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Bump Elliott

1959-1968Michigan

One defining stop at Michigan.

Bump Elliott coached 10 seasons, won 54.7%, and posted an average SRS of 11.5. Best season: 1964 Michigan. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

51-42-2

Career Win %

54.7%

Seasons

10

Career Span

10 years

Average SRS

11.5

Peak SRS

24.8

Best Finish

#4

Consistency

29.7

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.

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Bump Elliott
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1959Actual season year • SRS range -2.8 to 24.81968

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Bump Elliott1964

Selected

1964 Michigan

Best season

9-1 • SRS 24.8 • SP Overall

Win %

90.0%

YoY SRS

+10.4

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#4

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

1959-196810 seasons

Avg SRS 11.5 • Win % 54.7%

Longest Tenure

Michigan • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Michigan • 11.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Michigan • 54.7%

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

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Bump Elliott

Insufficient sample

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

1959-196851-42-2

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

Avg SRS 11.5Win % 54.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.1 during vs 5.4 baseline

-0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.5 during vs 13.3 baseline

-1.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

20.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

-40.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Michigan 1964

9-1SRS 24.8

Biggest Improvement

Michigan 1968

8-217.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Michigan 1967

4-6SRS -2.8

Biggest Drop

Michigan 1962

2-7-16.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Michigan19681082080.0%#1215.1+17.9+40.0%
Michigan19671046040.0%-2.8-13.3-20.0%
Michigan19661064060.0%10.5-3.2+20.0%
Michigan19651046040.0%#413.7-11.1-50.0%
Michigan19641091090.0%#424.8+10.4+45.6%
Michigan1963934244.4%14.4+14.0+22.2%
Michigan1962927022.2%0.4-16.5-44.4%
Michigan1961963066.7%16.9-1.0+11.1%
Michigan1960954055.6%17.9+14.1+11.1%
Michigan1959945044.4%3.8

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