1976-1985 • Memphis, Southern Illinois
2 schools coached, anchored by Southern Illinois.
Rey Dempsey coached 10 seasons, won 55.3%, and posted an average SRS of -8.0. Best season: 1984 Memphis. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
61-49-3
Career Win %
55.3%
Seasons
10
Career Span
10 years
Average SRS
-8.0
Peak SRS
3.8
Best Finish
—
Consistency
27.1
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
5-5-1 • SRS 3.8 • SP Overall -2.8
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
+3.3
SP Off / Def
20.0 / 23.0
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.
Memphis
1984-1985 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 1.6 • Win % 38.6%
Southern Illinois
1976-1983 • 8 seasons
Avg SRS -10.4 • Win % 59.3%
Longest Tenure
Southern Illinois • 8 seasons
Best Tenure
Memphis • 1.6 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Southern Illinois • 59.3%
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.
Rey Dempsey sets the reference point in overall strength.
Rey Dempsey sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Rey Dempsey
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -7.4
34th pct
Lower end
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1984-1985 • 7-12-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.5 during vs 3.0 baseline
+0.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.6 during vs -4.6 baseline
+6.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.7 during vs -11.1 baseline
+7.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1976-1983 • 54-37
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Memphis 1984
5-5-1 • SRS 3.8
Biggest Improvement
Southern Illinois 1983
13-1 • 15.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Southern Illinois 1983
13-1 • SP Off 29.0
Best Defensive Season
Southern Illinois 1981
7-4 • SP Def 19.5
Setbacks
Worst Season
Southern Illinois 1977
3-8 • SRS -21.9
Biggest Drop
Southern Illinois 1982
6-5 • -16.0 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Memphis | 1985 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 27.3% | — | — | -0.5 | -4.6 | 22.2 | 26.9 | -4.3 | -22.7% |
| Memphis | 1984 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.8 | -2.8 | 20.0 | 23.0 | +3.3 | -42.9% |
| Southern Illinois | 1983 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 92.9% | — | — | 0.5 | 7.8 | 29.0 | 22.4 | +15.7 | +38.3% |
| Southern Illinois | 1982 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -15.2 | -8.7 | 16.2 | 24.3 | -16.0 | -9.1% |
| Southern Illinois | 1981 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 0.8 | 7.1 | 25.6 | 19.5 | +15.3 | +36.4% |
| Southern Illinois | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -14.5 | -12.6 | 18.8 | 30.4 | -8.6 | -45.5% |
| Southern Illinois | 1979 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -5.9 | -6.7 | 20.3 | 26.9 | +8.9 | +9.1% |
| Southern Illinois | 1978 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -14.8 | -17.6 | 14.5 | 31.8 | +7.1 | +36.4% |
| Southern Illinois | 1977 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -21.9 | -25.9 | 6.4 | 30.0 | -9.5 | -36.4% |
| Southern Illinois | 1976 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | -12.4 | -9.6 | 21.8 | 30.2 | — | — |
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