-3.5-23.1%
Kentucky202113103076.9%#189.013.435.122.3+5.1+31.5%
Kentucky20201156045.5%3.92.225.924.1-1.7-16.1%
Kentucky20191385061.5%5.69.130.122.2-9.1-15.4%
Kentucky201813103076.9%14.713.129.516.3+14.2+23.1%
Kentucky20171376053.8%0.52.730.829.5+0.20.0%
Kentucky20161376053.8%0.3-2.630.833.4+3.4+12.2%
Kentucky20151257041.7%-3.1-0.326.827.2-3.20.0%
Kentucky20141257041.7%0.16.629.824.8+6.5+25.0%
Kentucky201312210016.7%-6.4-2.527.631.2

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