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PJ Fleck

2013-2025Minnesota, Western Michigan

2 schools coached, anchored by Minnesota.

PJ Fleck coached 13 seasons, won 59.1%, and posted an average SRS of 3.5. Best season: 2019 Minnesota. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

88-61

Career Win %

59.1%

Seasons

13

Career Span

13 years

Average SRS

3.5

Peak SRS

15.2

Best Finish

#10

Consistency

17.6

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.

PJ Fleck
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PJ Fleck: 2017 Minnesota
2013Actual season year • SRS range -21.8 to 15.22025

Active comparison point

PJ Fleck2019

Selected

2019 Minnesota

Best season

11-2 • SRS 15.2 • SP Overall 19.4

Win %

84.6%

YoY SRS

+9.7

SP Off / Def

39.8 / 19.6

Finish

#10

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

2017-20259 seasons

Avg SRS 5.8 • Win % 59.8%

Western Michigan

2013-20164 seasons

Avg SRS -1.8 • Win % 57.7%

Longest Tenure

Minnesota • 9 seasons

Best Tenure

Minnesota • 5.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Minnesota • 59.8%

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

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

PJ Fleck sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

PJ Fleck sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

PJ Fleck

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Raw avg SP Overall: 4.9

72th pct

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Impact by School

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

Minnesota

2017-202558-39

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

Avg SRS 5.8Win % 59.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 6.8 baseline

-0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 3.2 baseline

+2.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.2 during vs 5.8 baseline

+2.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

11.1% during vs 0.0% baseline

+11.1%

Western Michigan

2013-201630-22

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

Avg SRS -1.8Win % 57.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.5 during vs 6.2 baseline

+1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.8 during vs -7.3 baseline

+5.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.5 during vs -5.9 baseline

+3.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Minnesota 2019

11-2SRS 15.2

Biggest Improvement

Western Michigan 2014

8-518.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Western Michigan 2016

13-1SP Off 40.0

Best Defensive Season

Minnesota 2022

9-4SP Def 8.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Western Michigan 2013

1-11SRS -21.8

Biggest Drop

Minnesota 2020

3-4-15.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Minnesota202500000.71.523.820.8-11.9
Minnesota20241385061.5%12.610.425.615.4+14.9+15.4%
Minnesota20231367046.2%-2.30.420.021.1-13.0-23.1%
Minnesota20221394069.2%10.716.023.58.6+3.90.0%
Minnesota20211394069.2%6.814.429.315.4+6.7+26.4%
Minnesota2020734042.9%#190.14.735.830.7-15.1-41.8%
Minnesota201913112084.6%#1015.219.439.819.6+9.7+30.8%
Minnesota20181376053.8%5.56.328.222.8+2.7+12.2%
Minnesota20171257041.7%2.80.423.922.1-10.7-51.2%
Western Michigan201614131092.9%#1513.511.540.028.9+9.2+31.3%
Western Michigan20151385061.5%4.34.936.732.2+7.30.0%
Western Michigan20141385061.5%-3.0-0.830.231.8+18.8+53.2%
Western Michigan20131211108.3%-21.8-25.513.938.5

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