1896-1911 • Lafayette, Lehigh, Penn State
3 schools coached, anchored by Lafayette.
Samuel Newton coached 12 seasons, won 60.2%, and posted an average SRS of 1.9. Best season: 1899 Lafayette. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
76-50-2
Career Win %
60.2%
Seasons
12
Career Span
16 years
Average SRS
1.9
Peak SRS
14.2
Best Finish
—
Consistency
4.9
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
12-1 • SRS 14.2 • SP Overall —
Win %
92.3%
YoY SRS
+11.1
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
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.
Lafayette
1898-1911 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 7.1 • Win % 71.9%
Lehigh
1902-1905 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -3.6 • Win % 53.3%
Penn State
1896-1898 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -0.1 • Win % 46.2%
Longest Tenure
Lafayette • 5 seasons
Best Tenure
Lafayette • 7.1 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Lafayette • 71.9%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Samuel Newton
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
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Insufficient sample
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1898-1911 • 41-16
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.2 during vs 8.7 baseline
-0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.1 during vs 12.4 baseline
-5.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1902-1905 • 23-20-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
1896-1898 • 12-14
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Lafayette 1899
12-1 • SRS 14.2
Biggest Improvement
Lafayette 1911
8-2 • 35.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Lehigh 1905
6-7 • SRS -26.7
Biggest Drop
Lehigh 1905
6-7 • -20.9 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Lafayette | 1911 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 8.6 | — | — | — | +35.3 | +33.9% |
| Lehigh | 1905 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -26.7 | — | — | — | -20.9 | +35.0% |
| Lehigh | 1904 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11.1% | — | — | -5.8 | — | — | — | -18.1 | -68.1% |
| Lehigh | 1903 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | — | — | 12.3 | — | — | — | +6.4 | +11.0% |
| Lehigh | 1902 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | — | 5.9 | — | — | — | -7.6 | -6.8% |
| Lafayette | 1901 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | — | 13.5 | — | — | — | +2.7 | -6.8% |
| Lafayette | 1900 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | -3.4 | -10.5% |
| Lafayette | 1899 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 92.3% | — | — | 14.2 | — | — | — | +11.1 | +32.3% |
| Lafayette | 1898 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -11.7 | — | — | — | -8.3 | -6.1% |
| Penn State | 1898 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 3.1 | — | — | — | +14.8 | +32.7% |
| Penn State | 1897 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -3.4 | — | — | — | — | -9.5% |
| Penn State | 1896 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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