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Dan Devine

1955-1980Arizona State, Missouri, Notre Dame

3 schools coached, anchored by Missouri.

Dan Devine coached 22 seasons, won 74.2%, and posted an average SRS of 14.7. Best season: 1977 Notre Dame. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

172-57-9

Career Win %

74.2%

Seasons

22

Career Span

26 years

Average SRS

14.7

Peak SRS

31.3

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

40.4

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.

Dan Devine
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Dan Devine: 1958 MissouriDan Devine: 1975 Notre Dame
1955Actual season year • SRS range 4.0 to 31.31980

Active comparison point

Dan Devine1977

Selected

1977 Notre Dame

Best season

11-1 • SRS 31.3 • SP Overall 36.5

Win %

91.7%

YoY SRS

+13.3

SP Off / Def

44.8 / 9.3

Finish

#1

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

Notre Dame

1975-19806 seasons

Avg SRS 18.8 • Win % 76.4%

Missouri

1958-197013 seasons

Avg SRS 14.1 • Win % 69.7%

Arizona State

1955-19573 seasons

Avg SRS 8.9 • Win % 88.7%

Longest Tenure

Missouri • 13 seasons

Best Tenure

Notre Dame • 18.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Arizona State • 88.7%

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.

Dan Devine sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Dan Devine sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dan Devine

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Raw avg SP Overall: 21.7

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Impact by School

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

Notre Dame

1975-198053-16-1

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

Avg SRS 18.8Win % 76.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.8 during vs 9.4 baseline

-0.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

18.8 during vs 23.3 baseline

-4.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

23.3 during vs 23.1 baseline

+0.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

66.7% during vs 100.0% baseline

-33.3%

Missouri

1958-197092-38-7

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

Avg SRS 14.1Win % 69.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.1 during vs 4.0 baseline

+3.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

14.1 during vs 1.7 baseline

+12.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

12.4 during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

46.2% during vs 0.0% baseline

+46.2%

Arizona State

1955-195727-3-1

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

Avg SRS 8.9Win % 88.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

9.0 during vs 6.0 baseline

+3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

8.9 during vs -3.0 baseline

+11.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline

+33.3%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Notre Dame 1977

11-1SRS 31.3

Biggest Improvement

Missouri 1960

10-116.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Notre Dame 1977

11-1SP Off 44.8

Best Defensive Season

Notre Dame 1980

9-2-1SP Def 6.8

Setbacks

Worst Season

Missouri 1966

6-3-1SRS 4.0

Biggest Drop

Missouri 1966

6-3-1-13.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Notre Dame19801292179.2%#11#918.724.030.16.8+7.2+15.5%
Notre Dame19791174063.6%#911.514.130.517.5-8.6-11.4%
Notre Dame19781293075.0%#5#720.129.139.09.6-11.2-16.7%
Notre Dame197712111091.7%#3#131.336.544.89.3+13.3+16.7%
Notre Dame19761293075.0%#11#1218.020.732.312.1+4.7+2.3%
Notre Dame19751183072.7%#1013.315.228.113.9-3.0+27.3%
Missouri19701156045.5%#1116.312.431.219.8-11.1-36.4%
Missouri19691192081.8%#10#627.4+3.4+9.1%
Missouri19681183072.7%#924.0+16.1+2.7%
Missouri19671073070.0%7.9+3.9+5.0%
Missouri19661063165.0%4.0-13.7-12.3%
Missouri19651182177.3%#617.7+7.5+12.3%
Missouri19641063165.0%10.2-0.8-5.0%
Missouri19631073070.0%11.0-6.1-11.8%
Missouri19621181281.8%17.1+4.6+6.8%
Missouri19611072175.0%#1112.5-10.3-15.9%
Missouri196011101090.9%#522.8+16.2+36.4%
Missouri19591165054.5%#186.6+1.2-0.4%
Missouri19581054155.0%5.4-8.0-45.0%
Arizona State1957101000100.0%#1213.4+4.4+10.0%
Arizona State19561091090.0%9.0+4.7+12.7%
Arizona State19551182177.3%4.3

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