Coach Comparison

Ryan Day vs Kirby Smart Coaching Record

Compare Ryan Day and Kirby Smart by career record, ranked finishes, SRS, and championship context.

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

Career Quality

Similar: Ryan Day vs Kirby Smart

Ryan Day: 99th pct vs Kirby Smart: 98th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Similar: Ryan Day vs Kirby Smart

Ryan Day: 98th pct vs Kirby Smart: 95th pct

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

Consistency

Edge: Ryan Day

Ryan Day: 83rd pct vs Kirby Smart: 48th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Edge: Kirby Smart

Kirby Smart: 2 titles vs Ryan Day: 1 title

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Edge: Kirby Smart

Kirby Smart: 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 Kirby Smart: 84.8%

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 DayKirby Smart
EliteStrongAverageLean
2016Actual season year • SRS range 4.7 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.

Kirby Smart

Nearest year 2019Georgia

12-2 • SRS 21.7 • SP Overall 26.8

Ryan Day holds a 11.1-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +10.2 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 Kirby Smart look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Similar

Ryan Day and Kirby Smart 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.

Kirby Smart

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
26.2
Percentile
99th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.