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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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Recommended baseline

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.

Fresno State

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?

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

JR Boone

Volatility: 7.05 • Average SRS: -15.73

29.4% win rate • -6.7 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

JR Boone

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

Defense-FirstDefense-First

JR Boone coached 3 seasons, won 29.4%, and posted an average SRS of -15.7. Best season: 1974 Fresno State. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
7.05
Average SRS
-15.73
Career Win %
29.4%
Peak SRS
-6.7
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Active chart outliers

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

4 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Jeff Tedford

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    26.4 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Kalen DeBoer

    High average strength without the season-to-season swing.

    9.63 avg SRS • 8.37 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    Pat Hill

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    6.24 volatility

  4. Elite but volatile

    Darryl Rogers

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

    9.19 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. Jeff Tedford

    2004

    26.4

  2. 2. Darryl Rogers

    1978

    21.8

  3. 3. Kalen DeBoer

    2024

    18.1

  4. 4. Tim DeRuyter

    2011

    16.0

  5. 5. Pat Hill

    2004

    14.6

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. Jeff Tedford

    2004 California (10-2)

    26.4

  2. 2. Darryl Rogers

    1978 Michigan State (8-3)

    21.8

  3. 3. Kalen DeBoer

    2024 Alabama (9-4)

    18.1

  4. 4. Tim DeRuyter

    2011 Texas A&M (1-0)

    16.0

  5. 5. Pat Hill

    2004 Fresno State (9-3)

    14.6

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Kalen DeBoer

    2024 Alabama (9-4)

    77.0%

  2. 2. Darryl Rogers

    1978 Michigan State (8-3)

    63.2%

  3. 3. Jeff Tedford

    2004 California (10-2)

    61.7%

  4. 4. Pat Hill

    2004 Fresno State (9-3)

    58.3%

  5. 5. Jim Sweeney

    1992 Fresno State (9-4)

    55.7%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Kalen DeBoer

    2024 Alabama (9-4)

    2

  2. 2. Jeff Tedford

    2004 California (10-2)

    1

  3. 3. Darryl Rogers

    1978 Michigan State (8-3)

    1

  4. 4. Pat Hill

    2004 Fresno State (9-3)

    0

  5. 5. Jim Sweeney

    1992 Fresno State (9-4)

    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. Jeff Tedford

    2004 California (10-2)

    8.0

  2. 2. Kalen DeBoer

    2024 Alabama (9-4)

    8.4

  3. 3. Darryl Rogers

    1978 Michigan State (8-3)

    9.2

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. Jim Sweeney

    1992 Fresno State (9-4)

    29 years

  2. 2. Jeff Tedford

    2004 California (10-2)

    22 years

  3. 3. Darryl Rogers

    1978 Michigan State (8-3)

    16 years

  4. 4. Pat Hill

    2004 Fresno State (9-3)

    15 years

  5. 5. Kalen DeBoer

    2024 Alabama (9-4)

    6 years

Results Table

Coach results table

7 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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JR Boone

10-24 • 1973-1975

Fresno State
334102429.4%-15.7
-6.7

1974 peak

7.017.830.4—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Tim DeRuyter

31-30 • 2011-2016

Fresno State, Texas A&M
661313050.8%-3.5
16.0

2011 peak

13.628.427.4—0
Balanced

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Jim Sweeney

169-134-4 • 1968-1996

Fresno State, Washington State
2730716913455.7%-0.3
10.2

1992 peak

6.531.230.6#190
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Pat Hill

112-80 • 1997-2011

Fresno State
151921128058.3%0.3
14.6

2004 peak

6.232.430.8#220
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Darryl Rogers

109-62-7 • 1969-1984

Arizona State, Fresno State +2
161781096263.2%6.9
21.8

1978 peak

9.230.722.3#61
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Jeff Tedford

127-79 • 2002-2023

California, Fresno State
162061277961.7%8.3
26.4

2004 peak

8.033.422.9#91
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Kalen DeBoer

57-17 • 2020-2025

Alabama, Fresno State +1
674571777.0%9.6
18.1

2024 peak

8.435.923.3#22
Offense-First

Volatile Builder

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