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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.

Yale

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

Carmen Cozza

Volatility: 7.42 • Average SRS: -6.01

74.5% win rate • 5.2 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

Carmen Cozza

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

Defense-FirstLongevity Coach

Carmen Cozza coached 17 seasons, won 74.5%, and posted an average SRS of -6.0. Best season: 1976 Yale. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
7.42
Average SRS
-6.01
Career Win %
74.5%
Peak SRS
5.2
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Howard Jones

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    35.3 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    John Pont

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    6.12 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. Howard Jones

    1931

    35.3

  2. 2. Tad Jones

    1916

    26.7

  3. 3. Howard Odell

    1946

    14.8

  4. 4. Jordan Olivar

    1948

    14.2

  5. 5. Mal Stevens

    1931

    12.9

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. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    35.3

  2. 2. Tad Jones

    1916 Yale (8-1)

    26.7

  3. 3. Howard Odell

    1946 Yale (7-1-1)

    14.8

  4. 4. Jordan Olivar

    1948 Villanova (8-2-1)

    14.2

  5. 5. Mal Stevens

    1931 Yale (5-1-2)

    12.9

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Walter Camp

    5 seasons

    97.1%

  2. 2. Carmen Cozza

    1976 Yale (8-1)

    74.5%

  3. 3. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    73.3%

  4. 4. Tad Jones

    1916 Yale (8-1)

    71.9%

  5. 5. Jordan Olivar

    1948 Villanova (8-2-1)

    63.2%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    3

  2. 2. John Pont

    1968 Indiana (6-4)

    1

  3. 3. Tad Jones

    1916 Yale (8-1)

    0

  4. 4. Howard Odell

    1946 Yale (7-1-1)

    0

  5. 5. Walter Camp

    5 seasons

    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. Tad Jones

    1916 Yale (8-1)

    7.6

  2. 2. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    11.8

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. Howard Jones

    1931 USC (10-1)

    33 years

  2. 2. Jordan Olivar

    1948 Villanova (8-2-1)

    20 years

  3. 3. Tad Jones

    1916 Yale (8-1)

    19 years

  4. 4. Carmen Cozza

    1976 Yale (8-1)

    17 years

  5. 5. John Pont

    1968 Indiana (6-4)

    16 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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Carmen Cozza

114-38-3 • 1965-1981

Yale
171551143874.5%-6.0
5.2

1976 peak

7.426.517.3—0
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Jordan Olivar

111-63-8 • 1943-1962

Loyola Marymount, Villanova +1
201821116363.2%-5.9
14.2

1948 peak

12.9——#140
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Mal Stevens

54-45-10 • 1928-1941

New York University, Yale
13109544554.1%-1.2
12.9

1931 peak

8.4———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

John Pont

63-101-3 • 1962-1977

Indiana, Miami (OH) +2
161676310138.6%-2.7
7.0

1968 peak

6.118.332.4#41
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Walter Camp

68-2 • 1888-1892

Yale
57068297.1%—
—

— peak

————0
Balanced

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Howard Odell

58-40-4 • 1942-1952

Washington, Yale
11102584058.8%3.0
14.8

1946 peak

7.7——#110
Balanced

Volatile Builder

Tad Jones

66-24-6 • 1909-1927

Syracuse, Yale
1196662471.9%15.0
26.7

1916 peak

7.6———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Howard Jones

194-64-21 • 1908-1940

Duke, Iowa +4
292791946473.3%16.1
35.3

1931 peak

11.8——#03
Balanced

Peak Dominator

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