Coaches Research Hub

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.

Browse coachesCompare coaches

Answer Pages

Start with a leaderboard.

Fast answers, deeper profiles.

Career winsCollege football coaches by career winsWin percentageCollege football coaches by win percentageCareer qualityActive college football coaches rankedWin %College football coaches vs AP-ranked teamsWin %College football coaches vs AP Top 10 teamsNational titlesCollege football coaches by national titles

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.

1 school filter3+ seasons

9

Coaches in view

1786 indexed coaches available

76

Coach-seasons

12392 total coach-season rows

1/1

Page position

9 coaches in the current filtered result set

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.

Reset to recommendedClear all

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.

Western Michigan

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.

1 active filter are shaping the coach set now.

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

Jack Harbaugh

Volatility: 2.55 • Average SRS: -13.74

48.2% win rate • -10.5 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

Jack Harbaugh

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

Defense-FirstDefense-First

Jack Harbaugh coached 5 seasons, won 48.2%, and posted an average SRS of -13.7. Best season: 1985 Western Michigan. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
2.55
Average SRS
-13.74
Career Win %
48.2%
Peak SRS
-10.5
View coach profile

Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    PJ Fleck

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    15.2 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Jack Harbaugh

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    2.55 volatility

  3. Elite but volatile

    Gary Darnell

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

    9.91 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. PJ Fleck

    2019

    15.2

  2. 2. Gary Darnell

    1989

    10.2

  3. 3. Bill Doolittle

    1971

    4.4

  4. 4. Lance Taylor

    2025

    -0.1

  5. 5. Bill Cubit

    2011

    -1.0

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.

View

  1. 1. PJ Fleck

    2019 Minnesota (11-2)

    15.2

  2. 2. Gary Darnell

    1989 Florida (3-4)

    10.2

  3. 3. Bill Doolittle

    1971 Western Michigan (7-3)

    4.4

  4. 4. Lance Taylor

    2025 Western Michigan (10-4)

    -0.1

  5. 5. Bill Cubit

    2011 Western Michigan (7-6)

    -1.0

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

View

  1. 1. PJ Fleck

    2019 Minnesota (11-2)

    59.3%

  2. 2. Al Molde

    1995 Western Michigan (7-4)

    56.8%

  3. 3. Bill Doolittle

    1971 Western Michigan (7-3)

    54.1%

  4. 4. Tim Lester

    2017 Western Michigan (6-6)

    53.6%

  5. 5. Lance Taylor

    2025 Western Michigan (10-4)

    51.3%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

View

  1. 1. PJ Fleck

    2019 Minnesota (11-2)

    1

  2. 2. Gary Darnell

    1989 Florida (3-4)

    0

  3. 3. Bill Doolittle

    1971 Western Michigan (7-3)

    0

  4. 4. Bill Cubit

    2011 Western Michigan (7-6)

    0

  5. 5. Lance Taylor

    2025 Western Michigan (10-4)

    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.

View

    Longevity

    Longevity shortcuts

    Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.

    1 board

    Longest Careers

    Big careers and long arcs.

    View

    1. 1. Gary Darnell

      1989 Florida (3-4)

      16 years

    2. 2. Elliot Uzelac

      1979 Western Michigan (6-5)

      15 years

    3. 3. PJ Fleck

      2019 Minnesota (11-2)

      13 years

    4. 4. Bill Doolittle

      1971 Western Michigan (7-3)

      11 years

    5. 5. Bill Cubit

      2011 Western Michigan (7-6)

      11 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.

    Compare selected (0)
    9 filtered coachesSuccess vs Volatility activeSorted by Career Quality ascending
    Compare
    Jack Harbaugh

    25-27-3 • 1982-1986

    Western Michigan
    		555252748.2%-13.7
    -10.5

    1985 peak

    		2.518.322.8—0
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

    Elliot Uzelac

    46-64 • 1975-1989

    Navy, Western Michigan
    		10110466441.8%-8.3
    -1.7

    1979 peak

    		4.420.725.3—0
    Defense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Al Molde

    62-47-2 • 1987-1996

    Western Michigan
    		10111624756.8%-11.6
    -4.8

    1995 peak

    		3.822.927.8—0
    Defense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Tim Lester

    37-32 • 2017-2022

    Western Michigan
    		669373253.6%-8.0
    -4.4

    2017 peak

    		3.525.930.9—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Lance Taylor

    20-19 • 2023-2025

    Western Michigan
    		339201951.3%-7.4
    -0.1

    2025 peak

    		5.921.830.3—0
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

    Bill Cubit

    56-54 • 2005-2015

    Illinois, Western Michigan
    		9110565450.9%-6.4
    -1.0

    2011 peak

    		4.423.830.3—0
    Balanced

    —

    Bill Doolittle

    58-49-2 • 1964-1974

    Western Michigan
    		11109584954.1%-8.2
    4.4

    1971 peak

    		7.224.123.0—0
    Defense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Gary Darnell

    49-50 • 1989-2004

    Florida, Western Michigan
    		999495049.5%-5.2
    10.2

    1989 peak

    		9.930.632.6—0
    Offense-First

    Longevity Coach

    PJ Fleck

    96-66 • 2013-2025

    Minnesota, Western Michigan
    		13162966659.3%3.5
    15.2

    2019 peak

    		9.328.523.7#101
    Defense-First

    Volatile Builder

    Showing 1-9 of 9

    1