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Ron Vanderlinden

1997-2000Maryland

One defining stop at Maryland.

Ron Vanderlinden coached 4 seasons, won 34.1%, and posted an average SRS of -2.4. Best season: 1999 Maryland. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

15-29

Career Win %

34.1%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

-2.4

Peak SRS

4.6

Best Finish

Consistency

71.1

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.

Ron Vanderlinden
EliteStrongAverageLean
1997Actual season year • SRS range -9.6 to 4.62000

Active comparison point

Ron Vanderlinden1999

Selected

1999 Maryland

Best seasonBiggest improvement

5-6 • SRS 4.6 • SP Overall 1.8

Win %

45.5%

YoY SRS

+9.2

SP Off / Def

30.5 / 29.8

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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

Maryland

1997-20004 seasons

Avg SRS -2.4 • Win % 34.1%

Longest Tenure

Maryland • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Maryland • -2.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Maryland • 34.1%

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.

Ron Vanderlinden sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ron Vanderlinden sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ron Vanderlinden

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -5.0

42th pct

Mixed

Impact by School

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

Maryland

1997-200015-29

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

Avg SRS -2.4Win % 34.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.8 during vs 4.0 baseline

-0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.4 during vs -4.9 baseline

+2.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-5.0 during vs -6.0 baseline

+1.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Maryland 1999

5-6SRS 4.6

Biggest Improvement

Maryland 1999

5-69.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Maryland 1999

5-6SP Off 30.5

Best Defensive Season

Maryland 1999

5-6SP Def 29.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Maryland 1997

2-9SRS -9.6

Biggest Drop

Maryland 2000

5-6-4.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Maryland20001156045.5%-0.1-0.529.330.0-4.70.0%
Maryland19991156045.5%4.61.830.529.8+9.2+18.2%
Maryland19981138027.3%-4.6-8.624.031.8+5.0+9.1%
Maryland19971129018.2%-9.6-12.523.433.9

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