Coach Comparison

Ryan Day vs Jim Tressel Coaching Record

Compare Ryan Day and Jim Tressel by record, peak seasons, rankings, and Ohio State coaching context.

Ryan Day
Record
82-12
Win %
87.2%
Avg SRS
23.8
Titles
1

Career Quality

Similar: Ryan Day vs Jim Tressel

Ryan Day: 99th pct vs Jim Tressel: 97th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Edge: Ryan Day

Ryan Day: 98th pct vs Jim Tressel: 95th pct

Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.

Consistency

Edge: Ryan Day

Ryan Day: 83rd pct vs Jim Tressel: 74th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar: Jim Tressel vs Ryan Day

Jim Tressel: 1 title vs Ryan Day: 1 title

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Edge: Jim Tressel

Jim Tressel: 10 seasons vs Ryan Day: 8 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Edge: Ryan Day

Ryan Day: 87.2% vs Jim Tressel: 82.8%

Raw career win rate, not a normalized score.

Career arc

Season-to-season SRS shape for both coaches on the same scale.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Ryan DayJim Tressel
EliteStrongAverageLean
2001Actual season year • SRS range 9.5 to 32.82025

Active comparison point

Ryan Day2019

Selected

2019 Ohio State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

13-1 • SRS 32.8 • SP Overall 35.4

Win %

92.9%

YoY SRS

+14.7

SP Off / Def

44.4 / 10.6

Finish

#3

Comparison context

Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.

Jim Tressel

Nearest year 2010Ohio State

12-1 • SRS 20.4 • SP Overall 30.0

Ryan Day holds a 12.4-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +3.9 SP offense

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.

Ryan Day and Jim Tressel look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Similar

Ryan Day and Jim Tressel look similar in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ryan Day

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
29.4
Percentile
100th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Jim Tressel

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
23.5
Percentile
99th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.