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Len Casanova

1946-1966Oregon, Pittsburgh, Santa Clara

3 schools coached, anchored by Oregon.

Len Casanova coached 21 seasons, won 52.4%, and posted an average SRS of 4.7. Best season: 1949 Santa Clara. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

104-94-11

Career Win %

52.4%

Seasons

21

Career Span

21 years

Average SRS

4.7

Peak SRS

21.1

Best Finish

#15

Consistency

25.8

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.

Len Casanova
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Len Casanova: 1950 PittsburghLen Casanova: 1951 Oregon
1946Actual season year • SRS range -12.6 to 21.11966

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Len Casanova1949

Selected

1949 Santa Clara

Best season

8-2-1 • SRS 21.1 • SP Overall

Win %

77.3%

YoY SRS

+11.3

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#15

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

Oregon

1951-196616 seasons

Avg SRS 5.5 • Win % 52.8%

Pittsburgh

1950-19501 seasons

Avg SRS -5.4 • Win % 11.1%

Santa Clara

1946-19494 seasons

Avg SRS 4.0 • Win % 60.8%

Longest Tenure

Oregon • 16 seasons

Best Tenure

Oregon • 5.5 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Santa Clara • 60.8%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Len Casanova

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Raw avg SP Overall:

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Impact by School

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

Oregon

1951-196682-73-8

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

Avg SRS 5.5Win % 52.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.1 during vs 5.0 baseline

+0.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 1.6 baseline

+3.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Pittsburgh

1950-19501-8

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

Avg SRS -5.4Win % 11.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

1.0 during vs 3.8 baseline

-2.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-5.4 during vs 3.4 baseline

-8.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Santa Clara

1946-194921-13-3

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

Avg SRS 4.0Win % 60.8%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Santa Clara 1949

8-2-1SRS 21.1

Biggest Improvement

Santa Clara 1948

7-2-112.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Santa Clara 1946

2-5-1SRS -12.6

Biggest Drop

Pittsburgh 1950

1-8-26.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Oregon19661037030.0%0.0-1.1-15.0%
Oregon19651045145.0%1.1-12.2-30.0%
Oregon19641072175.0%13.3-0.3+2.3%
Oregon19631183072.7%13.6-0.8+7.7%
Oregon19621063165.0%14.4+10.1+25.0%
Oregon19611046040.0%4.3-2.2-28.2%
Oregon19601173168.2%6.5-4.3-11.8%
Oregon19591082080.0%10.8+1.7+40.0%
Oregon19581046040.0%9.1-0.9-23.6%
Oregon19571174063.6%10.0-2.0+13.6%
Oregon19561044250.0%12.0+5.6-10.0%
Oregon19551064060.0%6.4+3.40.0%
Oregon19541064060.0%#183.0+4.3+15.0%
Oregon19531045145.0%-1.3+4.1+20.0%
Oregon19521027125.0%-5.4+4.7+5.0%
Oregon19511028020.0%-10.1-4.7+8.9%
Pittsburgh1950918011.1%-5.4-26.5-66.2%
Santa Clara19491182177.3%#1521.1+11.3+2.3%
Santa Clara19481072175.0%9.8+12.0+25.0%
Santa Clara1947844050.0%-2.2+10.4+18.8%
Santa Clara1946825131.3%-12.6

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