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Don Nehlen

1968-2000 • Bowling Green, West Virginia

2 schools coached, anchored by West Virginia.

Don Nehlen coached 30 seasons, won 61.0%, and posted an average SRS of 4.4. Best season: 1988 West Virginia. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

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Career Record

202-128-8

Career Win %

61.0%

Seasons

Career Span

33 years

Average SRS

4.4

Peak SRS

22.9

Best Finish

Consistency

34.3

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.

Don Nehlen

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Don Nehlen: 1980 West Virginia

1968Actual season year • SRS range -13.2 to 22.92000

Active comparison point

Don Nehlen • 1988

Selected

1988 West Virginia

Best season

11-1 • SRS 22.9 • SP Overall 25.5

Win %

91.7%

YoY SRS

+11.7

SP Off / Def

45.9 / 23.7

Finish

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

West Virginia

1980-2000 • 21 seasons

Avg SRS 7.6 • Win % 61.4%

Bowling Green

1968-1976 • 9 seasons

Avg SRS -3.0 • Win % 59.8%

Longest Tenure

West Virginia • 21 seasons

Best Tenure

West Virginia • 7.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

West Virginia • 61.4%

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.

Don Nehlen sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Don Nehlen sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Don Nehlen

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 8.9

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Impact by School

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

West Virginia

1980-2000 • 149-93-4

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

Avg SRS 7.6Win % 61.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.1 during vs 5.2 baseline

+1.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.6 during vs 1.9 baseline

+5.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

9.7 during vs 4.0 baseline

+5.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

28.6% during vs 20.0% baseline

+8.6%

Bowling Green

1968-1976 • 53-35-4

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

Avg SRS -3.0Win % 59.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.9 during vs 7.2 baseline

-1.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-3.0 during vs -5.4 baseline

+2.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.5 during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

West Virginia 1988

11-1 • SRS 22.9

Biggest Improvement

West Virginia 1987

6-6 • 13.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

West Virginia 1988

11-1 • SP Off 45.9

Best Defensive Season

West Virginia 1981

9-3 • SP Def 12.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Bowling Green 1970

2-6-1 • SRS -13.2

Biggest Drop

West Virginia 1989

8-3-1 • -14.2 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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


West Virginia	2000	12	7	5	0	58.3%	—	—	4.9	12.2	41.3	32.0	+2.3	+22.0%
West Virginia	1999	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	2.6	2.8	33.2	31.9	-12.4	-30.3%
West Virginia	1998	12	8	4	0	66.7%	#11	—	15.0	16.3	40.8	27.7	+13.0	+8.3%
West Virginia	1997	12	7	5	0	58.3%	—	—	2.0	5.1	34.7	31.6	-7.4	-8.3%
West Virginia	1996	12	8	4	0	66.7%	—	—	9.4	11.8	26.7	15.5	+4.7	+21.2%
West Virginia	1995	11	5	6	0	45.5%	#23	—	4.7	2.6	26.6	24.8	+4.3	-8.4%
West Virginia	1994	13	7	6	0	53.8%	#24	—	0.4	3.1	28.6	26.4	-11.8	-37.8%
West Virginia	1993	12	11	1	0	91.7%	—	#7	12.2	18.9	39.4	23.2	+6.1	+37.1%
West Virginia	1992	11	5	4	2	54.5%	—	—	6.1	8.3	32.4	25.8	+5.0	0.0%
West Virginia	1991	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	1.1	4.6	24.4	20.2	+5.0	+18.2%
West Virginia	1990	11	4	7	0	36.4%	#25	—	-3.9	-6.7	22.0	28.3	-12.6	-34.5%
West Virginia	1989	12	8	3	1	70.8%	#17	#21	8.7	13.2	34.4	22.4	-14.2	-20.8%
West Virginia	1988	12	11	1	0	91.7%	#16	#5	22.9	25.5	45.9	23.7	+11.7	+41.7%
West Virginia	1987	12	6	6	0	50.0%	—	—	11.2	12.7	33.2	21.6	+13.5	+13.6%
West Virginia	1986	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	-2.3	-3.1	26.2	29.2	-7.0	-31.8%
West Virginia	1985	11	7	3	1	68.2%	—	—	4.7	1.5	18.9	17.7	-6.4	+1.5%
West Virginia	1984	12	8	4	0	66.7%	—	—	11.1	13.4	27.8	14.6	-1.5	-8.3%
West Virginia	1983	12	9	3	0	75.0%	—	#16	12.6	16.1	32.9	18.3	-1.7	0.0%
West Virginia	1982	12	9	3	0	75.0%	—	#19	14.3	18.3	31.9	14.4	-2.0	0.0%
West Virginia	1981	12	9	3	0	75.0%	—	#17	16.3	19.3	30.7	12.3	+10.6	+25.0%
West Virginia	1980	12	6	6	0	50.0%	—	—	5.7	7.6	33.3	27.4	+10.5	-4.5%
Bowling Green	1976	11	6	5	0	54.5%	—	—	-4.8	4.9	32.0	28.5	-10.2	-18.2%
Bowling Green	1975	11	8	3	0	72.7%	—	—	5.4	13.8	30.7	17.7	+4.9	+13.6%
Bowling Green	1974	11	6	4	1	59.1%	—	—	0.5	12.4	30.4	19.0	+4.0	-10.9%
Bowling Green	1973	10	7	3	0	70.0%	—	—	-3.5	4.8	31.4	28.2	-2.0	+5.0%
Bowling Green	1972	10	6	3	1	65.0%	—	—	-1.5	10.8	23.3	13.1	-0.2	+5.0%
Bowling Green	1971	10	6	4	0	60.0%	—	—	-1.3	3.5	29.9	27.8	+11.9	+32.2%
Bowling Green	1970	9	2	6	1	27.8%	—	—	-13.2	-4.4	17.2	21.3	-11.0	-32.2%
Bowling Green	1969	10	6	4	0	60.0%	—	—	-2.2	—	—	—	+4.1	-5.0%
Bowling Green	1968	10	6	3	1	65.0%	—	—	-6.3	—	—	—	—	—