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Summary and Filtering

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Keep at least 3 seasons in view to avoid tiny-sample profiles dominating the charts and leaderboards.

Coach Identity

The fastest way to narrow style and school context.

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Time and Sample

Keep the result set stable before reading the charts.

Recommended: 3+ seasons.

Quality

Shortcut the list toward stronger resumes and stronger finishes.

These filters reshape the charts and the results table together, so every leaderboard and callout below reflects the same active set.

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Primary Discovery

One clear lens at a time.

Start with career shape or flip to identity. Either way, the chart, the coach summary, the outlier list, and the table context all stay synchronized.

Success vs Volatility

Start with the simplest question: who paired real strength with a repeatable week-to-week shape?

8 coaches shown
Coach fieldOutlier markerSelected focus
Elite and steady
Elite but volatile
Lower ceiling but stable
Lower ceiling and unstable

DeOrmond McLaughry

Volatility: 9.33 • Average SRS: -3.95

51.6% win rate • 13.6 peak SRS

Volatility
Average SRS

Hover or focus a point to isolate it. Click a coach to carry that selection into the results table.

Average SRS reads overall strength. Volatility is the spread of season-to-season SRS, so lower values mean a steadier profile.

Career shape lens

DeOrmond McLaughry

This is the clearest first-pass view for peak versus stability. It is the best place to start browsing.

BalancedLongevity Coach

DeOrmond McLaughry coached 24 seasons, won 51.6%, and posted an average SRS of -4.0. Best season: 1948 Dartmouth. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
9.33
Average SRS
-3.95
Career Win %
51.6%
Peak SRS
13.6
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Active chart outliers

These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Red Blaik

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    44.1 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Walter McCornack

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    6.00 volatility

Top Career Peaks

Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.

  1. 1. Red Blaik

    1945

    44.1

  2. 2. Jesse Hawley

    1925

    31.2

  3. 3. Frank Cavanaugh

    1914

    28.3

  4. 4. Fred Folsom

    1904

    22.9

  5. 5. Walter McCornack

    1905

    19.5

Supporting Insights

Quick leaderboards, grouped on purpose.

These are shortcuts into the same table below. Performance leads the stack, while stability and longevity stay visible without competing with the main chart.

Performance

Primary leaderboard shortcuts

The fastest path into peak and results leaders.

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Highest Peak SRS

Single-season ceiling leaders.

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  1. 1. Red Blaik

    1945 Army (9-0)

    44.1

  2. 2. Jesse Hawley

    1925 Dartmouth (8-0)

    31.2

  3. 3. Frank Cavanaugh

    1914 Dartmouth (8-1)

    28.3

  4. 4. Fred Folsom

    1904 Dartmouth (7-0-1)

    22.9

  5. 5. Walter McCornack

    1905 Northwestern (8-2-1)

    19.5

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Walter McCornack

    1905 Northwestern (8-2-1)

    80.9%

  2. 2. Fred Folsom

    1904 Dartmouth (7-0-1)

    78.1%

  3. 3. Red Blaik

    1945 Army (9-0)

    75.9%

  4. 4. Frank Cavanaugh

    1914 Dartmouth (8-1)

    73.0%

  5. 5. Jesse Hawley

    1925 Dartmouth (8-0)

    69.0%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Red Blaik

    1945 Army (9-0)

    9

  2. 2. Frank Cavanaugh

    1914 Dartmouth (8-1)

    0

  3. 3. Walter McCornack

    1905 Northwestern (8-2-1)

    0

  4. 4. Jesse Hawley

    1925 Dartmouth (8-0)

    0

  5. 5. Fred Folsom

    1904 Dartmouth (7-0-1)

    0

Stability

Stability shortcuts

Who stays in control year after year.

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Most Consistent Winning Coaches

Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.

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  1. 1. Walter McCornack

    1905 Northwestern (8-2-1)

    6.0

  2. 2. Frank Cavanaugh

    1914 Dartmouth (8-1)

    8.8

  3. 3. Jesse Hawley

    1925 Dartmouth (8-0)

    10.4

  4. 4. Red Blaik

    1945 Army (9-0)

    11.6

  5. 5. Fred Folsom

    1904 Dartmouth (7-0-1)

    16.6

Longevity

Longevity shortcuts

Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.

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Longest Careers

Big careers and long arcs.

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  1. 1. Frank Cavanaugh

    1914 Dartmouth (8-1)

    30 years

  2. 2. Bob Blackman

    1970 Dartmouth (9-0)

    29 years

  3. 3. DeOrmond McLaughry

    1948 Dartmouth (6-2)

    29 years

  4. 4. Red Blaik

    1945 Army (9-0)

    25 years

  5. 5. Jesse Hawley

    1925 Dartmouth (8-0)

    19 years

Results Table

Coach results table

8 filtered coaches in view. Lower rank numbers are better. Lower volatility means more stable. Lower SP Def numbers are better on the identity chart.

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DeOrmond McLaughry

109-102-7 • 1926-1954

Brown, Dartmouth
2421810910251.6%-4.0
13.6

1948 peak

9.3———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Bob Blackman

164-106-7 • 1953-1981

Cornell, Dartmouth +2
2927716410660.5%-6.1
10.5

1970 peak

9.623.923.1#140
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Joseph Yukica

88-54-1 • 1968-1981

Boston College, Dartmouth
14143885461.9%-1.3
12.8

1974 peak

9.024.821.3—0
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Fred Folsom

74-19-5 • 1902-1915

Colorado, Dartmouth
1398741978.1%0.3
22.9

1904 peak

16.6———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Jesse Hawley

63-28-1 • 1910-1928

Dartmouth, Iowa
1292632869.0%8.8
31.2

1925 peak

10.4———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Walter McCornack

42-8-5 • 1901-1905

Dartmouth, Northwestern
55542880.9%11.5
19.5

1905 peak

6.0———0
Balanced

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Frank Cavanaugh

86-29-9 • 1903-1932

Boston College, Dartmouth +2
14124862973.0%12.4
28.3

1914 peak

8.8———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Red Blaik

166-48-14 • 1934-1958

Army, Dartmouth
252281664875.9%13.3
44.1

1945 peak

11.6——#19
Balanced

Peak Dominator

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