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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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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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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

Tom Lichtenberg

Volatility: 4.17 • Average SRS: -25.14

16.4% win rate • -19.7 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

Tom Lichtenberg

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

Defense-FirstDefense-First

Tom Lichtenberg coached 5 seasons, won 16.4%, and posted an average SRS of -25.1. Best season: 1992 Ohio. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
4.17
Average SRS
-25.14
Career Win %
16.4%
Peak SRS
-19.7
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Frank Solich

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    25.2 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Brian Knorr

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    2.27 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. Frank Solich

    1999

    25.2

  2. 2. Jim Grobe

    2006

    8.0

  3. 3. Bill Hess

    1962

    7.8

  4. 4. Tim Albin

    2024

    1.7

  5. 5. Brian Burke

    1979

    -0.5

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. Frank Solich

    1999 Nebraska (12-1)

    25.2

  2. 2. Jim Grobe

    2006 Wake Forest (11-3)

    8.0

  3. 3. Bill Hess

    1962 Ohio (8-3)

    7.8

  4. 4. Tim Albin

    2024 Ohio (11-3)

    1.7

  5. 5. Brian Burke

    1979 Ohio (6-5)

    -0.5

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Frank Solich

    1999 Nebraska (12-1)

    63.1%

  2. 2. Tim Albin

    2024 Ohio (11-3)

    53.8%

  3. 3. Jim Grobe

    2006 Wake Forest (11-3)

    49.2%

  4. 4. Bill Hess

    1962 Ohio (8-3)

    49.1%

  5. 5. Brian Burke

    1979 Ohio (6-5)

    47.7%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Frank Solich

    1999 Nebraska (12-1)

    3

  2. 2. Jim Grobe

    2006 Wake Forest (11-3)

    0

  3. 3. Bill Hess

    1962 Ohio (8-3)

    0

  4. 4. Tim Albin

    2024 Ohio (11-3)

    0

  5. 5. Brian Burke

    1979 Ohio (6-5)

    0

Stability

Stability shortcuts

Who stays in control year after year.

1 board

Most Consistent Winning Coaches

Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.

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  1. 1. Frank Solich

    1999 Nebraska (12-1)

    12.5

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. Frank Solich

    1999 Nebraska (12-1)

    23 years

  2. 2. Jim Grobe

    2006 Wake Forest (11-3)

    22 years

  3. 3. Bill Hess

    1962 Ohio (8-3)

    16 years

  4. 4. Brian Burke

    1979 Ohio (6-5)

    6 years

  5. 5. Tim Albin

    2024 Ohio (11-3)

    5 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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Tom Lichtenberg

8-45-2 • 1990-1994

Ohio
55584516.4%-25.1
-19.7

1992 peak

4.213.332.6—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Cleve Bryant

9-44-2 • 1985-1989

Ohio
55594418.2%-23.1
-20.6

1987 peak

2.417.835.5—0
Balanced

—

Brian Knorr

11-35 • 2001-2004

Ohio
446113523.9%-13.1
-9.4

2002 peak

2.324.937.1—0
Offense-First

Offense-First

Brian Burke

31-34-1 • 1979-1984

Ohio
666313447.7%-13.5
-0.5

1979 peak

7.319.627.4—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Tim Albin

35-30 • 2021-2025

Charlotte, Ohio
565353053.8%-8.7
1.7

2024 peak

8.323.430.4—0
Balanced

—

Bill Hess

80-83-3 • 1962-1977

Ohio
16166808349.1%-5.3
7.8

1962 peak

8.825.325.4#200
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Jim Grobe

117-121-1 • 1995-2016

Baylor, Ohio +1
2023911712149.2%-1.2
8.0

2006 peak

7.227.227.6#180
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Frank Solich

173-101 • 1998-2020

Nebraska, Ohio
2227417310163.1%0.5
25.2

1999 peak

12.528.227.5#33
Balanced

Peak Dominator

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