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Although I am sure I have better things to do on a Sat morning (I know I do), I was thinking about how the last 4 UConn BB coaches performed over their careers. The only purpose of this was to try to guess, based on past performance, the possible future of UConn basketball. I am not trying to knock any prior coaches.
This is not a statistical analysis, just a couple of Excel charts. Here is what I did – I took each year of a coach’s career and calculated their % of wins. I ignored things like national championships, tournaments appearances, and school changes. I figure, if the coach can have a consistently good and upward trend of winning, everything else will take care of itself.
Because JC’s career was so much longer than the others (39 years) I created two charts – Career %Wins and % Wins First 9 years. The graphs alone are interesting, but I added linear trend lines which made thing really interesting. The trend lines help me see which coaches are “Program Builders” and which could not sustain a program.
I can’t wait to see the 2018-19 Coach Hurley Huskies take the court. If he can continue his past success at UConn I think the future is bright.