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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
Coach search stays primary, then school, archetype, time span, and quality sharpen the rankings. The recommended starting point is 3+ seasons.
Primary Discovery
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.
Start with the simplest question: who paired real strength with a repeatable week-to-week shape?
Frank Leahy
Volatility: 9.13 • Average SRS: 22.65
86.4% win rate • 38.3 peak 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
This is the clearest first-pass view for peak versus stability. It is the best place to start browsing.
Frank Leahy is currently highlighted in the success vs volatility view.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Red Blaik
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Most consistent elite coach
Tom Osborne
High average strength without the season-to-season swing.
Steadiest floor
Pete Reynolds
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Chuck Fairbanks
Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.
Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.
1. Harry Hughes
1916
2. Red Blaik
1945
3. Nelson Norgren
1916
4. Henry Williams
1905
5. Amos Alonzo Stagg
1905
Supporting Insights
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
The fastest path into peak and results leaders.
Single-season ceiling leaders.
1. Harry Hughes
1916 Colorado State (6-0-1)
2. Red Blaik
1945 Army (9-0)
3. Nelson Norgren
1916 Utah (3-2)
4. Henry Williams
1905 Minnesota (10-1)
5. Amos Alonzo Stagg
1905 Chicago (11-0)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Walter Camp
5 seasons
2. Curt Cignetti
2025 Indiana (16-0)
3. Knute Rockne
1924 Notre Dame (10-0)
4. Ryan Day
2019 Ohio State (13-1)
5. Frank Leahy
1946 Notre Dame (8-0-1)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Bear Bryant
1971 Alabama (11-1)
2. Joe Paterno
1994 Penn State (12-0)
3. Tom Osborne
1995 Nebraska (12-0)
4. Nick Saban
2016 Alabama (14-1)
5. Bo Schembechler
1973 Michigan (10-0-1)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Parke Davis
1897 Lafayette (9-2-1)
2. Manny Diaz
2025 Duke (9-5)
3. Ryan Silverfield
2022 Memphis (7-6)
4. Lloyd Carr
1997 Michigan (12-0)
5. Elmer Layden
1938 Notre Dame (8-1)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. John Anderson
1976 Brown (8-1)
2. Paul Davis
1963 Mississippi State (7-2-2)
3. Amos Alonzo Stagg
1905 Chicago (11-0)
4. George Barclay
1951 Washington and Lee (6-4)
5. Joe Paterno
1994 Penn State (12-0)
Results Table
1271 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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Shane Beamer 33-30 • 2021-2025 | South Carolina | 5 | 63 | 33 | 30 | 52.4% | 5.7 | 15.8 2024 peak | 5.4 | 29.4 | 22.2 | #19 | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Barry Odom 47-43 • 2016-2025 | Missouri, Purdue +1 | 7 | 90 | 47 | 43 | 52.2% | 4.5 | 18.9 2018 peak | 6.9 | 31.3 | 26.1 | #23 | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
Sonny Lubick 108-74 • 1993-2007 | Colorado State | 15 | 182 | 108 | 74 | 59.3% | 2.6 | 16.2 1997 peak | 6.1 | 33.4 | 28.7 | #14 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Bill Dooley 161-127-5 • 1967-1992 | North Carolina, Virginia Tech +1 | 26 | 293 | 161 | 127 | 55.8% | 3.1 | 18.5 1977 peak | 7.5 | 25.8 | 23.9 | #12 | 0 | Defense-First Longevity Coach | |
DC Walker 77-51-6 • 1937-1950 | Wake Forest | 14 | 134 | 77 | 51 | 59.7% | 3.0 | 13.8 1946 peak | 8.5 | — | — | #19 | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Howard Odell 58-40-4 • 1942-1952 | Washington, Yale | 11 | 102 | 58 | 40 | 58.8% | 3.0 | 14.8 1946 peak | 7.7 | — | — | #11 | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Charlie Strong 74-53 • 2004-2019 | Florida, Louisville +2 | 11 | 127 | 74 | 53 | 58.3% | 3.3 | 13.3 2004 peak | 7.2 | 31.2 | 22.9 | #13 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Bob DeMoss 13-18 • 1970-1972 | Purdue | 3 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 41.9% | 10.7 | 14.3 1972 peak | 3.3 | 25.7 | 19.7 | — | 0 | Defense-First Consistent Winner | |
Mike Sherman 25-25 • 2008-2011 | Texas A&M | 4 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 50.0% | 6.5 | 16.0 2011 peak | 9.0 | 34.1 | 24.6 | #19 | 0 | Offense-First Volatile Builder | |
Jim Leavitt 75-44 • 2000-2009 | South Florida | 10 | 119 | 75 | 44 | 63.0% | 0.4 | 17.3 2007 peak | 11.3 | 26.8 | 25.2 | — | 0 | Defense-First Volatile Builder | |
Terry Bowden 92-95-1 • 1993-2023 | Akron, Auburn +1 | 16 | 188 | 92 | 95 | 49.2% | -3.9 | 17.1 1997 peak | 12.9 | 26.2 | 29.5 | #4 | 2 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Doyt Perry 24-4-1 • 1962-1964 | Bowling Green | 3 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 84.5% | 1.0 | 5.3 1962 peak | 6.0 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
WA Cunningham 43-18-9 • 1910-1919 | Georgia | 8 | 70 | 43 | 18 | 67.9% | 0.9 | 11.4 1915 peak | 7.5 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Jack Elway 60-49-3 • 1979-1988 | San José State, Stanford | 10 | 112 | 60 | 49 | 54.9% | 3.8 | 14.8 1986 peak | 5.5 | 31.6 | 27.8 | — | 0 | Offense-First Program Stabilizer | |
Bill Lewis 44-45-2 • 1977-1993 | East Carolina, Georgia Tech +1 | 8 | 91 | 44 | 45 | 49.5% | -0.5 | 8.5 1991 peak | 4.8 | 28.0 | 29.1 | #9 | 1 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Jim Carmody 37-29 • 1982-1987 | Southern Miss | 6 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 56.1% | 3.4 | 14.7 1982 peak | 7.9 | 25.4 | 25.5 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Jack Ryder 19-17-2 • 1892-1895 | Ohio State | 4 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 52.6% | — | — — peak | — | — | — | #0 | 4 | Balanced — | |
Bill Callahan 27-22 • 2004-2007 | Nebraska | 4 | 49 | 27 | 22 | 55.1% | 5.2 | 11.2 2006 peak | 4.5 | 31.5 | 23.2 | #24 | 0 | Balanced Consistent Winner | |
Harvey Harman 79-60-3 • 1931-1955 | Pennsylvania, Rutgers | 17 | 142 | 79 | 60 | 56.7% | -3.5 | 8.0 1936 peak | 8.8 | — | — | #10 | 1 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Samuel Newton 76-50-2 • 1896-1911 | Lafayette, Lehigh +1 | 12 | 128 | 76 | 50 | 60.2% | 1.9 | 14.2 1899 peak | 12.2 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Bob Toledo 78-102 • 1979-2011 | Pacific, Tulane +1 | 16 | 180 | 78 | 102 | 43.3% | -3.8 | 21.4 1997 peak | 14.9 | 28.8 | 32.0 | #5 | 2 | Offense-First Peak Dominator | |
Spike Dykes 82-67-1 • 1986-1999 | Texas Tech | 14 | 150 | 82 | 67 | 55.0% | 4.3 | 12.8 1996 peak | 4.9 | 34.1 | 29.5 | #19 | 0 | Offense-First Program Stabilizer | |
Henry Miller 20-5-3 • 1930-1932 | Temple | 3 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 76.8% | 0.4 | 6.6 1931 peak | 4.5 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Joe Morrison 101-72-7 • 1973-1988 | Chattanooga, New Mexico +1 | 16 | 180 | 101 | 72 | 58.1% | -0.4 | 24.1 1987 peak | 10.4 | 28.2 | 26.6 | #11 | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Justin Fuente 69-54 • 2012-2021 | Memphis, Virginia Tech | 10 | 123 | 69 | 54 | 56.1% | 3.0 | 15.0 2016 peak | 9.4 | 27.8 | 24.2 | #16 | 0 | Defense-First Volatile Builder |