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Dave Clawson

2009-2024Bowling Green, Wake Forest

2 schools coached, anchored by Wake Forest.

Dave Clawson coached 16 seasons, won 49.5%, and posted an average SRS of -1.6. Best season: 2017 Wake Forest. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

99-101

Career Win %

49.5%

Seasons

16

Career Span

16 years

Average SRS

-1.6

Peak SRS

13.8

Best Finish

#15

Consistency

24.8

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.

Dave Clawson
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dave Clawson: 2014 Wake Forest
2009Actual season year • SRS range -20.2 to 13.82024

Active comparison point

Dave Clawson2017

Selected

2017 Wake Forest

Best seasonBiggest improvement

8-5 • SRS 13.8 • SP Overall 10.5

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+13.6

SP Off / Def

35.7 / 25.1

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

2014-202411 seasons

Avg SRS 1.1 • Win % 49.3%

Bowling Green

2009-20135 seasons

Avg SRS -7.0 • Win % 50.0%

Longest Tenure

Wake Forest • 11 seasons

Best Tenure

Wake Forest • 1.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Bowling Green • 50.0%

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.

Dave Clawson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Dave Clawson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dave Clawson

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -1.0

53th pct

Mixed

Impact by School

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

Wake Forest

2014-202467-69

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

Avg SRS 1.1Win % 49.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.1 during vs 4.6 baseline

+1.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

1.1 during vs -4.4 baseline

+5.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

0.8 during vs -5.4 baseline

+6.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

9.1% during vs 0.0% baseline

+9.1%

Bowling Green

2009-201332-32

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

Avg SRS -7.0Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.4 during vs 6.6 baseline

-0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.0 during vs -4.8 baseline

-2.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-4.6 during vs -0.9 baseline

-3.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Wake Forest 2017

8-5SRS 13.8

Biggest Improvement

Wake Forest 2017

8-513.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Wake Forest 2022

8-5SP Off 43.3

Best Defensive Season

Bowling Green 2012

8-5SP Def 21.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Bowling Green 2010

2-10SRS -20.2

Biggest Drop

Wake Forest 2014

3-9-16.1 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Wake Forest20241248033.3%-6.2-5.725.831.8-2.10.0%
Wake Forest20231248033.3%-4.1-7.920.226.9-11.5-28.2%
Wake Forest20221385061.5%#227.48.243.335.2-5.1-17.0%
Wake Forest202114113078.6%#1512.510.138.029.2+34.1%
Wake Forest2020945044.4%-17.1%
Wake Forest20191385061.5%0.62.029.428.6-0.2+7.7%
Wake Forest20181376053.8%0.83.631.228.1-13.0-7.7%
Wake Forest20171385061.5%13.810.535.725.1+13.6+7.7%
Wake Forest20161376053.8%0.2-0.621.522.9+3.7+28.8%
Wake Forest20151239025.0%-3.5-4.519.825.2+7.30.0%
Wake Forest20141239025.0%-10.8-7.813.122.6-16.1-46.4%
Bowling Green201314104071.4%5.39.833.824.6+10.6+9.9%
Bowling Green20121385061.5%-5.3-4.020.721.7+3.8+19.9%
Bowling Green20111257041.7%-9.1-2.026.628.5+11.1+25.0%
Bowling Green201012210016.7%-20.2-23.514.235.1-14.6-37.2%
Bowling Green20091376053.8%-5.6-3.327.629.0

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