2014-2025 • Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt
2 schools coached, anchored by Vanderbilt.
Derek Mason coached 9 seasons, won 31.9%, and posted an average SRS of -8.1. Best season: 2018 Vanderbilt. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
30-64
Career Win %
31.9%
Seasons
9
Career Span
12 years
Average SRS
-8.1
Peak SRS
9.9
Best Finish
—
Consistency
13.8
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
6-7 • SRS 9.9 • SP Overall 7.6
Win %
46.2%
YoY SRS
+15.0
SP Off / Def
35.6 / 27.1
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.
Middle Tennessee
2024-2025 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS -20.8 • Win % 25.0%
Vanderbilt
2014-2020 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -4.4 • Win % 32.9%
Longest Tenure
Vanderbilt • 7 seasons
Best Tenure
Vanderbilt • -4.4 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Vanderbilt • 32.9%
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.
Derek Mason sets the reference point in overall strength.
Derek Mason sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Derek Mason
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.
2024-2025 • 3-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
1.5 during vs 5.2 baseline
-3.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-20.8 during vs -9.0 baseline
-11.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-20.2 during vs -8.7 baseline
-11.5
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
2014-2020 • 27-55
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.9 during vs 5.6 baseline
-1.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-4.4 during vs 1.9 baseline
-6.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-3.7 during vs 2.0 baseline
-5.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
High Points
Best Season
Vanderbilt 2018
6-7 • SRS 9.9
Biggest Improvement
Vanderbilt 2018
6-7 • 15.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Vanderbilt 2018
6-7 • SP Off 35.6
Best Defensive Season
Vanderbilt 2015
4-8 • SP Def 19.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Middle Tennessee 2024
3-9 • SRS -23.2
Biggest Drop
Vanderbilt 2019
3-9 • -22.5 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Middle Tennessee | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | -18.4 | -16.0 | 20.4 | 37.0 | +4.8 | — |
| Middle Tennessee | 2024 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -23.2 | -24.4 | 13.7 | 37.3 | -8.8 | +25.0% |
| Vanderbilt | 2020 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | -14.4 | -16.8 | 17.7 | 34.1 | -1.8 | -25.0% |
| Vanderbilt | 2019 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -12.6 | -10.4 | 21.8 | 33.6 | -22.5 | -21.1% |
| Vanderbilt | 2018 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 9.9 | 7.6 | 35.6 | 27.1 | +15.0 | +4.5% |
| Vanderbilt | 2017 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -5.1 | 0.6 | 32.3 | 29.0 | -7.7 | -4.5% |
| Vanderbilt | 2016 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | 2.6 | -1.2 | 25.3 | 26.3 | +4.5 | +12.8% |
| Vanderbilt | 2015 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -1.9 | -1.6 | 17.8 | 19.3 | +7.7 | +8.3% |
| Vanderbilt | 2014 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -9.6 | -4.3 | 22.0 | 25.3 | — | — |
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