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Justin Fuente

2012-2021Memphis, Virginia Tech

2 schools coached, anchored by Virginia Tech.

Justin Fuente coached 10 seasons, won 56.1%, and posted an average SRS of 3.0. Best season: 2016 Virginia Tech. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

69-54

Career Win %

56.1%

Seasons

10

Career Span

10 years

Average SRS

3.0

Peak SRS

15.0

Best Finish

#16

Consistency

16.7

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.

Justin Fuente
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Justin Fuente: 2016 Virginia Tech
2012Actual season year • SRS range -13.9 to 15.02021

Active comparison point

Justin Fuente2016

Selected

2016 Virginia Tech

Best seasonNew stop: Virginia Tech

10-4 • SRS 15.0 • SP Overall 15.2

Win %

71.4%

YoY SRS

+5.7

SP Off / Def

34.5 / 19.6

Finish

#16

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

Virginia Tech

2016-20216 seasons

Avg SRS 6.6 • Win % 58.1%

Memphis

2012-20154 seasons

Avg SRS -1.5 • Win % 53.1%

Longest Tenure

Virginia Tech • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

Virginia Tech • 6.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Virginia Tech • 58.1%

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.

Justin Fuente sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Justin Fuente sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Justin Fuente

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 4.9

72th pct

Strong

Impact by School

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

Virginia Tech

2016-202143-31

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

Avg SRS 6.6Win % 58.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.2 during vs 8.0 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.6 during vs 6.2 baseline

+0.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

8.8 during vs 12.4 baseline

-3.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline

+13.3%

Memphis

2012-201526-23

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

Avg SRS -1.5Win % 53.1%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.5 during vs 3.6 baseline

+2.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.5 during vs -17.9 baseline

+16.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

0.1 during vs -16.3 baseline

+16.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Virginia Tech 2016

10-4SRS 15.0

Biggest Improvement

Memphis 2014

10-315.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Memphis 2015

9-3SP Off 35.1

Best Defensive Season

Virginia Tech 2017

9-4SP Def 14.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Memphis 2012

4-8SRS -13.9

Biggest Drop

Virginia Tech 2018

6-7-17.4 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Virginia Tech20211055050.0%1.22.426.725.2+4.5%
Virginia Tech20201156045.5%-16.1%
Virginia Tech20191385061.5%4.58.029.923.3+7.1+15.4%
Virginia Tech20181367046.2%#20-2.63.932.829.4-17.4-23.1%
Virginia Tech20171394069.2%#21#2414.814.327.814.4-0.2-2.2%
Virginia Tech201614104071.4%#1615.015.234.519.6+5.7-3.6%
Memphis20151293075.0%9.38.035.130.4+2.0-1.9%
Memphis201413103076.9%#257.35.626.522.0+15.9+51.9%
Memphis20131239025.0%-8.6-3.218.024.3+5.3-8.3%
Memphis20121248033.3%-13.9-10.019.329.2

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