1989-1998 • Duke, Rice
2 schools coached, anchored by Rice.
Fred Goldsmith coached 10 seasons, won 36.5%, and posted an average SRS of -3.7. Best season: 1994 Duke. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
40-70-1
Career Win %
36.5%
Seasons
10
Career Span
10 years
Average SRS
-3.7
Peak SRS
7.1
Best Finish
—
Consistency
72.9
Higher = steadier
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.
Active comparison point
8-4 • SRS 7.1 • SP Overall 8.2
Win %
66.7%
YoY SRS
+8.1
SP Off / Def
36.9 / 30.9
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Duke
1994-1998 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -4.7 • Win % 30.4%
Rice
1989-1993 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS -2.6 • Win % 42.7%
Longest Tenure
Duke • 5 seasons
Best Tenure
Rice • -2.6 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Rice • 42.7%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Fred Goldsmith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Fred Goldsmith sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Fred Goldsmith
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -6.8
36th pct
Lower end
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1994-1998 • 17-39
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.4 during vs 4.2 baseline
-0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.7 during vs -2.2 baseline
-2.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-7.1 during vs -4.3 baseline
-2.7
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1989-1993 • 23-31-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 2.0 baseline
+2.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.6 during vs -11.9 baseline
+9.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-6.6 during vs -14.2 baseline
+7.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Duke 1994
8-4 • SRS 7.1
Biggest Improvement
Duke 1997
2-9 • 9.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Duke 1994
8-4 • SP Off 36.9
Best Defensive Season
Rice 1990
5-6 • SP Def 30.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Duke 1996
0-11 • SRS -14.3
Biggest Drop
Duke 1995
3-8 • -12.6 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Duke | 1998 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -6.3 | -11.7 | 26.6 | 35.9 | -1.7 | +18.2% |
| Duke | 1997 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -4.6 | -5.6 | 29.0 | 34.0 | +9.7 | +18.2% |
| Duke | 1996 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -14.3 | -16.2 | 22.6 | 36.7 | -8.8 | -27.3% |
| Duke | 1995 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -5.5 | -10.0 | 33.0 | 40.0 | -12.6 | -39.4% |
| Duke | 1994 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 7.1 | 8.2 | 36.9 | 30.9 | +8.1 | +12.1% |
| Rice | 1993 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -1.0 | -5.7 | 31.1 | 35.9 | +1.6 | 0.0% |
| Rice | 1992 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -2.6 | -4.9 | 28.4 | 33.1 | +1.7 | +18.2% |
| Rice | 1991 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -4.3 | -9.7 | 25.1 | 33.5 | -4.4 | -9.1% |
| Rice | 1990 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 0.1 | -3.1 | 27.2 | 30.2 | +5.5 | +22.7% |
| Rice | 1989 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -5.4 | -9.8 | 22.7 | 31.7 | — | — |
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