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Richard Williamson

1975-1980Memphis

One defining stop at Memphis.

Richard Williamson coached 6 seasons, won 47.0%, and posted an average SRS of -1.1. Best season: 1977 Memphis. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

31-35

Career Win %

47.0%

Seasons

6

Career Span

6 years

Average SRS

-1.1

Peak SRS

7.0

Best Finish

Consistency

55.2

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.

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Richard Williamson
EliteStrongAverageLean
1975Actual season year • SRS range -11.1 to 7.01980

Active comparison point

Richard Williamson1977

Selected

1977 Memphis

Best season

6-5 • SRS 7.0 • SP Overall 8.1

Win %

54.5%

YoY SRS

+1.5

SP Off / Def

26.7 / 19.4

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

1975-19806 seasons

Avg SRS -1.1 • Win % 47.0%

Longest Tenure

Memphis • 6 seasons

Best Tenure

Memphis • -1.1 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Memphis • 47.0%

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

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Richard Williamson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Richard Williamson sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Richard Williamson

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -3.6

45th pct

Mixed

Impact by School

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

Memphis

1975-198031-35

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

Avg SRS -1.1Win % 47.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.2 during vs 6.2 baseline

-1.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.1 during vs 2.1 baseline

-3.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-3.6 during vs 4.7 baseline

-8.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Memphis 1977

6-5SRS 7.0

Biggest Improvement

Memphis 1976

7-44.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Memphis 1977

6-5SP Off 26.7

Best Defensive Season

Memphis 1975

7-4SP Def 16.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Memphis 1980

2-9SRS -11.1

Biggest Drop

Memphis 1978

4-7-11.7 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Memphis19801129018.2%-11.1-19.310.529.5-6.7-27.3%
Memphis19791156045.5%-4.4-11.316.026.4+0.3+9.1%
Memphis19781147036.4%-4.7-6.824.531.1-11.7-18.2%
Memphis19771165054.5%7.08.126.719.4+1.5-9.1%
Memphis19761174063.6%5.53.124.522.1+4.20.0%
Memphis19751174063.6%1.34.820.416.7

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