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Carl Snavely

1930-1952Bucknell, Cornell, North Carolina

3 schools coached, anchored by North Carolina.

Carl Snavely coached 18 seasons, won 67.2%, and posted an average SRS of 10.3. Best season: 1948 North Carolina. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

106-49-11

Career Win %

67.2%

Seasons

18

Career Span

23 years

Average SRS

10.3

Peak SRS

25.8

Best Finish

#3

Consistency

15.0

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.

Carl Snavely
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Carl Snavely: 1934 North CarolinaCarl Snavely: 1937 CornellCarl Snavely: 1945 North Carolina
1930Actual season year • SRS range -12.5 to 25.81952

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Carl Snavely1948

Selected

1948 North Carolina

Best season

9-1-1 • SRS 25.8 • SP Overall

Win %

86.4%

YoY SRS

+4.4

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#3

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

North Carolina

1934-195210 seasons

Avg SRS 10.7 • Win % 62.1%

Cornell

1937-19404 seasons

Avg SRS 17.6 • Win % 80.7%

Bucknell

1930-19334 seasons

Avg SRS 2.1 • Win % 69.4%

Longest Tenure

North Carolina • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Cornell • 17.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Cornell • 80.7%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Carl Snavely

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Raw avg SP Overall:

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Impact by School

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

North Carolina

1934-195259-35-5

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

Avg SRS 10.7Win % 62.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.9 during vs 5.0 baseline

+0.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.7 during vs 1.2 baseline

+9.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

40.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+40.0%

Cornell

1937-194024-5-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 17.6Win % 80.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 2.8 baseline

+3.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

17.6 during vs -4.1 baseline

+21.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

75.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+75.0%

Bucknell

1930-193323-9-4

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

Avg SRS 2.1Win % 69.4%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

North Carolina 1948

9-1-1SRS 25.8

Biggest Improvement

Bucknell 1933

7-227.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Bucknell 1932

4-4-1SRS -12.5

Biggest Drop

Bucknell 1932

4-4-1-18.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

North Carolina1952826025.0%-0.4-2.0+5.0%
North Carolina19511028020.0%1.6+0.2-20.0%
North Carolina19501035240.0%#201.4-7.7-23.6%
North Carolina19491174063.6%#169.1-16.7-22.7%
North Carolina19481191186.4%#325.8+4.4+6.4%
North Carolina19471082080.0%#921.4+0.5+2.7%
North Carolina19461182177.3%#920.9+15.8+27.3%
North Carolina19451055050.0%5.1-15.7-25.0%
Cornell1940862075.0%#1520.8+1.9-25.0%
Cornell19398800100.0%#418.9+2.9+21.4%
Cornell1938751178.6%#1216.0+1.5+9.8%
Cornell1937852168.8%14.5+2.2-20.1%
North Carolina1935981088.9%12.3+2.3+5.6%
North Carolina1934971183.3%10.0-5.2+5.6%
Bucknell1933972077.8%15.2+27.7+27.8%
Bucknell1932944150.0%-12.5-18.3-33.3%
Bucknell1931960383.3%5.8+5.9+16.7%
Bucknell1930963066.7%-0.1

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