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Summary and Filtering

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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?

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

Chuck Shelton

Volatility: 6.11 • Average SRS: -14.65

39.0% win rate • -3.9 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

Chuck Shelton

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

BalancedLongevity Coach

Chuck Shelton coached 19 seasons, won 39.0%, and posted an average SRS of -14.7. Best season: 1980 Drake. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
6.11
Average SRS
-14.65
Career Win %
39.0%
Peak SRS
-3.9
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Amos Alonzo Stagg

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    42.2 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Chuck Shelton

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    6.11 volatility

  3. Elite but volatile

    Bob Toledo

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

    14.95 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. Amos Alonzo Stagg

    1905

    42.2

  2. 2. Bob Toledo

    1997

    21.4

  3. 3. Walt Harris

    2002

    10.5

  4. 4. Doug Scovil

    1969

    6.1

  5. 5. Homer Smith

    1977

    2.7

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. Amos Alonzo Stagg

    1905 Chicago (11-0)

    42.2

  2. 2. Bob Toledo

    1997 UCLA (10-2)

    21.4

  3. 3. Walt Harris

    2002 Pittsburgh (9-4)

    10.5

  4. 4. Doug Scovil

    1969 Pacific (7-3)

    6.1

  5. 5. Homer Smith

    1977 Army (7-4)

    2.7

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Amos Alonzo Stagg

    1905 Chicago (11-0)

    68.3%

  2. 2. Doug Scovil

    1969 Pacific (7-3)

    47.0%

  3. 3. Chester Caddas

    1977 Pacific (6-5)

    46.4%

  4. 4. Walt Harris

    2002 Pittsburgh (9-4)

    44.8%

  5. 5. Bob Toledo

    1997 UCLA (10-2)

    43.3%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Bob Toledo

    1997 UCLA (10-2)

    2

  2. 2. Amos Alonzo Stagg

    1905 Chicago (11-0)

    0

  3. 3. Walt Harris

    2002 Pittsburgh (9-4)

    0

  4. 4. Doug Scovil

    1969 Pacific (7-3)

    0

  5. 5. Chester Caddas

    1977 Pacific (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. Amos Alonzo Stagg

    1905 Chicago (11-0)

    11.5

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. Amos Alonzo Stagg

    1905 Chicago (11-0)

    53 years

  2. 2. Bob Toledo

    1997 UCLA (10-2)

    33 years

  3. 3. Doug Scovil

    1969 Pacific (7-3)

    20 years

  4. 4. Chuck Shelton

    1980 Drake (8-3)

    19 years

  5. 5. Walt Harris

    2002 Pittsburgh (9-4)

    18 years

Results Table

Coach results table

7 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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Chuck Shelton

81-127-1 • 1977-1995

Drake, Pacific +1
192098112739.0%-14.7
-3.9

1980 peak

6.121.734.2—0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Homer Smith

53-71-1 • 1965-1978

Army, Davidson +1
12125537142.8%-12.8
2.7

1977 peak

8.819.829.7—0
Defense-First

Volatile Builder

Chester Caddas

38-44-2 • 1972-1981

Colorado State, Pacific
884384446.4%-8.3
1.5

1977 peak

7.821.628.8—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Doug Scovil

45-51-3 • 1966-1985

Pacific, San Diego State
999455147.0%-2.2
6.1

1969 peak

8.530.929.1—0
Offense-First

Volatile Builder

Walt Harris

69-85 • 1989-2006

Pacific, Pittsburgh +1
13154698544.8%-2.1
10.5

2002 peak

9.430.430.9#190
Offense-First

Volatile Builder

Bob Toledo

78-102 • 1979-2011

Pacific, Tulane +1
161807810243.3%-3.8
21.4

1997 peak

14.928.832.0#52
Offense-First

Peak Dominator

Amos Alonzo Stagg

282-123-29 • 1891-1943

Chicago, Pacific +1
4343428212368.3%10.9
42.2

1905 peak

11.5——#190
Balanced

Volatile Builder

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