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Rex Dockery

1978-1983Memphis, Texas Tech

2 schools coached, anchored by Texas Tech.

Rex Dockery coached 6 seasons, won 37.1%, and posted an average SRS of 2.6. Best season: 1978 Texas Tech. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

23-40-3

Career Win %

37.1%

Seasons

6

Career Span

6 years

Average SRS

2.6

Peak SRS

12.1

Best Finish

Consistency

20.6

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.

Rex Dockery
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Rex Dockery: 1981 Memphis
1978Actual season year • SRS range -11.6 to 12.11983

Active comparison point

Rex Dockery1978

Selected

1978 Texas Tech

Best season

7-4 • SRS 12.1 • SP Overall 14.1

Win %

63.6%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

34.7 / 22.1

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

Memphis

1981-19833 seasons

Avg SRS -2.5 • Win % 25.8%

Texas Tech

1978-19803 seasons

Avg SRS 7.8 • Win % 48.5%

Longest Tenure

Memphis • 3 seasons

Best Tenure

Texas Tech • 7.8 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Texas Tech • 48.5%

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.

Rex Dockery sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Rex Dockery sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Rex Dockery

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: -0.4

55th pct

Above average

Impact by School

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

Memphis

1981-19838-24-1

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

Avg SRS -2.5Win % 25.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.7 during vs 4.8 baseline

-2.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.5 during vs -1.5 baseline

-0.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-8.3 during vs -5.2 baseline

-3.0

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Texas Tech

1978-198015-16-2

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

Avg SRS 7.8Win % 48.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 8.0 baseline

-3.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

7.8 during vs 13.6 baseline

-5.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

7.5 during vs 15.0 baseline

-7.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline

-40.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Texas Tech 1978

7-4SRS 12.1

Biggest Improvement

Memphis 1983

6-4-122.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Texas Tech 1978

7-4SP Off 34.7

Best Defensive Season

Texas Tech 1979

3-6-2SP Def 13.9

Setbacks

Worst Season

Memphis 1982

1-10SRS -11.6

Biggest Drop

Memphis 1981

1-10-10.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Memphis19831164159.1%11.39.631.523.3+22.9+50.0%
Memphis19821111009.1%-11.6-19.614.733.5-4.50.0%
Memphis19811111009.1%-7.1-14.87.321.8-10.7-36.4%
Texas Tech19801156045.5%3.61.019.919.2-4.0+9.1%
Texas Tech19791136236.4%7.67.520.213.9-4.5-27.3%
Texas Tech19781174063.6%12.114.134.722.1

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