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Jim Grobe

1995-2016Baylor, Ohio, Wake Forest

3 schools coached, anchored by Wake Forest.

Jim Grobe coached 20 seasons, won 49.2%, and posted an average SRS of -1.2. Best season: 2006 Wake Forest. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

117-121-1

Career Win %

49.2%

Seasons

20

Career Span

22 years

Average SRS

-1.2

Peak SRS

8.0

Best Finish

#18

Consistency

41.5

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 Grobe
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Grobe: 2001 Wake ForestJim Grobe: 2016 Baylor
1995Actual season year • SRS range -20.5 to 8.02016

Active comparison point

Jim Grobe2006

Selected

2006 Wake Forest

Best season

11-3 • SRS 8.0 • SP Overall 6.5

Win %

78.6%

YoY SRS

+8.9

SP Off / Def

23.6 / 18.4

Finish

#18

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

Baylor

2016-20161 seasons

Avg SRS 3.9 • Win % 53.8%

Wake Forest

2001-201313 seasons

Avg SRS 0.9 • Win % 48.4%

Ohio

1995-20006 seasons

Avg SRS -6.6 • Win % 50.0%

Longest Tenure

Wake Forest • 13 seasons

Best Tenure

Baylor • 3.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Baylor • 53.8%

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 Grobe sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Grobe sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Grobe

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -0.4

55th pct

Mixed

Impact by School

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

Baylor

2016-20167-6

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

Avg SRS 3.9Win % 53.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 10.0 baseline

-3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.9 during vs 17.7 baseline

-13.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.3 during vs 17.1 baseline

-5.8

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 80.0% baseline

-80.0%

Wake Forest

2001-201377-82

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

Avg SRS 0.9Win % 48.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.9 during vs 4.0 baseline

+1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.9 during vs -5.6 baseline

+6.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

0.3 during vs -7.9 baseline

+8.2

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

7.7% during vs 0.0% baseline

+7.7%

Ohio

1995-200033-33-1

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

Avg SRS -6.6Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 1.6 baseline

+3.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.6 during vs -25.1 baseline

+18.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-3.9 during vs -20.4 baseline

+16.5

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 2006

11-3SRS 8.0

Biggest Improvement

Ohio 1996

6-616.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Wake Forest 2003

5-7SP Off 37.8

Best Defensive Season

Wake Forest 2008

8-5SP Def 13.6

Setbacks

Worst Season

Ohio 1995

2-8-1SRS -20.5

Biggest Drop

Ohio 1998

5-6-11.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Baylor20161376053.8%#233.911.337.024.2+5.7+20.5%
Wake Forest20131248033.3%-1.8-2.819.421.3+10.0-8.3%
Wake Forest20121257041.7%-11.8-11.920.130.1-8.9-4.5%
Wake Forest20111367046.2%-2.9-3.526.428.9+5.7+21.1%
Wake Forest20101239025.0%-8.6-12.120.732.4-11.7-16.7%
Wake Forest20091257041.7%3.13.332.628.3-4.5-19.9%
Wake Forest20081385061.5%#237.66.420.313.6+1.0-7.7%
Wake Forest20071394069.2%6.66.423.919.0-1.4-9.3%
Wake Forest200614113078.6%#188.06.523.618.4+8.9+42.2%
Wake Forest20051147036.4%-0.9-3.923.327.1-1.60.0%
Wake Forest20041147036.4%0.7-0.926.227.3-4.6-5.3%
Wake Forest20031257041.7%5.37.537.832.4-0.2-12.2%
Wake Forest20021376053.8%5.57.535.229.5+4.1-0.7%
Wake Forest20011165054.5%1.41.535.634.6+1.9-9.1%
Ohio20001174063.6%-0.5-0.729.330.2+6.4+18.2%
Ohio19991156045.5%-6.9-6.727.833.7+2.70.0%
Ohio19981156045.5%-9.6-3.730.133.6-11.8-27.3%
Ohio19971183072.7%2.27.529.022.8+6.6+22.7%
Ohio19961266050.0%-4.41.227.827.3+16.1+27.3%
Ohio19951128122.7%-20.5-21.118.036.9

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