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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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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.

UAB

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?

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

Neil Callaway

Volatility: 4.60 • Average SRS: -14.78

30.0% win rate • -8.1 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

Neil Callaway

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

Offense-FirstOffense-First

Neil Callaway coached 5 seasons, won 30.0%, and posted an average SRS of -14.8. Best season: 2009 UAB. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
4.60
Average SRS
-14.78
Career Win %
30.0%
Peak SRS
-8.1
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Bill Clark

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    4.1 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Trent Dilfer

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    1.27 volatility

  3. Elite but volatile

    Bryant Vincent

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

    7.72 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. Bill Clark

    2020

    4.1

  2. 2. Watson Brown

    1987

    0.0

  3. 3. Bryant Vincent

    2022

    -1.1

  4. 4. Neil Callaway

    2009

    -8.1

  5. 5. Trent Dilfer

    2024

    -11.6

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. Bill Clark

    2020 UAB (6-3)

    4.1

  2. 2. Watson Brown

    1987 Vanderbilt (4-7)

    0.0

  3. 3. Bryant Vincent

    2022 UAB (7-6)

    -1.1

  4. 4. Neil Callaway

    2009 UAB (5-7)

    -8.1

  5. 5. Trent Dilfer

    2024 UAB (3-9)

    -11.6

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Bill Clark

    2020 UAB (6-3)

    65.3%

  2. 2. Bryant Vincent

    2022 UAB (7-6)

    40.5%

  3. 3. Watson Brown

    1987 Vanderbilt (4-7)

    35.4%

  4. 4. Trent Dilfer

    2024 UAB (3-9)

    30.6%

  5. 5. Neil Callaway

    2009 UAB (5-7)

    30.0%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Bill Clark

    2020 UAB (6-3)

    0

  2. 2. Watson Brown

    1987 Vanderbilt (4-7)

    0

  3. 3. Bryant Vincent

    2022 UAB (7-6)

    0

  4. 4. Trent Dilfer

    2024 UAB (3-9)

    0

  5. 5. Neil Callaway

    2009 UAB (5-7)

    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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    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. Watson Brown

      1987 Vanderbilt (4-7)

      24 years

    2. 2. Bill Clark

      2020 UAB (6-3)

      8 years

    3. 3. Neil Callaway

      2009 UAB (5-7)

      5 years

    4. 4. Bryant Vincent

      2022 UAB (7-6)

      4 years

    5. 5. Trent Dilfer

      2024 UAB (3-9)

      3 years

    Results Table

    Coach results table

    5 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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    Neil Callaway

    18-42 • 2007-2011

    UAB
    		560184230.0%-14.8
    -8.1

    2009 peak

    		4.624.337.9—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Trent Dilfer

    11-25 • 2023-2025

    UAB
    		336112530.6%-13.4
    -11.6

    2024 peak

    		1.326.139.1—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Bryant Vincent

    15-22 • 2022-2025

    UAB, UL Monroe
    		337152240.5%-10.3
    -1.1

    2022 peak

    		7.719.631.2—0
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

    Watson Brown

    75-137-1 • 1983-2006

    Cincinnati, Rice +2
    		192137513735.4%-8.1
    0.0

    1987 peak

    		6.325.233.6—0
    Offense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Bill Clark

    49-26 • 2014-2021

    UAB
    		675492665.3%-2.5
    4.1

    2020 peak

    		6.225.023.6—0
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

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