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Doug Marrone

2009-2012Syracuse

One defining stop at Syracuse.

Doug Marrone coached 4 seasons, won 50.0%, and posted an average SRS of -0.8. Best season: 2012 Syracuse. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

25-25

Career Win %

50.0%

Seasons

4

Career Span

4 years

Average SRS

-0.8

Peak SRS

8.6

Best Finish

Consistency

65.8

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.

Doug Marrone
EliteStrongAverageLean
2009Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 8.62012

Active comparison point

Doug Marrone2012

Selected

2012 Syracuse

Best seasonBiggest improvement

8-5 • SRS 8.6 • SP Overall 5.8

Win %

61.5%

YoY SRS

+11.9

SP Off / Def

34.3 / 26.8

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

Syracuse

2009-20124 seasons

Avg SRS -0.8 • Win % 50.0%

Longest Tenure

Syracuse • 4 seasons

Best Tenure

Syracuse • -0.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Syracuse • 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.

Doug Marrone sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Doug Marrone sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Doug Marrone

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.4

62th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Syracuse

2009-201225-25

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

Avg SRS -0.8Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.3 during vs 3.2 baseline

+3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.8 during vs -7.1 baseline

+6.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

1.4 during vs -7.2 baseline

+8.6

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Syracuse 2012

8-5SRS 8.6

Biggest Improvement

Syracuse 2012

8-511.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Syracuse 2012

8-5SP Off 34.3

Best Defensive Season

Syracuse 2010

8-5SP Def 18.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Syracuse 2009

4-8SRS -6.3

Biggest Drop

Syracuse 2011

5-7-1.0 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Syracuse20121385061.5%8.65.834.326.8+11.9+19.9%
Syracuse20111257041.7%-3.3-2.925.226.9-1.0-19.9%
Syracuse20101385061.5%-2.35.322.218.1+4.0+28.2%
Syracuse20091248033.3%-6.3-2.823.326.4

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