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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?

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

Tom Osborne

Volatility: 4.49 • Average SRS: 24.22

83.5% win rate • 34.6 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

Tom Osborne

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Tom Osborne coached 25 seasons, won 83.5%, and posted an average SRS of 24.2. Best season: 1995 Nebraska. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
4.49
Average SRS
24.22
Career Win %
83.5%
Peak SRS
34.6
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Bob Devaney

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    37.9 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Tom Osborne

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

    24.22 avg SRS • 4.49 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    Bo Pelini

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    3.87 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. Bob Devaney

    1971

    37.9

  2. 2. Tom Osborne

    1995

    34.6

  3. 3. Fred Dawson

    1921

    31.0

  4. 4. Dana Bible

    1941

    28.8

  5. 5. Frank Solich

    1999

    25.2

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. Bob Devaney

    1971 Nebraska (13-0)

    37.9

  2. 2. Tom Osborne

    1995 Nebraska (12-0)

    34.6

  3. 3. Fred Dawson

    1921 Nebraska (7-1)

    31.0

  4. 4. Dana Bible

    1941 Texas (8-1-1)

    28.8

  5. 5. Frank Solich

    1999 Nebraska (12-1)

    25.2

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Walter Booth

    1905 Nebraska (8-2)

    84.5%

  2. 2. Tom Osborne

    1995 Nebraska (12-0)

    83.5%

  3. 3. Bob Devaney

    1971 Nebraska (13-0)

    80.6%

  4. 4. King Cole

    1910 Nebraska (7-1)

    73.6%

  5. 5. Jumbo Stiehm

    1915 Nebraska (8-0)

    72.2%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Tom Osborne

    1995 Nebraska (12-0)

    18

  2. 2. Bob Devaney

    1971 Nebraska (13-0)

    7

  3. 3. Dana Bible

    1941 Texas (8-1-1)

    3

  4. 4. Frank Solich

    1999 Nebraska (12-1)

    3

  5. 5. Biff Jones

    1926 Army (7-1-1)

    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. Bo Pelini

    2010 Nebraska (10-4)

    3.9

  2. 2. Tom Osborne

    1995 Nebraska (12-0)

    4.5

  3. 3. Biff Jones

    1926 Army (7-1-1)

    5.2

  4. 4. Walter Booth

    1905 Nebraska (8-2)

    6.3

  5. 5. Dana Bible

    1941 Texas (8-1-1)

    8.8

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. Dana Bible

    1941 Texas (8-1-1)

    32 years

  2. 2. Potsy Clark

    1923 Kansas (5-0-3)

    28 years

  3. 3. Tom Osborne

    1995 Nebraska (12-0)

    25 years

  4. 4. Frank Solich

    1999 Nebraska (12-1)

    23 years

  5. 5. Mike Riley

    2012 Oregon State (9-4)

    21 years

Results Table

Coach results table

22 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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Tom Osborne

255-49-3 • 1973-1997

Nebraska
253072554983.5%24.2
34.6

1995 peak

4.542.517.9#118
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Bob Devaney

136-30-7 • 1957-1972

Nebraska, Wyoming
161731363080.6%15.2
37.9

1971 peak

12.144.813.2#17
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Dana Bible

190-69-22 • 1915-1946

LSU, Mississippi College +3
312811906971.5%9.1
28.8

1941 peak

8.8——#43
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Biff Jones

87-33-15 • 1926-1941

Army, LSU +2
14135873370.0%10.2
20.2

1926 peak

5.2——#71
Balanced

Consistent Winner

Walter Booth

46-8-1 • 1900-1905

Nebraska
65546884.5%11.1
21.5

1905 peak

6.3———0
Balanced

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Jumbo Stiehm

55-20-4 • 1911-1921

Indiana, Nebraska
1179552072.2%12.1
24.4

1915 peak

10.9———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Frank Solich

173-101 • 1998-2020

Nebraska, Ohio
2227417310163.1%0.5
25.2

1999 peak

12.528.227.5#33
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Bo Pelini

67-27 • 2003-2014

Nebraska
894672771.3%11.0
16.7

2010 peak

3.933.318.2#140
Balanced

Consistent Winner

Ernest Bearg

27-13-3 • 1925-1935

Nebraska, Washburn
543271366.3%8.1
17.4

1925 peak

9.2———0
Balanced

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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

Scott Frost

40-45 • 2016-2025

Nebraska, UCF
885404547.1%3.8
20.7

2017 peak

7.030.125.2#61
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Edward Stewart

41-23-5 • 1916-1926

Clemson, Nebraska +1
869412363.0%3.7
21.2

1917 peak

10.9———0
Balanced

Volatile Builder

King Cole

25-8-3 • 1907-1910

Nebraska
43625873.6%2.4
9.8

1910 peak

5.2———0
Balanced

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Mike Riley

112-99 • 1997-2017

Nebraska, Oregon State
172111129953.1%6.6
14.9

2012 peak

6.132.124.9#180
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Bill Callahan

27-22 • 2004-2007

Nebraska
449272255.1%5.2
11.2

2006 peak

4.531.523.2#240
Balanced

Consistent Winner

Matt Rhule

66-62 • 2013-2025

Baylor, Nebraska +1
10128666251.6%2.8
14.7

2019 peak

6.726.422.5#130
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Henry Schulte

24-20-5 • 1914-1920

Missouri, Nebraska
649242054.1%1.8
14.9

1919 peak

8.9———0
Balanced

Volatile Builder

Fred Dawson

45-40-7 • 1921-1933

Denver, Nebraska +1
1192454052.7%-2.3
31.0

1921 peak

20.1———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Potsy Clark

22-30-6 • 1921-1948

Kansas, Nebraska
758223043.1%1.6
12.9

1923 peak

8.1———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

William Glassford

30-35-4 • 1949-1955

Nebraska
769303546.4%0.3
6.9

1950 peak

5.5——#170
Balanced

Program Stabilizer

William Kline

20-11-3 • 1918-1922

Florida, Nebraska
434201163.2%-7.3
5.4

1922 peak

10.8———0
Balanced

Volatile Builder

William Jennings

15-34-1 • 1957-1961

Nebraska
550153431.0%-3.1
3.0

1960 peak

6.7———0
Balanced

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