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Search any coach, jump to the record answer, then verify it with year-by-year rows, ranked-game splits, school impact, and comparisons.
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Current Research Window
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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12 coaches in the current filtered result set
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?
Hayden Fry
Volatility: 8.27 • Average SRS: 6.10
56.0% win rate • 17.7 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.
Hayden Fry coached 37 seasons, won 56.0%, and posted an average SRS of 6.1. Best season: 1985 Iowa. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Hayden Fry
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Most consistent elite coach
Bob Tyler
High average strength without the season-to-season swing.
Steadiest floor
Jerry Moore
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Rod Rust
Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.
Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.
1. Hayden Fry
1985
2. Bob Tyler
1974
3. Rod Rust
1967
4. Odus Mitchell
1966
5. Dan McCarney
2005
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. Hayden Fry
1985 Iowa (10-2)
2. Bob Tyler
1974 Mississippi State (9-3)
3. Rod Rust
1967 North Texas (7-1-1)
4. Odus Mitchell
1966 North Texas (8-2)
5. Dan McCarney
2005 Iowa State (7-5)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Eric Morris
2025 North Texas (12-2)
2. Hayden Fry
1985 Iowa (10-2)
3. Bob Tyler
1974 Mississippi State (9-3)
4. Odus Mitchell
1966 North Texas (8-2)
5. Seth Littrell
2018 North Texas (9-4)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Hayden Fry
1985 Iowa (10-2)
2. Bob Tyler
1974 Mississippi State (9-3)
3. Eric Morris
2025 North Texas (12-2)
4. Odus Mitchell
1966 North Texas (8-2)
5. Rod Rust
1967 North Texas (7-1-1)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Hayden Fry
1985 Iowa (10-2)
2. Dan McCarney
2005 Iowa State (7-5)
3. Phil Bennett
2010 Pittsburgh (1-0)
4. Odus Mitchell
1966 North Texas (8-2)
5. Bob Tyler
1974 Mississippi State (9-3)
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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Hayden Fry 230-180-10 • 1962-1998 | Iowa, North Texas +1 | 37 | 420 | 230 | 180 | 56.0% | 6.1 | 17.7 1985 peak | 8.3 | 28.9 | 23.1 | #10 | 3 | Defense-First Longevity Coach | |
Bob Tyler 41-34-3 • 1973-1981 | Mississippi State, North Texas | 7 | 78 | 41 | 34 | 54.5% | 7.1 | 14.1 1974 peak | 6.0 | 28.4 | 17.7 | #17 | 0 | Defense-First Program Stabilizer | |
Eric Morris 23-16 • 2023-2025 | North Texas | 3 | 39 | 23 | 16 | 59.0% | -1.5 | 10.6 2025 peak | 8.7 | 36.4 | 35.6 | — | 0 | Offense-First Volatile Builder | |
Odus Mitchell 69-63-7 • 1953-1966 | North Texas | 14 | 139 | 69 | 63 | 52.2% | -6.8 | 11.5 1966 peak | 9.4 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Rod Rust 29-32-1 • 1967-1972 | North Texas | 6 | 62 | 29 | 32 | 47.6% | -5.6 | 11.9 1967 peak | 13.4 | 18.5 | 33.3 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Dan McCarney 78-117 • 1995-2015 | Iowa State, North Texas | 17 | 195 | 78 | 117 | 40.0% | -5.1 | 11.5 2005 peak | 9.4 | 28.1 | 32.0 | #25 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Jerry Moore 27-48-2 • 1979-1985 | North Texas, Texas Tech | 7 | 77 | 27 | 48 | 36.4% | -2.9 | 2.3 1980 peak | 3.0 | 22.8 | 26.6 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Seth Littrell 44-44 • 2016-2022 | North Texas | 7 | 88 | 44 | 44 | 50.0% | -10.8 | -2.3 2018 peak | 5.8 | 26.9 | 33.3 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
Phil Bennett 19-53 • 2002-2022 | North Texas, Pittsburgh +1 | 8 | 72 | 19 | 53 | 26.4% | -11.6 | 8.4 2010 peak | 10.0 | 23.1 | 34.1 | — | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Darrell Dickey 42-64 • 1998-2006 | North Texas | 9 | 106 | 42 | 64 | 39.6% | -13.9 | 1.4 2002 peak | 8.6 | 17.6 | 33.2 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Matt Simon 11-22 • 1995-1997 | North Texas | 3 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33.3% | -20.0 | -17.6 1996 peak | 3.4 | 20.4 | 39.0 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
Todd Dodge 6-37 • 2007-2010 | North Texas | 4 | 43 | 6 | 37 | 14.0% | -21.0 | -15.5 2010 peak | 6.5 | 20.6 | 40.5 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First |
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