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Gary Blackney

1991-2000Bowling Green

One defining stop at Bowling Green.

Gary Blackney coached 10 seasons, won 54.5%, and posted an average SRS of -7.5. Best season: 1994 Bowling Green. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

60-50-2

Career Win %

54.5%

Seasons

10

Career Span

10 years

Average SRS

-7.5

Peak SRS

2.1

Best Finish

Consistency

58.0

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.

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Gary Blackney
EliteStrongAverageLean
1991Actual season year • SRS range -16.6 to 2.12000

Active comparison point

Gary Blackney1994

Selected

1994 Bowling Green

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-2 • SRS 2.1 • SP Overall 9.6

Win %

81.8%

YoY SRS

+8.9

SP Off / Def

35.4 / 27.7

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

Bowling Green

1991-200010 seasons

Avg SRS -7.5 • Win % 54.5%

Longest Tenure

Bowling Green • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Bowling Green • -7.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Bowling Green • 54.5%

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.

Gary Blackney sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Gary Blackney sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Gary Blackney

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -2.1

50th pct

Mixed

Impact by School

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

Bowling Green

1991-200060-50-2

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

Avg SRS -7.5Win % 54.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 4.0 baseline

+2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-7.5 during vs -18.4 baseline

+10.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.1 during vs -13.0 baseline

+10.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Bowling Green 1994

9-2SRS 2.1

Biggest Improvement

Bowling Green 1994

9-28.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Bowling Green 1994

9-2SP Off 35.4

Best Defensive Season

Bowling Green 1991

11-1SP Def 18.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Bowling Green 1996

4-7SRS -16.6

Biggest Drop

Bowling Green 1995

5-6-12.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Bowling Green20001129018.2%-15.4-15.018.632.4-4.0-27.3%
Bowling Green19991156045.5%-11.4-11.829.037.9-6.20.0%
Bowling Green19981156045.5%-5.24.835.432.4+5.7+18.2%
Bowling Green19971138027.3%-10.9-6.726.832.7+5.7-9.1%
Bowling Green19961147036.4%-16.6-14.416.229.2-6.3-9.1%
Bowling Green19951156045.5%-10.3-11.619.830.2-12.4-36.4%
Bowling Green19941192081.8%2.19.635.427.7+8.9+18.2%
Bowling Green19931163263.6%-6.86.126.721.6-6.4-19.7%
Bowling Green199212102083.3%-0.410.232.724.00.0-8.3%
Bowling Green199112111091.7%-0.47.925.918.7

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