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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

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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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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.

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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?

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

Terry Bowden

Volatility: 12.95 • Average SRS: -3.93

49.2% win rate • 17.1 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

Terry Bowden

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

BalancedLongevity Coach

Terry Bowden coached 16 seasons, won 49.2%, and posted an average SRS of -3.9. Best season: 1997 Auburn. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
12.95
Average SRS
-3.93
Career Win %
49.2%
Peak SRS
17.1
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Active chart outliers

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

4 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Joe Moorhead

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    19.8 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Terry Bowden

    High average strength without the season-to-season swing.

    -3.93 avg SRS • 12.95 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    JD Brookhart

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    4.43 volatility

  4. Elite but volatile

    Gerry Faust

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

    15.07 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. Joe Moorhead

    2018

    19.8

  2. 2. Terry Bowden

    1997

    17.1

  3. 3. Gerry Faust

    1981

    13.6

  4. 4. JD Brookhart

    2005

    -6.3

  5. 5. Lee Owens

    2000

    -6.6

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. Joe Moorhead

    2018 Mississippi State (8-5)

    19.8

  2. 2. Terry Bowden

    1997 Auburn (10-3)

    17.1

  3. 3. Gerry Faust

    1981 Notre Dame (5-6)

    13.6

  4. 4. JD Brookhart

    2005 Akron (7-6)

    -6.3

  5. 5. Lee Owens

    2000 Akron (6-5)

    -6.6

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Terry Bowden

    1997 Auburn (10-3)

    49.2%

  2. 2. Gerry Faust

    1981 Notre Dame (5-6)

    46.9%

  3. 3. JD Brookhart

    2005 Akron (7-6)

    41.7%

  4. 4. Lee Owens

    2000 Akron (6-5)

    39.6%

  5. 5. Joe Moorhead

    2018 Mississippi State (8-5)

    36.5%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Lee Owens

    2000 Akron (6-5)

    9

  2. 2. JD Brookhart

    2005 Akron (7-6)

    6

  3. 3. Terry Bowden

    1997 Auburn (10-3)

    2

  4. 4. Gerry Faust

    1981 Notre Dame (5-6)

    0

  5. 5. Joe Moorhead

    2018 Mississippi State (8-5)

    0

Stability

Stability shortcuts

Who stays in control year after year.

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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. Terry Bowden

      1997 Auburn (10-3)

      31 years

    2. 2. Gerry Faust

      1981 Notre Dame (5-6)

      14 years

    3. 3. Lee Owens

      2000 Akron (6-5)

      9 years

    4. 4. Joe Moorhead

      2018 Mississippi State (8-5)

      8 years

    5. 5. JD Brookhart

      2005 Akron (7-6)

      6 years

    Results Table

    Coach results table

    6 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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    Terry Bowden

    92-95-1 • 1993-2023

    Akron, Auburn +1
    		16188929549.2%-3.9
    17.1

    1997 peak

    		12.926.229.5#42
    Balanced

    Longevity Coach

    Gerry Faust

    66-75-4 • 1981-1994

    Akron, Notre Dame
    		13145667546.9%-5.0
    13.6

    1981 peak

    		15.124.926.9—0
    Defense-First

    Longevity Coach

    Joe Moorhead

    27-47 • 2018-2025

    Akron, Mississippi State
    		674274736.5%-6.4
    19.8

    2018 peak

    		14.321.328.6—0
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

    JD Brookhart

    30-42 • 2004-2009

    Akron
    		672304241.7%-11.9
    -6.3

    2005 peak

    		4.421.631.1#06
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

    Lee Owens

    40-61 • 1995-2003

    Akron
    		9101406139.6%-13.2
    -6.6

    2000 peak

    		5.628.138.7#09
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Tom Arth

    3-24 • 2019-2021

    Akron
    		32732411.1%-28.6
    -22.6

    2021 peak

    		6.014.038.5—0
    Balanced

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