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Ryan Day

2018-2025Ohio State

One defining stop at Ohio State.

Ryan Day coached 8 seasons, won 87.5%, and posted an average SRS of 23.8. Best season: 2019 Ohio State. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

70-10

Career Win %

87.5%

Seasons

8

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

23.8

Peak SRS

32.8

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

83.2

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.

Ryan Day
EliteStrongAverageLean
2018Actual season year • SRS range 18.1 to 32.82025

Active comparison point

Ryan Day2019

Selected

2019 Ohio State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

13-1 • SRS 32.8 • SP Overall 35.4

Win %

92.9%

YoY SRS

+14.7

SP Off / Def

44.4 / 10.6

Finish

#3

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

Ohio State

2018-20258 seasons

Avg SRS 23.8 • Win % 87.5%

Longest Tenure

Ohio State • 8 seasons

Best Tenure

Ohio State • 23.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Ohio State • 87.5%

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.

Ryan Day sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ryan Day sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ryan Day

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 29.4

100th pct

Elite

Impact by School

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

Ohio State

2018-202570-10

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

Avg SRS 23.8Win % 87.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.8 during vs 12.2 baseline

-3.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

23.8 during vs 22.8 baseline

+1.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

29.4 during vs 27.4 baseline

+1.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

75.0% during vs 100.0% baseline

-25.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Ohio State 2019

13-1SRS 32.8

Biggest Improvement

Ohio State 2019

13-114.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Ohio State 2021

11-2SP Off 47.2

Best Defensive Season

Ohio State 2025

0-0SP Def 7.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Ohio State 2018

3-0SRS 18.1

Biggest Drop

Ohio State 2020

7-1-11.2 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Ohio State2025000026.630.137.67.7+2.0
Ohio State202416142087.5%#2#124.631.239.59.2+1.2+2.9%
Ohio State202313112084.6%#3#1023.425.231.57.8+0.90.0%
Ohio State202213112084.6%#2#422.531.145.115.7+1.50.0%
Ohio State202113112084.6%#4#621.029.347.220.6-0.6-2.9%
Ohio State2020871087.5%#2#221.628.445.316.7-11.2-5.4%
Ohio State201914131092.9%#5#332.835.444.410.6+14.7-7.1%
Ohio State20183300100.0%#518.124.144.421.2

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