1971-1981 • East Carolina, Marshall, Virginia
3 schools coached, anchored by East Carolina.
Sonny Randle coached 8 seasons, won 37.4%, and posted an average SRS of -12.3. Best season: 1973 East Carolina. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
32-54-1
Career Win %
37.4%
Seasons
8
Career Span
11 years
Average SRS
-12.3
Peak SRS
12.4
Best Finish
—
Consistency
2.4
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
9-2 • SRS 12.4 • SP Overall 19.3
Win %
81.8%
YoY SRS
+13.6
SP Off / Def
36.2 / 18.8
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.
Marshall
1979-1981 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -24.9 • Win % 16.7%
Virginia
1974-1975 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -9.6 • Win % 22.7%
East Carolina
1971-1973 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -1.5 • Win % 68.8%
Longest Tenure
Marshall • 3 seasons
Best Tenure
East Carolina • -1.5 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
East Carolina • 68.8%
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.
Sonny Randle sets the reference point in overall strength.
Sonny Randle sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Sonny Randle
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -10.8
26th pct
Lower end
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1979-1981 • 5-27-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.7 during vs 2.0 baseline
-0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-24.9 during vs -21.6 baseline
-3.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-24.4 during vs -19.6 baseline
-4.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1974-1975 • 5-17
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.5 during vs 3.8 baseline
-1.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-9.6 during vs -9.8 baseline
+0.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-12.9 during vs -13.2 baseline
+0.3
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1971-1973 • 22-10
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.3 during vs 4.2 baseline
+3.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-1.5 during vs -18.7 baseline
+17.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
4.1 during vs -14.8 baseline
+18.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
East Carolina 1973
9-2 • SRS 12.4
Biggest Improvement
East Carolina 1972
9-2 • 14.4 SRS
Best Offensive Season
East Carolina 1973
9-2 • SP Off 36.2
Best Defensive Season
East Carolina 1973
9-2 • SP Def 18.8
Setbacks
Worst Season
Marshall 1981
2-9 • SRS -29.1
Biggest Drop
Virginia 1975
1-10 • -21.5 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Marshall | 1981 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -29.1 | -28.6 | 6.5 | 33.7 | -6.6 | -4.5% |
| Marshall | 1980 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 22.7% | — | — | -22.5 | -21.7 | 9.8 | 30.5 | +0.6 | +13.6% |
| Marshall | 1979 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -23.1 | -22.8 | 10.8 | 32.8 | -2.8 | 0.0% |
| Virginia | 1975 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -20.3 | -24.8 | 22.5 | 42.3 | -21.5 | -27.3% |
| Virginia | 1974 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | 1.2 | -1.0 | 24.2 | 25.4 | -11.2 | -45.5% |
| East Carolina | 1973 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 12.4 | 19.3 | 36.2 | 18.8 | +13.6 | 0.0% |
| East Carolina | 1972 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | -1.2 | 5.6 | 26.8 | 22.2 | +14.4 | +41.8% |
| East Carolina | 1971 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -15.6 | -12.5 | 24.2 | 34.6 | — | — |
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