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Ray Morrison

1916-1948SMU, Temple, Vanderbilt

3 schools coached, anchored by SMU.

Ray Morrison coached 29 seasons, won 57.9%, and posted an average SRS of 2.7. Best season: 1927 SMU. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

142-99-33

Career Win %

57.9%

Seasons

29

Career Span

33 years

Average SRS

2.7

Peak SRS

25.4

Best Finish

Consistency

3.1

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.

Ray Morrison
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Ray Morrison: 1918 VanderbiltRay Morrison: 1922 SMURay Morrison: 1935 VanderbiltRay Morrison: 1940 Temple
1916Actual season year • SRS range -41.1 to 25.41948

Active comparison point

Ray Morrison1927

Selected

1927 SMU

Best season

7-2 • SRS 25.4 • SP Overall

Win %

77.8%

YoY SRS

+15.0

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

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

Temple

1940-19489 seasons

Avg SRS -6.5 • Win % 45.5%

Vanderbilt

1918-19396 seasons

Avg SRS 7.0 • Win % 56.6%

SMU

1916-193414 seasons

Avg SRS 7.0 • Win % 65.0%

Longest Tenure

SMU • 14 seasons

Best Tenure

SMU • 7.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

SMU • 65.0%

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

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Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

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Raw avg SP Overall:

Insufficient sample

Impact by School

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

Temple

1940-194831-38-9

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

Avg SRS -6.5Win % 45.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.4 during vs 4.2 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.5 during vs 3.4 baseline

-9.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Vanderbilt

1918-193929-22-2

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

Avg SRS 7.0Win % 56.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.8 during vs 5.6 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 3.0 baseline

+4.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

SMU

1916-193482-39-22

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 7.0Win % 65.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

SMU 1927

7-2SRS 25.4

Biggest Improvement

SMU 1927

7-215.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

SMU 1916

0-8-2SRS -41.1

Biggest Drop

SMU 1928

6-3-1-19.2 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Temple1948926127.8%-13.0-2.4-5.6%
Temple1947936033.3%-10.6-7.9-4.2%
Temple1946824237.5%-2.7-0.8-50.0%
Temple1945871087.5%-1.9+12.0+50.0%
Temple1944824237.5%-13.9+4.6+12.5%
Temple1943826025.0%-18.5-13.4-10.0%
Temple19421025335.0%-5.1-8.7-42.8%
Temple1941972077.8%3.60.0+27.8%
Temple1940944150.0%3.6+2.4+25.0%
Vanderbilt19391027125.0%1.2-4.6-41.7%
Vanderbilt1938963066.7%5.8-6.2-11.1%
Vanderbilt1937972077.8%12.0+6.9+38.9%
Vanderbilt1936935138.9%5.1-5.7-31.1%
Vanderbilt19351073070.0%10.8-3.9-5.0%
SMU19341282275.0%14.7+8.6+37.5%
SMU19331247137.5%6.1+6.1+4.2%
SMU19321237233.3%0.0-10.2-53.0%
SMU19311191186.4%10.2-3.7+21.4%
SMU19301063165.0%13.9-7.3-15.0%
SMU19291060480.0%21.2+15.0+15.0%
SMU19281063165.0%6.2-19.2-12.8%
SMU1927972077.8%25.4+15.0-16.7%
SMU1926980194.4%10.4+6.3+27.8%
SMU1925952266.7%4.1-2.0-3.3%
SMU19241051470.0%6.1-11.7-30.0%
SMU19239900100.0%17.8+14.8+35.0%
SMU19221063165.0%3.0-1.7%
Vanderbilt1918642066.7%+56.7%
SMU19161008210.0%-41.1

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