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Jim Caldwell

1993-2000 • Wake Forest

One defining stop at Wake Forest.

Jim Caldwell coached 8 seasons, won 29.2%, and posted an average SRS of -8.6. Best season: 1999 Wake Forest. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

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Career Record

26-63

Career Win %

29.2%

Seasons

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

-8.6

Peak SRS

6.5

Best Finish

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Consistency

26.9

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.

Jim Caldwell

EliteStrongAverageLean

1993Actual season year • SRS range -19.0 to 6.52000

Active comparison point

Jim Caldwell • 1999

Selected

1999 Wake Forest

Best season

7-5 • SRS 6.5 • SP Overall 4.0

Win %

58.3%

YoY SRS

+10.8

SP Off / Def

25.5 / 22.2

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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

Wake Forest

1993-2000 • 8 seasons

Avg SRS -8.6 • Win % 29.2%

Longest Tenure

Wake Forest • 8 seasons

Best Tenure

Wake Forest • -8.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Wake Forest • 29.2%

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.

Jim Caldwell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Caldwell sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Caldwell

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.7

23th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Wake Forest

1993-2000 • 26-63

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

Avg SRS -8.6Win % 29.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 4.4 baseline

-1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.6 during vs -3.0 baseline

-5.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.7 during vs -6.0 baseline

-5.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Wake Forest 1999

7-5 • SRS 6.5

Biggest Improvement

Wake Forest 1997

5-6 • 17.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Wake Forest 1997

5-6 • SP Off 29.5

Best Defensive Season

Wake Forest 1999

7-5 • SP Def 22.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

Wake Forest 1994

3-8 • SRS -19.0

Biggest Drop

Wake Forest 2000

2-9 • -21.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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


Wake Forest	2000	11	2	9	18.2%	—	—	-15.2	-18.8	22.3	38.6	-21.7	-40.2%
Wake Forest	1999	12	7	5	58.3%	—	—	6.5	4.0	25.5	22.2	+10.8	+31.1%
Wake Forest	1998	11	3	8	27.3%	—	—	-4.3	-5.3	29.0	33.9	-5.7	-18.2%
Wake Forest	1997	11	5	6	45.5%	—	—	1.4	-0.3	29.5	30.0	+17.6	+18.2%
Wake Forest	1996	11	3	8	27.3%	—	—	-16.2	-18.9	20.7	37.4	-5.0	+18.2%
Wake Forest	1995	11	1	10	9.1%	—	—	-11.2	-15.9	23.7	37.1	+7.8	-18.2%
Wake Forest	1994	11	3	8	27.3%	—	—	-19.0	-21.3	20.2	38.8	-8.3	+9.1%
Wake Forest	1993	11	2	9	18.2%	—	—	-10.7	-17.0	22.3	37.1	—	—