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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?

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

Sonny Cumbie

Volatility: 5.46 • Average SRS: -9.38

38.2% win rate • -1.7 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

Sonny Cumbie

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

Offense-FirstOffense-First

Sonny Cumbie coached 5 seasons, won 38.2%, and posted an average SRS of -9.4. Best season: 2021 Texas Tech. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
5.46
Average SRS
-9.38
Career Win %
38.2%
Peak SRS
-1.7
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Sonny Dykes

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    16.7 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Maxie Lambright

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    3.00 volatility

  3. Elite but volatile

    Jack Bicknell

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

    9.42 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. Sonny Dykes

    2022

    16.7

  2. 2. Jack Bicknell

    1984

    16.6

  3. 3. Skip Holtz

    2014

    10.6

  4. 4. Billy Brewer

    1993

    8.2

  5. 5. Gary Crowton

    2001

    7.5

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. Sonny Dykes

    2022 TCU (13-2)

    16.7

  2. 2. Jack Bicknell

    1984 Boston College (10-2)

    16.6

  3. 3. Skip Holtz

    2014 Louisiana Tech (9-5)

    10.6

  4. 4. Billy Brewer

    1993 Ole Miss (5-6)

    8.2

  5. 5. Gary Crowton

    2001 BYU (12-2)

    7.5

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Maxie Lambright

    1975 Louisiana Tech (8-2)

    68.2%

  2. 2. Sonny Dykes

    2022 TCU (13-2)

    57.5%

  3. 3. Gary Crowton

    2001 BYU (12-2)

    56.6%

  4. 4. Skip Holtz

    2014 Louisiana Tech (9-5)

    54.6%

  5. 5. Billy Brewer

    1993 Ole Miss (5-6)

    52.0%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Sonny Dykes

    2022 TCU (13-2)

    1

  2. 2. Jack Bicknell

    1984 Boston College (10-2)

    1

  3. 3. Maxie Lambright

    1975 Louisiana Tech (8-2)

    0

  4. 4. Billy Brewer

    1993 Ole Miss (5-6)

    0

  5. 5. Gary Crowton

    2001 BYU (12-2)

    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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    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. Jack Bicknell

      1984 Boston College (10-2)

      26 years

    2. 2. Skip Holtz

      2014 Louisiana Tech (9-5)

      17 years

    3. 3. Sonny Dykes

      2022 TCU (13-2)

      16 years

    4. 4. Billy Brewer

      1993 Ole Miss (5-6)

      14 years

    5. 5. Gary Crowton

      2001 BYU (12-2)

      9 years

    Results Table

    Coach results table

    9 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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    Sonny Cumbie

    21-34 • 2021-2025

    Louisiana Tech, Texas Tech
    		555213438.2%-9.4
    -1.7

    2021 peak

    		5.525.632.7—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Joe Peace

    40-44-4 • 1988-1995

    Louisiana Tech
    		888404447.7%-9.1
    2.1

    1990 peak

    		8.223.831.6—0
    Balanced

    —

    Derek Dooley

    32-41 • 2007-2012

    Louisiana Tech, Tennessee
    		673324143.8%-2.2
    4.2

    2012 peak

    		6.827.126.6—0
    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

    Gary Crowton

    47-36 • 1996-2004

    BYU, Louisiana Tech
    		783473656.6%-1.9
    7.5

    2001 peak

    		6.235.336.1#250
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Billy Brewer

    75-69-4 • 1980-1993

    Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss
    		13148756952.0%0.7
    8.2

    1993 peak

    		6.224.623.4#160
    Defense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Maxie Lambright

    29-13-2 • 1975-1978

    Louisiana Tech
    		444291368.2%1.5
    5.8

    1975 peak

    		3.031.920.3—0
    Balanced

    —

    Jack Bicknell

    102-107-1 • 1981-2006

    Boston College, Louisiana Tech
    		1821010210748.8%-1.8
    16.6

    1984 peak

    		9.430.731.3#51
    Offense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Sonny Dykes

    107-79 • 2010-2025

    California, Louisiana Tech +2
    		151861077957.5%4.1
    16.7

    2022 peak

    		7.533.629.4#21
    Offense-First

    Longevity Coach

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