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Sam Boyd

1956-1958Baylor

One defining stop at Baylor.

Sam Boyd coached 3 seasons, won 50.0%, and posted an average SRS of 9.0. Best season: 1956 Baylor. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

15-15-1

Career Win %

50.0%

Seasons

3

Career Span

3 years

Average SRS

9.0

Peak SRS

20.0

Best Finish

#11

Consistency

32.9

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.

Sam Boyd
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1956Actual season year • SRS range 2.1 to 20.01958

Active comparison point

Sam Boyd1956

Selected

1956 Baylor

Best season

9-2 • SRS 20.0 • SP Overall

Win %

81.8%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#11

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

Baylor

1956-19583 seasons

Avg SRS 9.0 • Win % 50.0%

Longest Tenure

Baylor • 3 seasons

Best Tenure

Baylor • 9.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Baylor • 50.0%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Sam Boyd

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

Insufficient sample

Impact by School

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

Baylor

1956-195815-15-1

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

Avg SRS 9.0Win % 50.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 6.2 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

9.0 during vs 12.7 baseline

-3.7

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 40.0% baseline

-6.7%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Baylor 1956

9-2SRS 20.0

Biggest Improvement

Baylor 1958

3-72.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Baylor 1957

3-6-1SRS 2.1

Biggest Drop

Baylor 1957

3-6-1-17.9 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Baylor19581037030.0%4.9+2.8-5.0%
Baylor19571036135.0%#72.1-17.9-46.8%
Baylor19561192081.8%#1120.0

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