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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?
Chuck Fairbanks
Volatility: 15.61 • Average SRS: 13.92
58.9% win rate • 34.7 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.
Chuck Fairbanks coached 9 seasons, won 58.9%, and posted an average SRS of 13.9. Best season: 1971 Oklahoma. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Chuck Fairbanks
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Steadiest floor
Mike Sanford Jr
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.
1. Chuck Fairbanks
1971
2. Eddie Crowder
1971
3. Bill McCartney
1989
4. Bob Evans
1916
5. Fred Folsom
1904
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. Chuck Fairbanks
1971 Oklahoma (11-1)
2. Eddie Crowder
1971 Colorado (10-2)
3. Bill McCartney
1989 Colorado (11-1)
4. Bob Evans
1916 Colorado (1-5-1)
5. Fred Folsom
1904 Dartmouth (7-0-1)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Fred Folsom
1904 Dartmouth (7-0-1)
2. Myron Witham
1924 Colorado (8-1-1)
3. Everett Grandelius
1961 Colorado (9-2)
4. Bill McCartney
1989 Colorado (11-1)
5. Rick Neuheisel
1995 Colorado (10-2)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Chuck Fairbanks
1971 Oklahoma (11-1)
2. Bill McCartney
1989 Colorado (11-1)
3. Rick Neuheisel
1995 Colorado (10-2)
4. Gary Barnett
1995 Northwestern (10-2)
5. Eddie Crowder
1971 Colorado (10-2)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Dallas Ward
1956 Colorado (8-2-1)
2. Rick Neuheisel
1995 Colorado (10-2)
3. Bill McCartney
1989 Colorado (11-1)
4. Fred Folsom
1904 Dartmouth (7-0-1)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Bill Mallory
1976 Colorado (8-4)
2. Karl Dorrell
2004 UCLA (6-6)
3. William Saunders
1933 Colorado (7-2)
4. Rick Neuheisel
1995 Colorado (10-2)
5. Bunny Oakes
1937 Colorado (8-1)
Results Table
21 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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Chuck Fairbanks 59-41-1 • 1967-1981 | Colorado, Oklahoma | 9 | 101 | 59 | 41 | 58.9% | 13.9 | 34.7 1971 peak | 15.6 | 29.4 | 23.8 | #2 | 3 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Bill McCartney 93-55-5 • 1982-1994 | Colorado | 13 | 153 | 93 | 55 | 62.4% | 9.1 | 24.4 1989 peak | 11.1 | 32.7 | 22.4 | #1 | 3 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Eddie Crowder 67-49-2 • 1963-1973 | Colorado | 11 | 118 | 67 | 49 | 57.6% | 11.7 | 25.6 1971 peak | 8.8 | 36.3 | 18.9 | #3 | 1 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Rick Neuheisel 87-58 • 1995-2011 | Colorado, UCLA +1 | 12 | 145 | 87 | 58 | 60.0% | 7.7 | 20.0 1995 peak | 7.8 | 35.0 | 24.8 | #3 | 3 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Everett Grandelius 20-11 • 1959-1961 | Colorado | 3 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 64.5% | 7.1 | 13.4 1961 peak | 5.2 | — | — | #7 | 1 | Balanced Consistent Winner | |
Gary Barnett 84-83-1 • 1992-2005 | Colorado, Northwestern | 14 | 168 | 84 | 83 | 50.3% | 4.2 | 20.7 1995 peak | 7.9 | 33.1 | 27.2 | #8 | 2 | Offense-First Peak Dominator | |
Fred Folsom 74-19-5 • 1902-1915 | Colorado, Dartmouth | 13 | 98 | 74 | 19 | 78.1% | 0.3 | 22.9 1904 peak | 16.6 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Frank Potts 16-8-1 • 1940-1945 | Colorado | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 66.0% | 4.1 | 16.7 1944 peak | 8.9 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Mel Tucker 25-21 • 2019-2023 | Colorado, Michigan State | 5 | 46 | 25 | 21 | 54.4% | 0.5 | 11.1 2021 peak | 5.6 | 26.1 | 26.1 | #9 | 1 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Dan Hawkins 72-50 • 2001-2010 | Boise State, Colorado | 10 | 122 | 72 | 50 | 59.0% | 3.9 | 15.3 2004 peak | 6.8 | 32.2 | 27.4 | #12 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Bill Mallory 167-130-4 • 1969-1996 | Colorado, Indiana +2 | 27 | 301 | 167 | 130 | 56.1% | 2.2 | 17.7 1976 peak | 8.7 | 27.2 | 23.1 | #15 | 0 | Defense-First Longevity Coach | |
Dallas Ward 63-41-6 • 1948-1958 | Colorado | 11 | 110 | 63 | 41 | 60.0% | 2.9 | 10.5 1956 peak | 6.9 | — | — | #20 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Bob Evans 11-10-1 • 1916-1919 | Colorado, Stanford | 3 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 52.3% | 1.7 | 23.8 1916 peak | 22.9 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Karl Dorrell 43-42 • 2003-2022 | Colorado, UCLA | 8 | 85 | 43 | 42 | 50.6% | 2.7 | 11.8 2004 peak | 9.3 | 27.5 | 27.4 | #16 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Deion Sanders 16-21 • 2023-2025 | Colorado | 3 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 43.2% | 3.8 | 12.7 2024 peak | 6.4 | 28.5 | 29.1 | #25 | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
Myron Witham 63-26-7 • 1920-1931 | Colorado | 12 | 96 | 63 | 26 | 69.3% | -5.9 | 12.2 1924 peak | 11.3 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Jim Yeager 40-36-3 • 1937-1947 | Colorado, Iowa State | 9 | 79 | 40 | 36 | 52.5% | -6.9 | 6.7 1943 peak | 6.8 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Mike MacIntyre 58-89 • 2010-2024 | Colorado, Florida International +1 | 12 | 147 | 58 | 89 | 39.5% | -5.8 | 15.3 2016 peak | 10.1 | 25.6 | 31.9 | #17 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
William Saunders 49-36-9 • 1920-1938 | Colorado, Denver +2 | 12 | 94 | 49 | 36 | 56.9% | -12.5 | 0.9 1933 peak | 9.2 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Bunny Oakes 39-57-4 • 1931-1946 | Colorado, Montana +1 | 12 | 100 | 39 | 57 | 41.0% | -10.9 | 4.4 1937 peak | 12.2 | — | — | #17 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Mike Sanford Jr 10-22 • 2017-2022 | Colorado, Western Kentucky | 3 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 31.3% | -15.0 | -14.7 2022 peak | 0.2 | 22.5 | 35.6 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First |
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