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Current Research Window

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

Search coach records and career stats

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.

Hawai'i

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?

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

Fred Vonappen

Volatility: 6.24 • Average SRS: -20.43

13.9% win rate • -12.1 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

Fred Vonappen

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

BalancedBalanced

Fred Vonappen coached 3 seasons, won 13.9%, and posted an average SRS of -20.4. Best season: 1997 Hawai'i. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
6.24
Average SRS
-20.43
Career Win %
13.9%
Peak SRS
-12.1
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Todd Graham

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    22.3 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Norm Chow

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    4.51 volatility

  3. Elite but volatile

    Dick Tomey

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

    9.65 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. Todd Graham

    2013

    22.3

  2. 2. Dick Tomey

    1993

    17.4

  3. 3. June Jones

    2006

    13.8

  4. 4. Greg McMackin

    2010

    7.4

  5. 5. Bob Wagner

    1989

    7.0

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. Todd Graham

    2013 Arizona State (10-4)

    22.3

  2. 2. Dick Tomey

    1993 Arizona (10-2)

    17.4

  3. 3. June Jones

    2006 Hawai'i (11-3)

    13.8

  4. 4. Greg McMackin

    2010 Hawai'i (10-4)

    7.4

  5. 5. Bob Wagner

    1989 Hawai'i (9-3-1)

    7.0

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Todd Graham

    2013 Arizona State (10-4)

    59.6%

  2. 2. June Jones

    2006 Hawai'i (11-3)

    57.1%

  3. 3. Dick Tomey

    1993 Arizona (10-2)

    55.7%

  4. 4. Greg McMackin

    2010 Hawai'i (10-4)

    54.7%

  5. 5. Bob Wagner

    1989 Hawai'i (9-3-1)

    54.1%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Dick Tomey

    1993 Arizona (10-2)

    2

  2. 2. Todd Graham

    2013 Arizona State (10-4)

    0

  3. 3. June Jones

    2006 Hawai'i (11-3)

    0

  4. 4. Bob Wagner

    1989 Hawai'i (9-3-1)

    0

  5. 5. Greg McMackin

    2010 Hawai'i (10-4)

    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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    Longevity

    Longevity shortcuts

    Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.

    1 board

    Longest Careers

    Big careers and long arcs.

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    1. 1. Dick Tomey

      1993 Arizona (10-2)

      33 years

    2. 2. Todd Graham

      2013 Arizona State (10-4)

      16 years

    3. 3. June Jones

      2006 Hawai'i (11-3)

      16 years

    4. 4. Bob Wagner

      1989 Hawai'i (9-3-1)

      9 years

    5. 5. Nick Rolovich

      2021 Washington State (4-3)

      6 years

    Results Table

    Coach results table

    10 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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    Fred Vonappen

    5-31 • 1996-1998

    Hawai'i
    		33653113.9%-20.4
    -12.1

    1997 peak

    		6.216.937.3—0
    Balanced

    —

    Norm Chow

    10-36 • 2012-2015

    Hawai'i
    		446103621.7%-16.6
    -11.7

    2014 peak

    		4.517.633.5—0
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

    Timmy Chang

    22-29 • 2022-2025

    Hawai'i
    		451222943.1%-11.8
    -3.3

    2025 peak

    		5.420.933.1—0
    Balanced

    —

    Larry Price

    15-18 • 1974-1976

    Hawai'i
    		333151845.5%-10.1
    -3.1

    1975 peak

    		9.018.224.4—0
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

    Nick Rolovich

    33-33 • 2016-2021

    Hawai'i, Washington State
    		666333350.0%-7.9
    4.5

    2021 peak

    		8.429.636.5—0
    Offense-First

    Volatile Builder

    Greg McMackin

    29-25 • 2008-2011

    Hawai'i
    		453292554.7%-5.2
    7.4

    2010 peak

    		7.430.430.8—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Bob Wagner

    58-49-3 • 1987-1995

    Hawai'i
    		9110584954.1%-2.7
    7.0

    1989 peak

    		7.633.334.7#200
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    June Jones

    112-84 • 1999-2014

    Hawai'i, SMU
    		161961128457.1%-4.3
    13.8

    2006 peak

    		8.431.934.7#190
    Offense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Todd Graham

    106-72 • 2006-2021

    Arizona State, Hawai'i +3
    		141781067259.6%3.3
    22.3

    2013 peak

    		8.632.729.7#120
    Offense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Dick Tomey

    183-145-7 • 1977-2009

    Arizona, Hawai'i +1
    		2933518314555.7%1.5
    17.4

    1993 peak

    		9.727.825.2#42
    Balanced

    Longevity Coach

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