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Jonathan Smith

2018-2025Michigan State, Oregon State

2 schools coached, anchored by Oregon State.

Jonathan Smith coached 8 seasons, won 48.1%, and posted an average SRS of 3.0. Best season: 2023 Oregon State. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

39-42

Career Win %

48.1%

Seasons

8

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

3.0

Peak SRS

15.3

Best Finish

#17

Consistency

12.6

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.

Jonathan Smith
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Jonathan Smith: 2024 Michigan State
2018Actual season year • SRS range -16.0 to 15.32025

Active comparison point

Jonathan Smith2023

Selected

2023 Oregon State

Best season

8-4 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 12.6

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

+0.7

SP Off / Def

33.2 / 22.3

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

Michigan State

2024-20252 seasons

Avg SRS -1.6 • Win % 41.7%

Oregon State

2018-20236 seasons

Avg SRS 4.9 • Win % 49.3%

Longest Tenure

Oregon State • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

Oregon State • 4.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Oregon State • 49.3%

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.

Jonathan Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jonathan Smith sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jonathan Smith

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.6

63th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Michigan State

2024-20255-7

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

Avg SRS -1.6Win % 41.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.5 during vs 5.4 baseline

-2.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.6 during vs 1.9 baseline

-3.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.0 during vs 2.1 baseline

-6.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Oregon State

2018-202334-35

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

Avg SRS 4.9Win % 49.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.7 during vs 3.7 baseline

+2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.9 during vs -2.9 baseline

+7.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

3.8 during vs -2.4 baseline

+6.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+16.7%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Oregon State 2023

8-4SRS 15.3

Biggest Improvement

Oregon State 2019

5-719.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Oregon State 2021

7-6SP Off 36.9

Best Defensive Season

Oregon State 2022

10-3SP Def 17.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Oregon State 2018

2-10SRS -16.0

Biggest Drop

Michigan State 2024

5-7-18.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Michigan State20250000-0.3-3.426.628.7+2.5
Michigan State20241257041.7%-2.8-4.618.024.1-18.1-25.0%
Oregon State20231284066.7%#1815.312.633.222.3+0.7-10.3%
Oregon State202213103076.9%#1714.614.333.317.7+7.1+23.1%
Oregon State20211376053.8%7.58.936.928.5+25.3%
Oregon State2020725028.6%-13.1%
Oregon State20191257041.7%3.0-0.733.832.8+19.0+25.0%
Oregon State201812210016.7%-16.0-16.028.843.4

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