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Sam Pittman

2020-2025Arkansas

One defining stop at Arkansas.

Sam Pittman coached 6 seasons, won 49.2%, and posted an average SRS of 5.1. Best season: 2021 Arkansas. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

30-31

Career Win %

49.2%

Seasons

6

Career Span

6 years

Average SRS

5.1

Peak SRS

9.7

Best Finish

#21

Consistency

93.6

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.

Sam Pittman
EliteStrongAverageLean
2020Actual season year • SRS range 1.1 to 9.72025

Active comparison point

Sam Pittman2021

Selected

2021 Arkansas

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-4 • SRS 9.7 • SP Overall 13.8

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+6.4

SP Off / Def

34.3 / 21.3

Finish

#21

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

Arkansas

2020-20256 seasons

Avg SRS 5.1 • Win % 49.2%

Longest Tenure

Arkansas • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

Arkansas • 5.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Arkansas • 49.2%

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.

Sam Pittman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Sam Pittman sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Sam Pittman

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 7.8

80th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Arkansas

2020-202530-31

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

Avg SRS 5.1Win % 49.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 4.4 baseline

+0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.1 during vs -0.0 baseline

+5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

7.8 during vs 4.6 baseline

+3.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+16.7%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Arkansas 2021

9-4SRS 9.7

Biggest Improvement

Arkansas 2021

9-46.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Arkansas 2022

7-6SP Off 38.3

Best Defensive Season

Arkansas 2021

9-4SP Def 21.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Arkansas 2023

4-8SRS 1.1

Biggest Drop

Arkansas 2023

4-8-5.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Arkansas202500004.05.135.831.4-2.1
Arkansas20241376053.8%6.111.031.421.7+5.0+20.5%
Arkansas20231248033.3%1.13.528.326.6-5.4-20.5%
Arkansas20221376053.8%#196.512.038.326.3-3.2-15.4%
Arkansas20211394069.2%#219.713.834.321.3+6.4+39.2%
Arkansas20201037030.0%3.31.628.526.7

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