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Tom Harp

1961-1977Cornell, Duke, Indiana State

3 schools coached, anchored by Duke.

Tom Harp coached 13 seasons, won 42.9%, and posted an average SRS of -9.2. Best season: 1966 Duke. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

52-70-4

Career Win %

42.9%

Seasons

13

Career Span

17 years

Average SRS

-9.2

Peak SRS

0.8

Best Finish

Consistency

21.4

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.

Tom Harp
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Tom Harp: 1966 DukeTom Harp: 1975 Indiana State
1961Actual season year • SRS range -30.4 to 0.81977

Active comparison point

Tom Harp1966

Selected

1966 Duke

Best seasonNew stop: Duke

5-5 • SRS 0.8 • SP Overall

Win %

50.0%

YoY SRS

+6.0

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

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

Indiana State

1975-19773 seasons

Avg SRS -13.2 • Win % 36.7%

Duke

1966-19705 seasons

Avg SRS -2.3 • Win % 44.1%

Cornell

1961-19655 seasons

Avg SRS -13.7 • Win % 45.6%

Longest Tenure

Duke • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Duke • -2.3 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Cornell • 45.6%

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.

Tom Harp sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Tom Harp sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tom Harp

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -7.1

35th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Indiana State

1975-197711-19

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -13.2Win % 36.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Duke

1966-197022-28-1

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

Avg SRS -2.3Win % 44.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.4 during vs 6.0 baseline

-1.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.3 during vs 9.6 baseline

-11.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

3.1 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Cornell

1961-196519-23-3

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

Avg SRS -13.7Win % 45.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.8 during vs 3.4 baseline

+0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-13.7 during vs -21.8 baseline

+8.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Duke 1966

5-5SRS 0.8

Biggest Improvement

Cornell 1963

5-417.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Indiana State 1975

5-5SP Off 28.0

Best Defensive Season

Duke 1970

6-5SP Def 25.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Cornell 1962

4-5SRS -30.4

Biggest Drop

Cornell 1962

4-5-13.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Indiana State19771037030.0%-17.2-15.617.332.0-0.60.0%
Indiana State19761037030.0%-16.6-15.614.229.0-10.7-20.0%
Indiana State19751055050.0%-5.9-0.428.028.5-6.2-4.5%
Duke19701165054.5%0.33.127.825.7+11.3+19.6%
Duke19691036135.0%-11.0-8.6-5.0%
Duke19681046040.0%-2.4-3.10.0%
Duke19671046040.0%0.7-0.1-10.0%
Duke19661055050.0%0.8+6.0-5.6%
Cornell1965943255.6%-5.2-2.1+16.7%
Cornell1964935138.9%-3.1+9.8-16.7%
Cornell1963954055.6%-12.9+17.5+11.1%
Cornell1962945044.4%-30.4-13.5+11.1%
Cornell1961936033.3%-16.9

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