1993-1997 • Eastern Michigan, Louisville
2 schools coached, anchored by Louisville.
Ron Cooper coached 5 seasons, won 40.0%, and posted an average SRS of -10.0. Best season: 1995 Louisville. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
22-33
Career Win %
40.0%
Seasons
5
Career Span
5 years
Average SRS
-10.0
Peak SRS
3.6
Best Finish
—
Consistency
12.8
Higher = steadier
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.
Active comparison point
7-4 • SRS 3.6 • SP Overall 2.2
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+17.4
SP Off / Def
25.5 / 23.8
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Louisville
1995-1997 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -4.5 • Win % 39.4%
Eastern Michigan
1993-1994 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -18.4 • Win % 40.9%
Longest Tenure
Louisville • 3 seasons
Best Tenure
Louisville • -4.5 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Eastern Michigan • 40.9%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Ron Cooper sets the reference point in overall strength.
Ron Cooper sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ron Cooper
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -8.7
31th pct
Lower end
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1995-1997 • 13-20
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 6.4 baseline
-2.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.5 during vs -0.5 baseline
-4.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.9 during vs 1.0 baseline
-7.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
1993-1994 • 9-13
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 3.7 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-18.4 during vs -18.3 baseline
-0.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-11.3 during vs -12.1 baseline
+0.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Louisville 1995
7-4 • SRS 3.6
Biggest Improvement
Louisville 1995
7-4 • 17.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Eastern Michigan 1994
5-6 • SP Off 27.2
Best Defensive Season
Louisville 1996
5-6 • SP Def 21.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Eastern Michigan 1993
4-7 • SRS -22.9
Biggest Drop
Louisville 1997
1-10 • -16.3 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Louisville | 1997 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -16.7 | -21.7 | 26.8 | 42.9 | -16.3 | -36.4% |
| Louisville | 1996 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.4 | -1.2 | 20.2 | 21.5 | -4.0 | -18.2% |
| Louisville | 1995 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 3.6 | 2.2 | 25.5 | 23.8 | +17.4 | +18.2% |
| Eastern Michigan | 1994 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -13.8 | -5.4 | 27.2 | 32.5 | +9.1 | +9.1% |
| Eastern Michigan | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -22.9 | -17.2 | 12.5 | 29.4 | — | — |
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