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Art Briles

2003-2015Baylor, Houston

2 schools coached, anchored by Baylor.

Art Briles coached 13 seasons, won 60.4%, and posted an average SRS of 5.1. Best season: 2013 Baylor. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

99-65

Career Win %

60.4%

Seasons

13

Career Span

13 years

Average SRS

5.1

Peak SRS

22.8

Best Finish

#7

Consistency

8.9

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.

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Art Briles: 2008 Baylor
2003Actual season year • SRS range -9.1 to 22.82015

Active comparison point

Art Briles2013

Selected

2013 Baylor

Best season

11-2 • SRS 22.8 • SP Overall 20.4

Win %

84.6%

YoY SRS

+8.4

SP Off / Def

41.0 / 21.0

Finish

#13

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

Baylor

2008-20158 seasons

Avg SRS 10.9 • Win % 63.7%

Houston

2003-20075 seasons

Avg SRS -4.1 • Win % 54.8%

Longest Tenure

Baylor • 8 seasons

Best Tenure

Baylor • 10.9 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Baylor • 63.7%

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.

Art Briles sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Art Briles sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

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Raw avg SP Overall: 6.0

75th pct

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Impact by School

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

Baylor

2008-201565-37

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

Avg SRS 10.9Win % 63.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.1 during vs 3.6 baseline

+4.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

10.9 during vs -10.2 baseline

+21.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

11.3 during vs -8.0 baseline

+19.4

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+50.0%

Houston

2003-200734-28

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

Avg SRS -4.1Win % 54.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 3.6 baseline

+3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.1 during vs -9.3 baseline

+5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.6 during vs -8.8 baseline

+6.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Baylor 2013

11-2SRS 22.8

Biggest Improvement

Baylor 2011

10-312.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Baylor 2011

10-3SP Off 47.0

Best Defensive Season

Baylor 2014

11-2SP Def 19.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Houston 2004

3-8SRS -9.1

Biggest Drop

Houston 2007

8-4-8.3 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Baylor201513103076.9%#4#1317.819.545.124.1-3.3-7.7%
Baylor201413112084.6%#10#721.123.943.019.5-1.70.0%
Baylor201313112084.6%#1322.820.441.021.0+8.4+23.1%
Baylor20121385061.5%14.411.045.233.3+1.8-15.4%
Baylor201113103076.9%#1312.610.947.035.5+12.7+23.1%
Baylor20101376053.8%-0.14.634.929.5+4.6+20.5%
Baylor20091248033.3%-4.7-3.622.725.6-7.90.0%
Baylor20081248033.3%3.24.032.327.4+6.9-33.3%
Houston20071284066.7%-3.7-4.730.934.2-8.3-4.8%
Houston200614104071.4%4.67.633.925.2+10.0+21.4%
Houston20051266050.0%-5.4-1.028.629.6+3.7+22.7%
Houston20041138027.3%-9.1-6.329.835.0-2.2-26.6%
Houston20031376053.8%-6.9-8.539.443.3

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