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Eli Drinkwitz

2019-2025App State, Missouri

2 schools coached, anchored by Missouri.

Eli Drinkwitz coached 7 seasons, won 66.7%, and posted an average SRS of 6.8. Best season: 2023 Missouri. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

50-25

Career Win %

66.7%

Seasons

7

Career Span

7 years

Average SRS

6.8

Peak SRS

14.7

Best Finish

#8

Consistency

64.2

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.

Eli Drinkwitz
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Eli Drinkwitz: 2020 Missouri
2019Actual season year • SRS range -2.2 to 14.72025

Active comparison point

Eli Drinkwitz2023

Selected

2023 Missouri

Best seasonBiggest improvement

11-2 • SRS 14.7 • SP Overall 19.3

Win %

84.6%

YoY SRS

+10.5

SP Off / Def

36.5 / 18.0

Finish

#8

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

Missouri

2020-20256 seasons

Avg SRS 6.0 • Win % 61.3%

App State

2019-20191 seasons

Avg SRS 11.5 • Win % 92.3%

Longest Tenure

Missouri • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

App State • 11.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

App State • 92.3%

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.

Eli Drinkwitz sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Eli Drinkwitz sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Eli Drinkwitz

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 9.9

85th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Missouri

2020-202538-24

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

Avg SRS 6.0Win % 61.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.3 during vs 6.0 baseline

+0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 5.1 baseline

+0.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

9.7 during vs 8.4 baseline

+1.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline

+33.3%

App State

2019-201912-1

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

Avg SRS 11.5Win % 92.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

12.0 during vs 8.5 baseline

+3.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

11.5 during vs 2.3 baseline

+9.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.3 during vs 4.9 baseline

+6.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+100.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Missouri 2023

11-2SRS 14.7

Biggest Improvement

Missouri 2023

11-210.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Missouri 2023

11-2SP Off 36.5

Best Defensive Season

Missouri 2025

0-0SP Def 15.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Missouri 2021

6-7SRS -2.2

Biggest Drop

Missouri 2020

5-5-11.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Missouri2025000010.514.431.215.4+1.6
Missouri202413103076.9%#11#228.914.033.718.7-5.8-7.7%
Missouri202313112084.6%#814.719.336.518.0+10.5+38.5%
Missouri20221367046.2%4.28.126.018.3+6.40.0%
Missouri20211367046.2%-2.23.131.129.9-2.4-3.9%
Missouri20201055050.0%0.2-1.023.424.6-11.3-42.3%
App State201913121092.3%#1911.511.334.323.2

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