Coaches Compare

Compare coach careers on the same scale.

See top-line edges, side-by-side profiles, overlaid career arcs, and school-stop comparisons in one matchup view.

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Ryan DayUrban Meyer

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Similar

Similar: Ryan Day vs Urban Meyer

Ryan Day: 99th pct vs Urban Meyer: 98th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Similar

Similar: Urban Meyer vs Ryan Day

Urban Meyer: 99th pct vs Ryan Day: 98th pct

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

Consistency

Decisive edge

Edge: Ryan Day

Ryan Day: 83rd pct vs Urban Meyer: 32nd pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Clear edge

Edge: Urban Meyer

Urban Meyer: 3 titles vs Ryan Day: 1 title

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Decisive edge

Edge: Urban Meyer

Urban Meyer: 18 seasons vs Ryan Day: 8 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Narrow edge

Edge: Ryan Day

Ryan Day: 87.2% vs Urban Meyer: 85.4%

Raw career win rate, not a normalized score.

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 Urban Meyer look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Similar

Ryan Day and Urban Meyer 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.

Urban Meyer

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
22.1
Percentile
99th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Career Arc Overlay

Overlay the same SRS scale to compare where each career climbed faster, held steadier, peaked higher, or dipped harder.

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

Ryan DayUrban Meyer
EliteStrongAverageLean
Urban Meyer: 2003 UtahUrban Meyer: 2005 FloridaUrban Meyer: 2012 Ohio State
2001Actual season year • SRS range 3.2 to 33.92025

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.

Urban Meyer

Nearest year 2018Ohio State

Profile

10-1 • SRS 18.1 • SP Overall 24.1

Ryan Day holds a 14.7-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: 0.0 SP offense

Tenure comparison

Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Ryan Day
Ohio State2018-2025882-1223.8Best quality32.8
Urban Meyer
Bowling Green2001-2002217-64.55.7
Utah2003-2004222-217.124.9
Florida2005-2010665-1521.333.9Highest peak
Ohio State2012-2018783-920.525.6

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Steadier arc

Ryan Day

82-1287.2%8 seasons • 1 title

83rd pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Ohio State 2019

SRS 32.8

Lowest SRS Season

Ohio State 2018

SRS 18.1

Biggest Improvement

Ohio State 2019

14.7 SRS

Longer run

Urban Meyer

187-3285.4%17 seasons • 3 titles

18 tracked seasons across the arc.

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Best Season

Florida 2008

SRS 33.9

Lowest SRS Season

Bowling Green 2002

SRS 3.2

Biggest Improvement

Utah 2004

15.5 SRS