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Chris Ash

2016-2019Rutgers

One defining stop at Rutgers.

Chris Ash coached 4 seasons, won 20.0%, and posted an average SRS of -11.7. Best season: 2017 Rutgers. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

8-32

Career Win %

20.0%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

-11.7

Peak SRS

-6.1

Best Finish

Consistency

85.8

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.

Chris Ash
EliteStrongAverageLean
2016Actual season year • SRS range -16.7 to -6.12019

Active comparison point

Chris Ash2017

Selected

2017 Rutgers

Best seasonBiggest improvement

4-8 • SRS -6.1 • SP Overall -5.5

Win %

33.3%

YoY SRS

+4.8

SP Off / Def

23.3 / 29.0

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

Rutgers

2016-20194 seasons

Avg SRS -11.7 • Win % 20.0%

Longest Tenure

Rutgers • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Rutgers • -11.7 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Rutgers • 20.0%

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.

Chris Ash sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Chris Ash sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Chris Ash

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.8

22th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

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

Rutgers

2016-20198-32

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

Avg SRS -11.7Win % 20.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 7.2 baseline

-5.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.7 during vs -1.3 baseline

-10.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-11.8 during vs -3.8 baseline

-8.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Rutgers 2017

4-8SRS -6.1

Biggest Improvement

Rutgers 2017

4-84.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Rutgers 2017

4-8SP Off 23.3

Best Defensive Season

Rutgers 2018

1-11SP Def 28.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Rutgers 2019

1-3SRS -16.7

Biggest Drop

Rutgers 2018

1-11-6.8 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Rutgers2019413025.0%-16.7-14.617.431.8-3.8+16.7%
Rutgers20181211108.3%-12.9-12.315.028.5-6.8-25.0%
Rutgers20171248033.3%-6.1-5.523.329.0+4.8+16.7%
Rutgers201612210016.7%-10.9-14.917.329.9

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