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Wesley Fesler

1946-1953Minnesota, Ohio State, Pittsburgh

3 schools coached, anchored by Ohio State.

Wesley Fesler coached 8 seasons, won 52.0%, and posted an average SRS of 10.5. Best season: 1949 Ohio State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

34-28-8

Career Win %

52.0%

Seasons

8

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

10.5

Peak SRS

20.8

Best Finish

#0

Consistency

30.5

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.

Wesley Fesler
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Wesley Fesler: 1947 Ohio StateWesley Fesler: 1951 Minnesota
1946Actual season year • SRS range -3.3 to 20.81953

Active comparison point

Wesley Fesler1949

Selected

1949 Ohio State

Best season

7-1-2 • SRS 20.8 • SP Overall

Win %

80.0%

YoY SRS

+3.5

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#6

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

Minnesota

1951-19533 seasons

Avg SRS 4.8 • Win % 44.4%

Ohio State

1947-19504 seasons

Avg SRS 15.4 • Win % 60.8%

Pittsburgh

1946-19461 seasons

Avg SRS 7.9 • Win % 38.9%

Longest Tenure

Ohio State • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Ohio State • 15.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Ohio State • 60.8%

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.

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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.

Minnesota

1951-195310-13-4

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

Avg SRS 4.8Win % 44.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 5.2 baseline

-1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.8 during vs 13.7 baseline

-8.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

Ohio State

1947-195021-10-3

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

Avg SRS 15.4Win % 60.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.3 during vs 6.4 baseline

-1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

15.4 during vs 20.0 baseline

-4.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

+0.0%

Pittsburgh

1946-19463-5-1

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

Avg SRS 7.9Win % 38.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.0 during vs 3.2 baseline

-0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.9 during vs -2.1 baseline

+10.0

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

Ohio State 1949

7-1-2SRS 20.8

Biggest Improvement

Ohio State 1948

6-314.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Minnesota 1951

2-6-1SRS -3.3

Biggest Drop

Minnesota 1951

2-6-1-23.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Minnesota1953944150.0%10.8+3.9-5.6%
Minnesota1952943255.6%6.9+10.2+27.8%
Minnesota1951926127.8%-3.3-23.7-38.9%
Ohio State1950960066.7%#11#1420.4-0.4-13.3%
Ohio State19491071280.0%#0#620.8+3.5+13.3%
Ohio State1948963066.7%#0#017.3+14.2+38.9%
Ohio State1947926127.8%#0#03.1-4.8-11.1%
Pittsburgh1946935138.9%7.9

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