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Search coach records, career wins, win percentage, and rankings from the same filtered universe as the discovery visuals below. Start from the recommended sample, then tighten the field around identity, school, time span, or quality.

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Summary and Filtering

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Coach search stays primary, then school, archetype, time span, and quality sharpen the rankings. The recommended starting point is 3+ seasons.

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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?

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

Scottie Montgomery

Volatility: 1.03 • Average SRS: -14.57

25.7% win rate • -13.2 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

Scottie Montgomery

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

Offense-FirstOffense-First

Scottie Montgomery coached 3 seasons, won 25.7%, and posted an average SRS of -14.6. Best season: 2016 East Carolina. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
1.03
Average SRS
-14.57
Career Win %
25.7%
Peak SRS
-13.2
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Pat Dye

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    22.0 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Scottie Montgomery

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    1.03 volatility

  3. Elite but volatile

    Mike McGee

    Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.

    9.15 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. Pat Dye

    1983

    22.0

  2. 2. Ed Emory

    1983

    12.7

  3. 3. Sonny Randle

    1973

    12.4

  4. 4. Skip Holtz

    2014

    10.6

  5. 5. Mike McGee

    1977

    9.5

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.

3 boards

Highest Peak SRS

Single-season ceiling leaders.

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  1. 1. Pat Dye

    1983 Auburn (11-1)

    22.0

  2. 2. Ed Emory

    1983 East Carolina (8-3)

    12.7

  3. 3. Sonny Randle

    1973 East Carolina (9-2)

    12.4

  4. 4. Skip Holtz

    2014 Louisiana Tech (9-5)

    10.6

  5. 5. Mike McGee

    1977 Duke (5-6)

    9.5

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Pat Dye

    1983 Auburn (11-1)

    70.7%

  2. 2. Clarence Stasavich

    1967 East Carolina (8-2)

    56.1%

  3. 3. Ruffin McNeill

    2013 East Carolina (10-3)

    55.3%

  4. 4. Skip Holtz

    2014 Louisiana Tech (9-5)

    54.6%

  5. 5. Steve Logan

    1999 East Carolina (9-3)

    54.3%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Pat Dye

    1983 Auburn (11-1)

    5

  2. 2. Bill Lewis

    1991 East Carolina (11-1)

    1

  3. 3. Steve Logan

    1999 East Carolina (9-3)

    0

  4. 4. Skip Holtz

    2014 Louisiana Tech (9-5)

    0

  5. 5. Ed Emory

    1983 East Carolina (8-3)

    0

Stability

Stability shortcuts

Who stays in control year after year.

1 board

Most Consistent Winning Coaches

Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.

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  1. 1. Pat Dye

    1983 Auburn (11-1)

    7.7

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. Pat Dye

    1983 Auburn (11-1)

    19 years

  2. 2. Bill Lewis

    1991 East Carolina (11-1)

    17 years

  3. 3. Skip Holtz

    2014 Louisiana Tech (9-5)

    17 years

  4. 4. Art Baker

    1976 Furman (6-4-1)

    16 years

  5. 5. Steve Logan

    1999 East Carolina (9-3)

    11 years

Results Table

Coach results table

12 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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Scottie Montgomery

9-26 • 2016-2018

East Carolina
33592625.7%-14.6
-13.2

2016 peak

1.024.237.0—0
Offense-First

Offense-First

Clarence Stasavich

27-21-1 • 1965-1969

East Carolina
549272156.1%-15.9
-5.6

1967 peak

9.6———0
Balanced

—

Sonny Randle

32-54-1 • 1971-1981

East Carolina, Marshall +1
887325437.4%-12.3
12.4

1973 peak

13.720.130.0—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Art Baker

64-74-5 • 1973-1988

East Carolina, Furman +1
13143647446.5%-6.6
3.1

1976 peak

5.121.427.0—0
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Mike Houston

27-38 • 2019-2024

East Carolina
665273841.5%-4.6
3.8

2022 peak

7.225.430.6—0
Balanced

—

Ruffin McNeill

42-34 • 2010-2015

East Carolina
676423455.3%-2.9
4.9

2013 peak

5.630.729.8—0
Offense-First

Offense-First

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

Ed Emory

26-29 • 1980-1984

East Carolina
555262947.3%-2.1
12.7

1983 peak

7.726.828.0#200
Balanced

—

Skip Holtz

118-98 • 2005-2021

East Carolina, Louisiana Tech +1
172161189854.6%-3.2
10.6

2014 peak

7.125.927.9—0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Steve Logan

69-58 • 1992-2002

East Carolina
11127695854.3%-0.5
8.5

1999 peak

8.831.730.6—0
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Bill Lewis

44-45-2 • 1977-1993

East Carolina, Georgia Tech +1
891444549.5%-0.5
8.5

1991 peak

4.828.029.1#91
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Pat Dye

153-62-5 • 1974-1992

Auburn, East Carolina +1
192201536270.7%11.0
22.0

1983 peak

7.730.717.4#35
Defense-First

Peak Dominator

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