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Gary Pinkel

1991-2015Missouri, Toledo

2 schools coached, anchored by Missouri.

Gary Pinkel coached 25 seasons, won 63.3%, and posted an average SRS of 3.7. Best season: 2013 Missouri. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

191-110-3

Career Win %

63.3%

Seasons

25

Career Span

25 years

Average SRS

3.7

Peak SRS

22.4

Best Finish

#4

Consistency

9.7

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.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

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Gary Pinkel: 2001 Missouri
1991Actual season year • SRS range -18.2 to 22.42015

Active comparison point

Gary Pinkel2013

Selected

2013 Missouri

Best season

12-2 • SRS 22.4 • SP Overall 19.3

Win %

85.7%

YoY SRS

+16.0

SP Off / Def

42.6 / 23.1

Finish

#5

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

2001-201515 seasons

Avg SRS 8.9 • Win % 61.8%

Toledo

1991-200010 seasons

Avg SRS -4.1 • Win % 65.9%

Longest Tenure

Missouri • 15 seasons

Best Tenure

Missouri • 8.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Toledo • 65.9%

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.

Gary Pinkel sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Gary Pinkel sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Gary Pinkel

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Raw avg SP Overall: 7.8

80th pct

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Impact by School

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

Missouri

2001-2015118-73

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

Avg SRS 8.9Win % 61.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.9 during vs 5.4 baseline

+2.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.9 during vs 2.1 baseline

+6.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.4 during vs 5.0 baseline

+6.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 40.0% baseline

-6.7%

Toledo

1991-200073-37-3

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

Avg SRS -4.1Win % 65.9%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.3 during vs 6.2 baseline

+1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.1 during vs -12.8 baseline

+8.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

2.5 during vs -5.4 baseline

+7.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

10.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+10.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Missouri 2013

12-2SRS 22.4

Biggest Improvement

Toledo 2000

10-120.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Missouri 2007

12-2SP Off 44.0

Best Defensive Season

Missouri 2015

5-7SP Def 12.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Toledo 1993

4-7SRS -18.2

Biggest Drop

Toledo 1996

7-4-20.9 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Missouri20151257041.7%#240.53.416.712.4-12.6-36.9%
Missouri201414113078.6%#24#1413.119.333.015.2-9.3-7.1%
Missouri201314122085.7%#522.419.342.623.1+16.0+44.0%
Missouri20121257041.7%6.43.925.621.6-6.3-19.9%
Missouri20111385061.5%#2112.715.037.722.0-2.8-15.4%
Missouri201013103076.9%#1815.519.335.217.6+12.4+15.4%
Missouri20091385061.5%3.111.834.223.8-13.6-9.9%
Missouri200814104071.4%#6#1916.724.043.822.3-5.0-14.3%
Missouri200714122085.7%#421.721.444.023.0+12.1+24.2%
Missouri20061385061.5%9.614.432.118.2+8.1+3.2%
Missouri20051275058.3%1.55.728.923.2-0.2+12.9%
Missouri20041156045.5%#181.70.826.325.8-6.1-16.1%
Missouri20031385061.5%7.88.136.230.1+2.0+19.9%
Missouri20021257041.7%5.88.539.433.3+11.1+5.3%
Missouri20011147036.4%-5.3-3.830.333.9-20.8-54.5%
Toledo200011101090.9%15.517.035.620.0+20.1+36.4%
Toledo19991165054.5%-4.6-2.129.331.8+0.6-3.8%
Toledo19981275058.3%-5.23.723.720.5-7.7-16.7%
Toledo19971293075.0%2.58.235.228.7+18.2+11.4%
Toledo19961174063.6%-15.7-10.820.030.0-20.9-32.2%
Toledo199512110195.8%#245.217.541.126.7+16.7+36.7%
Toledo19941164159.1%-11.5-4.735.639.0+6.7+22.7%
Toledo19931147036.4%-18.2-8.723.431.3-15.7-36.4%
Toledo19921183072.7%-2.55.425.220.6+4.4+22.7%
Toledo19911155150.0%-6.9-0.321.321.5

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