1979-1988 • Miami, Oklahoma State
2 schools coached, anchored by Miami.
Jimmy Johnson coached 10 seasons, won 69.9%, and posted an average SRS of 13.8. Best season: 1987 Miami. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
81-34-3
Career Win %
69.9%
Seasons
10
Career Span
10 years
Average SRS
13.8
Peak SRS
27.7
Best Finish
#1
Consistency
10.0
Higher = steadier
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.
Active comparison point
12-0 • SRS 27.7 • SP Overall 32.5
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+1.3
SP Off / Def
42.4 / 10.4
Finish
#1
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Miami
1984-1988 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 22.9 • Win % 85.3%
Oklahoma State
1979-1983 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 4.8 • Win % 53.5%
Longest Tenure
Miami • 5 seasons
Best Tenure
Miami • 22.9 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Miami • 85.3%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Jimmy Johnson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Jimmy Johnson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jimmy Johnson
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 16.5
95th pct
Elite
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1984-1988 • 52-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
10.4 during vs 8.2 baseline
+2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
22.9 during vs 14.5 baseline
+8.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
27.1 during vs 18.5 baseline
+8.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
100.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
+40.0%
1979-1983 • 29-25-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 6.0 baseline
-0.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.8 during vs 11.2 baseline
-6.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.8 during vs 12.9 baseline
-7.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
High Points
Best Season
Miami 1987
12-0 • SRS 27.7
Biggest Improvement
Oklahoma State 1983
8-4 • 13.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Miami 1986
11-1 • SP Off 44.0
Best Defensive Season
Miami 1988
11-1 • SP Def 9.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Oklahoma State 1982
4-5-2 • SRS -0.3
Biggest Drop
Oklahoma State 1982
4-5-2 • -5.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Miami | 1988 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #8 | #2 | 27.5 | 33.7 | 42.7 | 9.3 | -0.2 | -8.3% |
| Miami | 1987 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #10 | #1 | 27.7 | 32.5 | 42.4 | 10.4 | +1.3 | +8.3% |
| Miami | 1986 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #3 | #2 | 26.4 | 31.9 | 44.0 | 12.7 | +5.2 | +8.3% |
| Miami | 1985 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | — | #9 | 21.2 | 22.4 | 40.3 | 19.8 | +9.6 | +21.8% |
| Miami | 1984 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #10 | #18 | 11.6 | 14.9 | 39.9 | 27.4 | -1.9 | -5.1% |
| Oklahoma State | 1983 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 13.5 | 20.0 | 31.1 | 11.6 | +13.8 | +21.2% |
| Oklahoma State | 1982 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.3 | 1.4 | 28.8 | 28.1 | -5.7 | -12.9% |
| Oklahoma State | 1981 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 5.4 | 5.7 | 22.9 | 18.0 | +4.3 | +26.5% |
| Oklahoma State | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | 1.1 | -2.9 | 23.8 | 26.9 | -3.0 | -31.8% |
| Oklahoma State | 1979 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 4.1 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 19.8 | — | — |
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