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Jim Tressel

2001-2010Ohio State

One defining stop at Ohio State.

Jim Tressel coached 10 seasons, won 82.8%, and posted an average SRS of 17.4. Best season: 2005 Ohio State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

106-22

Career Win %

82.8%

Seasons

10

Career Span

10 years

Average SRS

17.4

Peak SRS

27.2

Best Finish

#1

Consistency

74.3

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.

Jim Tressel
EliteStrongAverageLean
2001Actual season year • SRS range 9.5 to 27.22010

Active comparison point

Jim Tressel2005

Selected

2005 Ohio State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

10-2 • SRS 27.2 • SP Overall 31.2

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+15.7

SP Off / Def

42.1 / 10.9

Finish

#4

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

2001-201010 seasons

Avg SRS 17.4 • Win % 82.8%

Longest Tenure

Ohio State • 10 seasons

Best Tenure

Ohio State • 17.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Ohio State • 82.8%

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.

Jim Tressel sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Jim Tressel sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Tressel

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 23.5

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Elite

Impact by School

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

Ohio State

2001-2010106-22

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

Avg SRS 17.4Win % 82.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

10.6 during vs 9.2 baseline

+1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

17.4 during vs 20.0 baseline

-2.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

23.5 during vs 24.1 baseline

-0.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

90.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

+30.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Ohio State 2005

10-2SRS 27.2

Biggest Improvement

Ohio State 2005

10-215.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Ohio State 2005

10-2SP Off 42.1

Best Defensive Season

Ohio State 2009

11-2SP Def 9.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Ohio State 2001

7-5SRS 9.5

Biggest Drop

Ohio State 2003

11-2-5.9 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Ohio State201013121092.3%#2#520.430.040.511.4+5.0+7.7%
Ohio State200913112084.6%#6#515.421.030.09.3-2.0+7.7%
Ohio State200813103076.9%#2#917.422.732.712.2-0.8-7.7%
Ohio State200713112084.6%#11#518.229.237.89.5-4.0-7.7%
Ohio State200613121092.3%#1#222.227.037.212.1-5.0+9.0%
Ohio State200512102083.3%#6#427.231.242.110.9+15.7+16.7%
Ohio State20041284066.7%#9#2011.517.533.317.4-1.5-17.9%
Ohio State200313112084.6%#2#413.020.234.915.6-5.9-15.4%
Ohio State2002141400100.0%#13#118.924.737.213.1+9.4+41.7%
Ohio State20011275058.3%#239.511.132.923.4

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