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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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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.

BYU

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?

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

LaVell Edwards

Volatility: 7.32 • Average SRS: 8.50

71.6% win rate • 22.2 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

LaVell Edwards

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

Offense-FirstPeak Dominator

LaVell Edwards coached 29 seasons, won 71.6%, and posted an average SRS of 8.5. Best season: 1979 BYU. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
7.32
Average SRS
8.50
Career Win %
71.6%
Peak SRS
22.2
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    LaVell Edwards

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    22.2 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    CJ Hart

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    2.67 volatility

  3. Elite but volatile

    Tommy Hudspeth

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

    11.18 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. LaVell Edwards

    1979

    22.2

  2. 2. Kalani Sitake

    2020

    19.6

  3. 3. Bronco Mendenhall

    2006

    19.5

  4. 4. Tommy Hudspeth

    1966

    9.6

  5. 5. Gary Crowton

    2001

    7.5

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. LaVell Edwards

    1979 BYU (11-1)

    22.2

  2. 2. Kalani Sitake

    2020 BYU (11-1)

    19.6

  3. 3. Bronco Mendenhall

    2006 BYU (11-2)

    19.5

  4. 4. Tommy Hudspeth

    1966 BYU (8-2)

    9.6

  5. 5. Gary Crowton

    2001 BYU (12-2)

    7.5

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. LaVell Edwards

    1979 BYU (11-1)

    71.6%

  2. 2. Kalani Sitake

    2020 BYU (11-1)

    65.1%

  3. 3. Bronco Mendenhall

    2006 BYU (11-2)

    60.6%

  4. 4. Ott Romney

    1924 Montana State (5-1-1)

    57.9%

  5. 5. Gary Crowton

    2001 BYU (12-2)

    56.6%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. LaVell Edwards

    1979 BYU (11-1)

    3

  2. 2. Kalani Sitake

    2020 BYU (11-1)

    0

  3. 3. Bronco Mendenhall

    2006 BYU (11-2)

    0

  4. 4. Gary Crowton

    2001 BYU (12-2)

    0

  5. 5. Tommy Hudspeth

    1966 BYU (8-2)

    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. Bronco Mendenhall

    2006 BYU (11-2)

    6.9

  2. 2. LaVell Edwards

    1979 BYU (11-1)

    7.3

  3. 3. Kalani Sitake

    2020 BYU (11-1)

    8.8

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. LaVell Edwards

    1979 BYU (11-1)

    29 years

  2. 2. Bronco Mendenhall

    2006 BYU (11-2)

    21 years

  3. 3. Ott Romney

    1924 Montana State (5-1-1)

    14 years

  4. 4. Edwin Kimball

    1937 BYU (6-3)

    12 years

  5. 5. Kalani Sitake

    2020 BYU (11-1)

    10 years

Results Table

Coach results table

12 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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LaVell Edwards

257-101-3 • 1972-2000

BYU
2936125710171.6%8.5
22.2

1979 peak

7.337.126.9#13
Offense-First

Peak Dominator

Kalani Sitake

84-45 • 2016-2025

BYU
10129844565.1%5.5
19.6

2020 peak

8.830.824.8#110
Balanced

Volatile Builder

Bronco Mendenhall

146-95 • 2005-2025

BYU, New Mexico +2
192411469560.6%4.6
19.5

2006 peak

6.930.824.4#120
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Gary Crowton

47-36 • 1996-2004

BYU, Louisiana Tech
783473656.6%-1.9
7.5

2001 peak

6.235.336.1#250
Offense-First

Offense-First

Tommy Hudspeth

39-53-1 • 1964-1973

BYU, UTEP
993395342.5%-3.5
9.6

1966 peak

11.221.432.7—0
Balanced

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Ott Romney

66-47-7 • 1923-1936

BYU, Montana State
14120664757.9%-13.5
-2.6

1924 peak

6.0———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Edwin Kimball

34-32-8 • 1937-1948

BYU
874343251.3%-14.3
-4.8

1937 peak

6.1———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Harold Kopp

13-14-3 • 1956-1958

BYU
330131448.3%-14.5
-3.8

1958 peak

9.1———0
Balanced

Volatile Builder

Hal Mitchell

8-22 • 1961-1963

BYU
33082226.7%-15.8
-4.4

1962 peak

8.8———0
Balanced

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Alvin Twitchell

5-13-1 • 1922-1924

BYU
31951328.9%-21.0
-6.6

1924 peak

13.4———0
Balanced

Volatile Builder

CJ Hart

6-12-2 • 1925-1927

BYU
32061235.0%-24.0
-20.2

1925 peak

2.7———0
Balanced

—

Charles Atkinson

18-49-3 • 1949-1955

BYU
770184927.9%-23.0
-14.0

1953 peak

6.8———0
Balanced

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