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Summary and Filtering

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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?

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

Carl Franks

Volatility: 6.41 • Average SRS: -11.10

13.5% win rate • -5.1 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

Carl Franks

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

Offense-FirstOffense-First

Carl Franks coached 5 seasons, won 13.5%, and posted an average SRS of -11.1. Best season: 2003 Duke. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
6.41
Average SRS
-11.10
Career Win %
13.5%
Peak SRS
-5.1
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Howard Jones

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    35.3 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Manny Diaz

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    1.59 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. Howard Jones

    1931

    35.3

  2. 2. Steve Spurrier

    1996

    31.2

  3. 3. Wallace Wade

    1930

    25.0

  4. 4. Mike Elko

    2025

    16.6

  5. 5. Bill Murray

    1952

    16.4

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.

3 boards

Highest Peak SRS

Single-season ceiling leaders.

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  1. 1. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    35.3

  2. 2. Steve Spurrier

    1996 Florida (12-1)

    31.2

  3. 3. Wallace Wade

    1930 Alabama (10-0)

    25.0

  4. 4. Mike Elko

    2025 Texas A&M (11-2)

    16.6

  5. 5. Bill Murray

    1952 Duke (8-2)

    16.4

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Wallace Wade

    1930 Alabama (10-0)

    76.5%

  2. 2. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    73.3%

  3. 3. Steve Spurrier

    1996 Florida (12-1)

    71.8%

  4. 4. Mike Elko

    2025 Texas A&M (11-2)

    68.6%

  5. 5. Bill Murray

    1952 Duke (8-2)

    63.7%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Steve Spurrier

    1996 Florida (12-1)

    13

  2. 2. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    3

  3. 3. Wallace Wade

    1930 Alabama (10-0)

    3

  4. 4. Bill Murray

    1952 Duke (8-2)

    1

  5. 5. Mike Elko

    2025 Texas A&M (11-2)

    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. Manny Diaz

    2025 Duke (9-5)

    1.6

  2. 2. Bill Murray

    1952 Duke (8-2)

    4.4

  3. 3. Wallace Wade

    1930 Alabama (10-0)

    6.6

  4. 4. Steve Spurrier

    1996 Florida (12-1)

    8.8

  5. 5. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    11.8

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. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    33 years

  2. 2. Steve Spurrier

    1996 Florida (12-1)

    29 years

  3. 3. Wallace Wade

    1930 Alabama (10-0)

    28 years

  4. 4. David Cutcliffe

    2003 Ole Miss (10-3)

    24 years

  5. 5. Tom Harp

    1966 Duke (5-5)

    17 years

Results Table

Coach results table

16 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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Carl Franks

7-45 • 1999-2003

Duke
55274513.5%-11.1
-5.1

2003 peak

6.427.037.1—0
Offense-First

Offense-First

Ted Roof

6-45 • 2003-2007

Duke
55164511.8%-11.0
-5.1

2003 peak

4.419.333.0—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Tom Harp

52-70-4 • 1961-1977

Cornell, Duke +1
13126527042.9%-9.2
0.8

1966 peak

9.021.828.8—0
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Barry Wilson

13-30-1 • 1990-1993

Duke
444133030.7%-4.2
1.0

1990 peak

3.927.533.3—0
Offense-First

Offense-First

Fred Goldsmith

40-70-1 • 1989-1998

Duke, Rice
10111407036.5%-3.7
7.1

1994 peak

5.228.334.2—0
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Jimmy DeHart

51-50-6 • 1922-1932

Duke, Washington and Lee
11107515050.5%-5.0
6.3

1924 peak

6.8———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Red Wilson

16-27-1 • 1979-1982

Duke
444162737.5%1.3
6.0

1982 peak

4.226.528.1—0
Balanced

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Mike McGee

40-55-4 • 1970-1978

Duke, East Carolina
999405542.4%0.1
9.5

1977 peak

9.220.321.4—0
Defense-First

Volatile Builder

David Cutcliffe

121-126 • 1998-2021

Duke, Ole Miss
2124712112649.0%1.2
11.3

2003 peak

6.628.428.6#130
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Steve Sloan

68-86-3 • 1973-1986

Duke, Ole Miss +2
14157688644.3%2.6
15.9

1976 peak

7.527.026.6#130
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Manny Diaz

39-24 • 2019-2025

Duke, Miami
563392461.9%2.7
5.2

2025 peak

1.630.622.8#220
Balanced

Program Stabilizer

Mike Elko

35-16 • 2022-2025

Duke, Texas A&M
451351668.6%11.4
16.6

2025 peak

3.532.219.8—0
Balanced

Consistent Winner

Bill Murray

93-51-9 • 1951-1965

Duke
15153935163.7%10.4
16.4

1952 peak

4.4——#101
Balanced

Consistent Winner

Wallace Wade

171-49-10 • 1923-1950

Alabama, Duke
242301714976.5%12.0
25.0

1930 peak

6.6——#23
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Steve Spurrier

228-89-2 • 1987-2015

Duke, Florida +1
263192288971.8%14.9
31.2

1996 peak

8.838.921.3#113
Offense-First

Peak Dominator

Howard Jones

194-64-21 • 1908-1940

Duke, Iowa +4
292791946473.3%16.1
35.3

1931 peak

11.8——#03
Balanced

Peak Dominator

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