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Summary and Filtering

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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?

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

Lou Holtz

Volatility: 12.75 • Average SRS: 10.99

65.1% win rate • 27.5 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

Lou Holtz

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Lou Holtz coached 33 seasons, won 65.1%, and posted an average SRS of 11.0. Best season: 1988 Notre Dame. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 6 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
12.75
Average SRS
10.99
Career Win %
65.1%
Peak SRS
27.5
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Lou Holtz

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    27.5 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Monte Kiffin

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    1.63 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. Lou Holtz

    1988

    27.5

  2. 2. Hunk Anderson

    1931

    23.8

  3. 3. Chuck Amato

    2002

    16.1

  4. 4. Earle Edwards

    1967

    15.9

  5. 5. Bo Rein

    1977

    13.8

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. Lou Holtz

    1988 Notre Dame (12-0)

    27.5

  2. 2. Hunk Anderson

    1931 Notre Dame (6-2-1)

    23.8

  3. 3. Chuck Amato

    2002 NC State (11-3)

    16.1

  4. 4. Earle Edwards

    1967 NC State (9-2)

    15.9

  5. 5. Bo Rein

    1977 NC State (8-4)

    13.8

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. William Fetzer

    1917 Davidson (6-4)

    67.2%

  2. 2. Dick Sheridan

    1992 NC State (9-3-1)

    65.6%

  3. 3. Lou Holtz

    1988 Notre Dame (12-0)

    65.1%

  4. 4. Dave Doeren

    2017 NC State (9-4)

    61.5%

  5. 5. Bo Rein

    1977 NC State (8-4)

    59.8%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Lou Holtz

    1988 Notre Dame (12-0)

    8

  2. 2. Bo Rein

    1977 NC State (8-4)

    0

  3. 3. Chuck Amato

    2002 NC State (11-3)

    0

  4. 4. Hunk Anderson

    1931 Notre Dame (6-2-1)

    0

  5. 5. Dave Doeren

    2017 NC State (9-4)

    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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  1. 1. William Fetzer

    1917 Davidson (6-4)

    6.0

  2. 2. Dave Doeren

    2017 NC State (9-4)

    6.8

  3. 3. Dick Sheridan

    1992 NC State (9-3-1)

    7.3

  4. 4. Lou Holtz

    1988 Notre Dame (12-0)

    12.8

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. Lou Holtz

    1988 Notre Dame (12-0)

    36 years

  2. 2. Earle Edwards

    1967 NC State (9-2)

    17 years

  3. 3. Tom OBrien

    2005 Boston College (9-3)

    16 years

  4. 4. Dave Doeren

    2017 NC State (9-4)

    15 years

  5. 5. Dick Sheridan

    1992 NC State (9-3-1)

    15 years

Results Table

Coach results table

15 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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Lou Holtz

249-132-7 • 1969-2004

Arkansas, Minnesota +4
3338824913265.1%11.0
27.5

1988 peak

12.834.120.5#18
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Bo Rein

27-18-1 • 1976-1979

NC State
446271859.8%10.0
13.8

1977 peak

4.530.118.8#180
Defense-First

Consistent Winner

Chuck Amato

49-37 • 2000-2006

NC State
786493757.0%6.7
16.1

2002 peak

6.132.024.6#120
Offense-First

Offense-First

Hunk Anderson

27-26-3 • 1931-1936

NC State, Notre Dame
656272650.9%6.7
23.8

1931 peak

12.6———0
Balanced

—

Dave Doeren

118-74 • 2011-2025

NC State, Northern Illinois
151921187461.5%4.2
13.7

2017 peak

6.830.724.1#200
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Dick Sheridan

82-42-4 • 1978-1992

Furman, NC State
11128824265.6%2.7
12.6

1992 peak

7.328.925.1#170
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Tom OBrien

115-80 • 1997-2012

Boston College, NC State
161951158059.0%4.0
13.4

2005 peak

7.030.124.9#180
Balanced

Longevity Coach

William Fetzer

61-28-7 • 1915-1925

Davidson, NC State +1
1196612867.2%0.1
11.2

1917 peak

6.0———0
Balanced

Program Stabilizer

Earle Edwards

77-88-8 • 1954-1970

NC State
17173778846.8%2.5
15.9

1967 peak

7.07.218.9#150
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Monte Kiffin

16-17 • 1980-1982

NC State
333161748.5%4.2
5.9

1980 peak

1.626.222.0—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Mike OCain

41-40 • 1993-1999

NC State
781414050.6%0.8
9.2

1997 peak

5.033.232.4#170
Offense-First

Program Stabilizer

Beattie Feathers

37-38-3 • 1944-1951

NC State
878373849.4%-0.2
11.9

1946 peak

6.7——#170
Balanced

—

Tom Reed

43-43-2 • 1978-1985

Miami (OH), NC State
888434350.0%-3.1
4.1

1979 peak

3.523.223.1—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Harry Hartsell

16-18-4 • 1917-1923

NC State
438161847.4%-4.4
4.9

1917 peak

6.3———0
Balanced

—

Gus Tebell

27-43-6 • 1925-1936

NC State, Virginia
876274339.5%-13.4
1.7

1927 peak

7.7———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

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