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Fritz Crisler

1930-1947Michigan, Minnesota, Princeton

3 schools coached, anchored by Michigan.

Fritz Crisler coached 18 seasons, won 76.8%, and posted an average SRS of 17.0. Best season: 1947 Michigan. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

116-32-9

Career Win %

76.8%

Seasons

18

Career Span

18 years

Average SRS

17.0

Peak SRS

31.6

Best Finish

#2

Consistency

14.5

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.

Fritz Crisler
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Fritz Crisler: 1932 PrincetonFritz Crisler: 1938 Michigan
1930Actual season year • SRS range 1.3 to 31.61947

Active comparison point

Fritz Crisler1947

Selected

1947 Michigan

Best season

10-0 • SRS 31.6 • SP Overall

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+1.6

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#2

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

Michigan

1938-194710 seasons

Avg SRS 23.4 • Win % 80.6%

Princeton

1932-19376 seasons

Avg SRS 9.0 • Win % 76.5%

Minnesota

1930-19312 seasons

Avg SRS 8.9 • Win % 58.3%

Longest Tenure

Michigan • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Michigan • 23.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Michigan • 80.6%

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

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Overall Strength

Decisive edge

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Fritz Crisler

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Raw avg SP Overall:

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Impact by School

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

Michigan

1938-194771-16-3

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

Avg SRS 23.4Win % 80.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.1 during vs 3.4 baseline

+3.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

23.4 during vs 3.6 baseline

+19.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+100.0%

Princeton

1932-193735-9-5

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 9.0Win % 76.5%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Minnesota

1930-193110-7-1

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

Avg SRS 8.9Win % 58.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 5.6 baseline

-0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.9 during vs 15.4 baseline

-6.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

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

Michigan 1947

10-0SRS 31.6

Biggest Improvement

Michigan 1940

7-121.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Princeton 1937

4-4SRS 1.3

Biggest Drop

Princeton 1936

4-2-2-12.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Michigan1947101000100.0%#231.6+1.6+27.8%
Michigan1946962172.2%#630.0+1.6+2.2%
Michigan19451073070.0%#628.4+3.1-10.0%
Michigan19441082080.0%#825.3-3.3-8.9%
Michigan1943981088.9%#328.6+10.5+18.9%
Michigan19421073070.0%#918.1-2.4-11.3%
Michigan1941861181.3%#520.5-8.7-6.3%
Michigan1940871087.5%#329.2+21.7+12.5%
Michigan1939862075.0%#207.5-7.3-6.3%
Michigan1938861181.3%#1614.8+13.5+31.3%
Princeton1937844050.0%1.3-5.6-12.5%
Princeton1936842262.5%6.9-12.1-37.5%
Princeton19359900100.0%19.0+9.4+12.5%
Princeton1934871087.5%9.6-1.1-12.5%
Princeton19339900100.0%10.7+4.4+50.0%
Princeton1932722350.0%6.3-7.6-20.0%
Minnesota19311073070.0%13.9+10.0+26.3%
Minnesota1930834143.8%3.9

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