1985-2024 • North Carolina, Texas, Tulane
3 schools coached, anchored by Texas.
Mack Brown coached 35 seasons, won 65.2%, and posted an average SRS of 9.7. Best season: 2005 Texas. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
282-150-1
Career Win %
65.2%
Seasons
35
Career Span
40 years
Average SRS
9.7
Peak SRS
31.0
Best Finish
#1
Consistency
8.2
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
13-0 • SRS 31.0 • SP Overall 35.3
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+11.3
SP Off / Def
47.6 / 12.2
Finish
#1
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.
North Carolina
1988-2024 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS 5.5 • Win % 58.8%
Texas
1998-2013 • 16 seasons
Avg SRS 16.9 • Win % 76.7%
Tulane
1985-1987 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -7.5 • Win % 32.4%
Longest Tenure
North Carolina • 16 seasons
Best Tenure
Texas • 16.9 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Texas • 76.7%
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.
Mack Brown sets the reference point in overall strength.
Mack Brown sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mack Brown
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 11.9
89th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1988-2024 • 113-79-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.1 during vs 6.0 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 4.7 baseline
+0.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.2 during vs 3.0 baseline
+3.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
31.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+31.3%
1998-2013 • 158-48
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
9.9 during vs 7.0 baseline
+2.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
16.9 during vs 6.7 baseline
+10.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
22.1 during vs 8.9 baseline
+13.2
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
81.3% during vs 60.0% baseline
+21.3%
1985-1987 • 11-23
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.7 during vs 4.8 baseline
-1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.5 during vs 2.7 baseline
-10.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-13.5 during vs -1.5 baseline
-12.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Texas 2005
13-0 • SRS 31.0
Biggest Improvement
North Carolina 1990
6-4-1 • 22.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Texas 2008
12-1 • SP Off 50.3
Best Defensive Season
Texas 2009
13-1 • SP Def 9.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
North Carolina 1989
1-10 • SRS -15.3
Biggest Drop
Texas 2010
5-7 • -23.1 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| North Carolina | 2024 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 0.7 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 26.3 | -8.1 | -11.5% |
| North Carolina | 2023 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #21 | — | 8.8 | 7.4 | 34.4 | 27.8 | +4.6 | -2.8% |
| North Carolina | 2022 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | — | — | 4.2 | 7.8 | 41.7 | 35.0 | -0.5 | +18.1% |
| North Carolina | 2021 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | #10 | — | 4.7 | 6.4 | 37.8 | 31.7 | — | -20.5% |
| North Carolina | 2020 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #18 | #18 | — | — | — | — | — | +12.8% |
| North Carolina | 2019 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 7.7 | 10.3 | 35.1 | 24.6 | -2.0 | -7.7% |
| Texas | 2013 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #15 | — | 9.7 | 10.5 | 29.4 | 20.1 | -3.9 | -7.7% |
| Texas | 2012 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #15 | #19 | 13.6 | 18.6 | 42.2 | 23.4 | +0.9 | +7.7% |
| Texas | 2011 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 12.7 | 18.6 | 31.1 | 13.0 | +11.4 | +19.9% |
| Texas | 2010 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #5 | — | 1.3 | 10.6 | 24.8 | 15.3 | -23.1 | -51.2% |
| Texas | 2009 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | #2 | #2 | 24.4 | 30.0 | 37.6 | 9.2 | -4.3 | +0.5% |
| Texas | 2008 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | #11 | #4 | 28.7 | 36.0 | 50.3 | 15.8 | +17.3 | +15.4% |
| Texas | 2007 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #4 | #10 | 11.4 | 25.8 | 43.4 | 18.9 | -3.2 | 0.0% |
| Texas | 2006 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #3 | #13 | 14.6 | 21.9 | 37.4 | 16.4 | -16.4 | -23.1% |
| Texas | 2005 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #2 | #1 | 31.0 | 35.3 | 47.6 | 12.2 | +11.3 | +8.3% |
| Texas | 2004 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #7 | #5 | 19.7 | 24.7 | 43.1 | 20.3 | +2.2 | +14.7% |
| Texas | 2003 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #5 | #12 | 17.5 | 22.7 | 46.7 | 28.3 | -3.4 | -7.7% |
| Texas | 2002 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #4 | #6 | 20.9 | 24.2 | 41.1 | 18.7 | -1.5 | 0.0% |
| Texas | 2001 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.6% | #5 | #5 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 43.8 | 23.2 | +4.8 | +9.6% |
| Texas | 2000 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #7 | #12 | 17.6 | 15.9 | 41.1 | 28.5 | +7.6 | +10.7% |
| Texas | 1999 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | #17 | #21 | 10.0 | 16.2 | 39.3 | 25.6 | -5.3 | -10.7% |
| Texas | 1998 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #15 | 15.3 | 18.9 | 46.0 | 31.9 | -3.8 | -15.9% |
| North Carolina | 1997 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | #7 | #6 | 19.1 | 20.5 | 34.4 | 14.6 | -2.1 | +7.6% |
| North Carolina | 1996 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #10 | 21.2 | 24.1 | 35.4 | 11.6 | +15.8 | +25.0% |
| North Carolina | 1995 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #20 | — | 5.4 | 7.1 | 28.6 | 22.5 | +0.6 | -8.3% |
| North Carolina | 1994 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #19 | — | 4.8 | 5.7 | 34.9 | 31.1 | -5.5 | -10.3% |
| North Carolina | 1993 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | #20 | #19 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 37.4 | 27.4 | +4.1 | +1.9% |
| North Carolina | 1992 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #19 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 30.4 | 24.1 | +1.4 | +11.4% |
| North Carolina | 1991 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 4.8 | 4.6 | 25.1 | 21.3 | -2.4 | +4.5% |
| North Carolina | 1990 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 7.2 | 7.6 | 23.7 | 17.1 | +22.5 | +50.0% |
| North Carolina | 1989 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -15.3 | -20.1 | 12.7 | 32.6 | -7.7 | 0.0% |
| North Carolina | 1988 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -7.6 | -12.4 | 29.0 | 38.0 | -9.6 | -40.9% |
| Tulane | 1987 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 2.0 | -0.7 | 38.0 | 37.7 | +13.6 | +13.6% |
| Tulane | 1986 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -11.6 | -17.6 | 25.5 | 39.9 | +1.2 | +27.3% |
| Tulane | 1985 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -12.8 | -22.2 | 17.0 | 36.9 | — | — |
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