Coaches Research Hub

College football coach records, rankings, and profiles.

Search any coach, jump to the record answer, then verify it with year-by-year rows, ranked-game splits, school impact, and comparisons.

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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.

Long Beach 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?

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

Mike Sheppard

Volatility: 7.58 • Average SRS: -13.52

26.9% win rate • -4.6 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

Mike Sheppard

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

Offense-FirstOffense-First

Mike Sheppard coached 8 seasons, won 26.9%, and posted an average SRS of -13.5. Best season: 1986 Long Beach State. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
7.58
Average SRS
-13.52
Career Win %
26.9%
Peak SRS
-4.6
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Wayne Howard

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    5.1 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Dave Currey

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    5.40 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. Wayne Howard

    1978

    5.1

  2. 2. Dave Currey

    1980

    1.2

  3. 3. Mike Sheppard

    1986

    -4.6

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. Wayne Howard

    1978 Utah (8-3)

    5.1

  2. 2. Dave Currey

    1980 Long Beach State (8-3)

    1.2

  3. 3. Mike Sheppard

    1986 Long Beach State (6-5)

    -4.6

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Wayne Howard

    1978 Utah (8-3)

    60.7%

  2. 2. Dave Currey

    1980 Long Beach State (8-3)

    45.0%

  3. 3. Mike Sheppard

    1986 Long Beach State (6-5)

    26.9%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Wayne Howard

    1978 Utah (8-3)

    0

  2. 2. Dave Currey

    1980 Long Beach State (8-3)

    0

  3. 3. Mike Sheppard

    1986 Long Beach State (6-5)

    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. Dave Currey

      1980 Long Beach State (8-3)

      12 years

    2. 2. Wayne Howard

      1978 Utah (8-3)

      8 years

    3. 3. Mike Sheppard

      1986 Long Beach State (6-5)

      8 years

    Results Table

    Coach results table

    3 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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    Mike Sheppard

    25-68 • 1984-1991

    Long Beach State, New Mexico
    		893256826.9%-13.5
    -4.6

    1986 peak

    		7.627.737.8—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Dave Currey

    59-72 • 1977-1988

    Cincinnati, Long Beach State
    		12131597245.0%-8.6
    1.2

    1980 peak

    		5.423.731.8—0
    Balanced

    Longevity Coach

    Wayne Howard

    53-34-2 • 1974-1981

    Long Beach State, Utah
    		889533460.7%-1.6
    5.1

    1978 peak

    		5.727.327.8—0
    Balanced

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