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Summary and Filtering

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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?

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

Jeff Horton

Volatility: 11.37 • Average SRS: -14.40

30.1% win rate • -3.4 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

Jeff Horton

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

Offense-FirstLongevity Coach

Jeff Horton coached 7 seasons, won 30.1%, and posted an average SRS of -14.4. Best season: 1993 Nevada. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
11.37
Average SRS
-14.40
Career Win %
30.1%
Peak SRS
-3.4
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Active chart outliers

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

4 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Chris Ault

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    13.0 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Jim Aiken

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

    2.36 avg SRS • 7.73 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    Brian Polian

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    4.16 volatility

  4. Elite but volatile

    Joseph Sheeketski

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

    9.69 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. Chris Ault

    2010

    13.0

  2. 2. Joseph Sheeketski

    1939

    12.6

  3. 3. Jim Aiken

    1948

    9.9

  4. 4. Jay Norvell

    2021

    6.3

  5. 5. Jeff Tisdel

    1996

    3.1

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. Chris Ault

    2010 Nevada (13-1)

    13.0

  2. 2. Joseph Sheeketski

    1939 Holy Cross (7-2)

    12.6

  3. 3. Jim Aiken

    1948 Oregon (9-2)

    9.9

  4. 4. Jay Norvell

    2021 Nevada (8-4)

    6.3

  5. 5. Jeff Tisdel

    1996 Nevada (9-3)

    3.1

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Chris Ault

    2010 Nevada (13-1)

    62.9%

  2. 2. Joseph Sheeketski

    1939 Holy Cross (7-2)

    57.0%

  3. 3. Jim Aiken

    1948 Oregon (9-2)

    56.0%

  4. 4. Jeff Tisdel

    1996 Nevada (9-3)

    51.1%

  5. 5. Jay Norvell

    2021 Nevada (8-4)

    47.2%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Jim Aiken

    1948 Oregon (9-2)

    1

  2. 2. Chris Ault

    2010 Nevada (13-1)

    0

  3. 3. Joseph Sheeketski

    1939 Holy Cross (7-2)

    0

  4. 4. Jeff Tisdel

    1996 Nevada (9-3)

    0

  5. 5. Jay Norvell

    2021 Nevada (8-4)

    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. Chris Ault

      2010 Nevada (13-1)

      21 years

    2. 2. Jeff Horton

      1993 Nevada (7-4)

      18 years

    3. 3. Joseph Sheeketski

      1939 Holy Cross (7-2)

      12 years

    4. 4. Jay Norvell

      2021 Nevada (8-4)

      9 years

    5. 5. Chris Tormey

      1996 Idaho (6-5)

      8 years

    Results Table

    Coach results table

    8 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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    Jeff Horton

    22-51 • 1993-2010

    Minnesota, Nevada +1
    		773225130.1%-14.4
    -3.4

    1993 peak

    		11.429.040.2—0
    Offense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Chris Tormey

    43-49 • 1996-2003

    Idaho, Nevada
    		892434946.7%-11.9
    -5.8

    1996 peak

    		5.430.238.5—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Brian Polian

    23-27 • 2013-2016

    Nevada
    		450232746.0%-8.2
    -2.1

    2014 peak

    		4.226.436.7—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Jay Norvell

    51-57 • 2017-2025

    Colorado State, Nevada
    		9108515747.2%-7.2
    6.3

    2021 peak

    		7.122.430.7—0
    Balanced

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    Jeff Tisdel

    23-22 • 1996-1999

    Nevada
    		445232251.1%-5.9
    3.1

    1996 peak

    		7.336.939.9—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Joseph Sheeketski

    39-29-3 • 1939-1950

    Holy Cross, Nevada
    		771392957.0%-1.0
    12.6

    1939 peak

    		9.7———0
    Balanced

    Longevity Coach

    Chris Ault

    95-56 • 1992-2012

    Nevada
    		12151955662.9%-2.0
    13.0

    2010 peak

    		7.533.534.3#110
    Offense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Jim Aiken

    28-22 • 1946-1950

    Nevada, Oregon
    		550282256.0%2.4
    9.9

    1948 peak

    		7.7——#91
    Balanced

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