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Vince Gibson

1967-1982Kansas State, Louisville, Tulane

3 schools coached, anchored by Kansas State.

Vince Gibson coached 16 seasons, won 42.3%, and posted an average SRS of 1.5. Best season: 1969 Kansas State. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

73-100-2

Career Win %

42.3%

Seasons

16

Career Span

16 years

Average SRS

1.5

Peak SRS

20.8

Best Finish

Consistency

19.7

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.

Vince Gibson
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Vince Gibson: 1975 LouisvilleVince Gibson: 1980 Tulane
1967Actual season year • SRS range -20.8 to 20.81982

Active comparison point

Vince Gibson1969

Selected

1969 Kansas State

Best season

5-5 • SRS 20.8 • SP Overall

Win %

50.0%

YoY SRS

+14.7

SP Off / Def

/

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

Tulane

1980-19823 seasons

Avg SRS 4.1 • Win % 50.0%

Louisville

1975-19795 seasons

Avg SRS -5.1 • Win % 42.9%

Kansas State

1967-19748 seasons

Avg SRS 4.6 • Win % 38.8%

Longest Tenure

Kansas State • 8 seasons

Best Tenure

Kansas State • 4.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Tulane • 50.0%

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.

Vince Gibson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Vince Gibson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Vince Gibson

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.4

59th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Tulane

1980-198217-17

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

Avg SRS 4.1Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.7 during vs 4.4 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 0.9 baseline

+3.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-0.4 during vs -5.5 baseline

+5.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Louisville

1975-197923-31-2

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

Avg SRS -5.1Win % 42.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.6 during vs 6.4 baseline

-1.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-5.1 during vs -2.1 baseline

-3.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.2 during vs 2.8 baseline

-7.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Kansas State

1967-197433-52

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

Avg SRS 4.6Win % 38.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 1.0 baseline

+3.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.6 during vs -13.2 baseline

+17.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

5.6 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Kansas State 1969

5-5SRS 20.8

Biggest Improvement

Louisville 1976

4-717.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Kansas State 1971

5-6SP Off 32.2

Best Defensive Season

Tulane 1981

6-5SP Def 17.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Louisville 1975

1-10SRS -20.8

Biggest Drop

Louisville 1975

1-10-23.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Tulane19821147036.4%-1.5-6.223.429.2-9.8-18.2%
Tulane19811165054.5%8.34.620.817.4+2.8-3.8%
Tulane19801275058.3%5.50.326.726.9+7.0+17.4%
Louisville19791146140.9%-1.5-1.619.020.3+0.1-22.7%
Louisville19781174063.6%-1.60.328.728.5-3.4+1.1%
Louisville19771274162.5%1.83.126.724.5+5.2+26.1%
Louisville19761147036.4%-3.41.924.222.8+17.4+27.3%
Louisville19751111009.1%-20.8-24.913.836.6-23.7-27.3%
Kansas State19741147036.4%2.94.928.524.7-4.4-9.1%
Kansas State19731156045.5%7.310.528.719.1+14.2+18.2%
Kansas State19721138027.3%-6.9-5.729.634.7-12.4-18.2%
Kansas State19711156045.5%5.58.632.225.2-5.1-9.1%
Kansas State19701165054.5%#1410.69.626.617.8-10.2+4.5%
Kansas State19691055050.0%20.8+14.7+10.0%
Kansas State19681046040.0%6.1+15.9+30.0%
Kansas State19671019010.0%-9.8

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