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Gene Chizik

2007-2012Auburn, Iowa State

2 schools coached, anchored by Auburn.

Gene Chizik coached 6 seasons, won 50.0%, and posted an average SRS of 3.0. Best season: 2010 Auburn. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

38-38

Career Win %

50.0%

Seasons

6

Career Span

6 years

Average SRS

3.0

Peak SRS

23.9

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

6.5

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.

Gene Chizik
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Gene Chizik: 2009 Auburn
2007Actual season year • SRS range -10.2 to 23.92012

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Gene Chizik2010

Selected

2010 Auburn

Best season

14-0 • SRS 23.9 • SP Overall 26.5

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+13.2

SP Off / Def

49.4 / 22.7

Finish

#1

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

Auburn

2009-20124 seasons

Avg SRS 8.6 • Win % 63.5%

Iowa State

2007-20082 seasons

Avg SRS -8.4 • Win % 20.8%

Longest Tenure

Auburn • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Auburn • 8.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Auburn • 63.5%

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.

Gene Chizik sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Gene Chizik sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Gene Chizik

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Raw avg SP Overall: 7.6

79th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Auburn

2009-201233-19

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

Avg SRS 8.6Win % 63.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.3 during vs 9.4 baseline

-1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.6 during vs 13.3 baseline

-4.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

14.4 during vs 17.9 baseline

-3.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 80.0% baseline

-55.0%

Iowa State

2007-20085-19

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

Avg SRS -8.4Win % 20.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.5 during vs 5.4 baseline

-2.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.4 during vs -1.3 baseline

-7.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-6.0 during vs 3.0 baseline

-9.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Auburn 2010

14-0SRS 23.9

Biggest Improvement

Auburn 2009

8-520.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Auburn 2010

14-0SP Off 49.4

Best Defensive Season

Auburn 2009

8-5SP Def 19.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Iowa State 2008

2-10SRS -10.2

Biggest Drop

Auburn 2011

8-5-22.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Auburn20121239025.0%-1.64.828.025.1-3.1-36.5%
Auburn20111385061.5%#231.59.031.224.0-22.4-38.5%
Auburn2010141400100.0%#22#123.926.549.422.7+13.2+38.5%
Auburn20091385061.5%10.717.435.619.6+20.9+44.9%
Iowa State200812210016.7%-10.2-2.829.233.2-3.6-8.3%
Iowa State20071239025.0%-6.6-9.120.628.0

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