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Summary and Filtering

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Coach Identity

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Time and Sample

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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?

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

Ray Eliot

Volatility: 6.38 • Average SRS: 13.35

53.0% win rate • 29.3 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

Ray Eliot

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Ray Eliot coached 18 seasons, won 53.0%, and posted an average SRS of 13.3. Best season: 1946 Illinois. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
6.38
Average SRS
13.35
Career Win %
53.0%
Peak SRS
29.3
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Active chart outliers

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

4 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Robert Zuppke

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    36.4 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Ray Eliot

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

    13.35 avg SRS • 6.38 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    George Huff

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    1.93 volatility

  4. Elite but volatile

    Gary Moeller

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

    13.26 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. Robert Zuppke

    1914

    36.4

  2. 2. Ray Eliot

    1946

    29.3

  3. 3. Gary Moeller

    1991

    23.2

  4. 4. George Woodruff

    1897

    23.2

  5. 5. Bret Bielema

    2011

    23.1

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.

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Highest Peak SRS

Single-season ceiling leaders.

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  1. 1. Robert Zuppke

    1914 Illinois (7-0)

    36.4

  2. 2. Ray Eliot

    1946 Illinois (8-2)

    29.3

  3. 3. Gary Moeller

    1991 Michigan (10-2)

    23.2

  4. 4. George Woodruff

    1897 Pennsylvania (15-0)

    23.2

  5. 5. Bret Bielema

    2011 Wisconsin (11-3)

    23.1

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. George Woodruff

    1897 Pennsylvania (15-0)

    80.3%

  2. 2. Arthur Hall

    1908 Illinois (5-1-1)

    71.3%

  3. 3. Bret Bielema

    2011 Wisconsin (11-3)

    61.5%

  4. 4. Robert Zuppke

    1914 Illinois (7-0)

    61.2%

  5. 5. Bob Blackman

    1970 Dartmouth (9-0)

    60.5%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Ray Eliot

    1946 Illinois (8-2)

    3

  2. 2. Bret Bielema

    2011 Wisconsin (11-3)

    3

  3. 3. Gary Moeller

    1991 Michigan (10-2)

    3

  4. 4. Mike White

    1975 California (8-3)

    1

  5. 5. John Mackovic

    1996 Texas (8-5)

    1

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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  1. 1. Bret Bielema

    2011 Wisconsin (11-3)

    7.8

  2. 2. George Woodruff

    1897 Pennsylvania (15-0)

    9.2

  3. 3. Robert Zuppke

    1914 Illinois (7-0)

    9.8

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. George Woodruff

    1897 Pennsylvania (15-0)

    36 years

  2. 2. Robert Zuppke

    1914 Illinois (7-0)

    29 years

  3. 3. Bob Blackman

    1970 Dartmouth (9-0)

    29 years

  4. 4. John Mackovic

    1996 Texas (8-5)

    26 years

  5. 5. Ron Turner

    1999 Illinois (8-4)

    25 years

Results Table

Coach results table

18 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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Ray Eliot

83-73-11 • 1942-1959

Illinois
18167837353.0%13.3
29.3

1946 peak

6.4——#43
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Bret Bielema

134-84 • 2006-2025

Arkansas, Illinois +1
172181348461.5%8.7
23.1

2011 peak

7.832.821.7#73
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Gary Moeller

50-37-6 • 1977-1994

Illinois, Michigan
893503757.0%10.6
23.2

1991 peak

13.331.622.0#53
Balanced

Peak Dominator

George Woodruff

172-41-3 • 1892-1927

Carlisle, Georgia +2
172161724180.3%9.6
23.2

1897 peak

9.2———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Robert Zuppke

131-81-12 • 1913-1941

Illinois
292241318161.2%11.4
36.4

1914 peak

9.8———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Mike White

81-72-4 • 1972-1987

California, Illinois
14157817252.9%6.4
15.3

1975 peak

6.331.326.7#101
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

John Mackovic

95-82-3 • 1978-2003

Arizona, Illinois +2
16180958253.6%3.4
16.2

1996 peak

7.831.526.8#101
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Arthur Hall

27-10-3 • 1907-1912

Illinois
640271071.3%7.5
13.9

1908 peak

4.8———0
Balanced

Consistent Winner

Pete Elliott

56-72-1 • 1956-1974

California, Illinois +2
13129567243.8%6.0
18.9

1965 peak

8.423.617.3#31
Defense-First

Volatile Builder

Lou Tepper

25-30-2 • 1992-1996

Illinois
557253045.6%5.8
19.5

1994 peak

8.327.021.5—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Ron Zook

57-65 • 2002-2011

Florida, Illinois
10122576546.7%3.5
13.3

2004 peak

8.230.924.1#200
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Bob Blackman

164-106-7 • 1953-1981

Cornell, Dartmouth +2
2927716410660.5%-6.1
10.5

1970 peak

9.623.923.1#140
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

George Huff

21-16-3 • 1895-1899

Illinois
540211656.3%-7.1
-4.6

1898 peak

1.9———0
Balanced

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Ron Turner

52-91 • 1992-2016

Florida International, Illinois +1
13143529136.4%-7.0
14.3

1999 peak

12.025.934.3#120
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Bill Cubit

56-54 • 2005-2015

Illinois, Western Michigan
9110565450.9%-6.4
-1.0

2011 peak

4.423.830.3—0
Balanced

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James Valek

8-32 • 1967-1970

Illinois
44083220.0%-5.5
0.7

1970 peak

6.323.531.2—0
Balanced

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Tim Beckman

25-37 • 2009-2014

Illinois, Toledo
562253740.3%-9.1
-3.4

2013 peak

5.527.131.7—0
Offense-First

Offense-First

Lovie Smith

17-39 • 2016-2020

Illinois
556173930.4%-8.0
-0.4

2019 peak

4.024.330.6—0
Balanced

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