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Steve Sloan

1973-1986Duke, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt

4 schools coached, anchored by Ole Miss.

Steve Sloan coached 14 seasons, won 44.3%, and posted an average SRS of 2.6. Best season: 1976 Texas Tech. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

68-86-3

Career Win %

44.3%

Seasons

14

Career Span

14 years

Average SRS

2.6

Peak SRS

15.9

Best Finish

#13

Consistency

37.0

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.

Steve Sloan
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Steve Sloan: 1975 Texas TechSteve Sloan: 1978 Ole MissSteve Sloan: 1983 Duke
1973Actual season year • SRS range -8.8 to 15.91986

Active comparison point

Steve Sloan1976

Selected

1976 Texas Tech

Best season

10-2 • SRS 15.9 • SP Overall 19.7

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+4.4

SP Off / Def

36.2 / 18.3

Finish

#13

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

Duke

1983-19864 seasons

Avg SRS -6.1 • Win % 29.5%

Ole Miss

1978-19825 seasons

Avg SRS 2.5 • Win % 37.3%

Texas Tech

1975-19773 seasons

Avg SRS 12.6 • Win % 65.7%

Vanderbilt

1973-19742 seasons

Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 56.5%

Longest Tenure

Ole Miss • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Texas Tech • 12.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Texas Tech • 65.7%

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.

Steve Sloan sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Steve Sloan sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Steve Sloan

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.8

60th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Duke

1983-198613-31

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

Avg SRS -6.1Win % 29.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 4.0 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.1 during vs 0.3 baseline

-6.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.8 during vs -1.3 baseline

-10.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Ole Miss

1978-198220-34-1

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

Avg SRS 2.5Win % 37.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 4.8 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

2.5 during vs 7.1 baseline

-4.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

0.9 during vs 9.4 baseline

-8.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Texas Tech

1975-197723-12

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

Avg SRS 12.6Win % 65.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.7 during vs 7.4 baseline

+0.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

12.6 during vs 11.6 baseline

+1.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

14.4 during vs 10.4 baseline

+4.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline

+13.3%

Vanderbilt

1973-197412-9-2

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

Avg SRS 5.4Win % 56.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 4.0 baseline

+2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.4 during vs 2.0 baseline

+3.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

5.1 during vs -1.8 baseline

+6.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Texas Tech 1976

10-2SRS 15.9

Biggest Improvement

Vanderbilt 1974

7-3-215.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Texas Tech 1976

10-2SP Off 36.2

Best Defensive Season

Texas Tech 1976

10-2SP Def 18.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Duke 1984

2-9SRS -8.8

Biggest Drop

Ole Miss 1978

5-6-9.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Duke19861147036.4%-6.8-12.521.332.5-1.90.0%
Duke19851147036.4%-4.9-11.719.129.8+3.9+18.2%
Duke19841129018.2%-8.8-15.915.931.2-4.9-9.1%
Duke19831138027.3%-3.9-7.030.135.7-7.4-9.1%
Ole Miss19821147036.4%3.52.827.225.2+4.2-4.5%
Ole Miss19811146140.9%-0.7-3.423.426.9-7.1+13.6%
Ole Miss19801138027.3%6.44.430.928.1+3.8-9.1%
Ole Miss19791147036.4%2.62.631.529.9+1.8-9.1%
Ole Miss19781156045.5%0.8-1.822.224.0-9.5-12.9%
Texas Tech19771275058.3%#810.310.831.221.8-5.6-25.0%
Texas Tech197612102083.3%#1315.919.736.218.3+4.4+28.8%
Texas Tech19751165054.5%11.512.734.723.3-1.6-12.1%
Vanderbilt19741273266.7%13.112.231.220.0+15.4+21.2%
Vanderbilt19731156045.5%-2.3-2.023.625.5

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