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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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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?
George Sanford
Volatility: 8.29 • Average SRS: 6.88
62.5% win rate • 24.0 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.
George Sanford coached 12 seasons, won 62.5%, and posted an average SRS of 6.9. Best season: 1917 Rutgers. The profile was balanced 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
George Sanford
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Steadiest floor
Chris Ash
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Harvey Harman
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. George Sanford
1917
2. Greg Schiano
2006
3. Terry Shea
1990
4. Frank Burns
1976
5. Dick Anderson
1984
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. George Sanford
1917 Rutgers (7-1-1)
2. Greg Schiano
2006 Rutgers (11-2)
3. Terry Shea
1990 San José State (9-2-1)
4. Frank Burns
1976 Rutgers (11-0)
5. Dick Anderson
1984 Rutgers (7-3)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Frank Burns
1976 Rutgers (11-0)
2. George Sanford
1917 Rutgers (7-1-1)
3. John Bateman
1960 Rutgers (8-1)
4. Harvey Harman
1936 Pennsylvania (7-1)
5. Kyle Flood
2012 Rutgers (9-4)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Harvey Harman
1936 Pennsylvania (7-1)
2. George Sanford
1917 Rutgers (7-1-1)
3. Frank Burns
1976 Rutgers (11-0)
4. Greg Schiano
2006 Rutgers (11-2)
5. Dick Anderson
1984 Rutgers (7-3)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. George Sanford
1917 Rutgers (7-1-1)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. George Sanford
1917 Rutgers (7-1-1)
2. Harvey Harman
1936 Pennsylvania (7-1)
3. Greg Schiano
2006 Rutgers (11-2)
4. John Bateman
1960 Rutgers (8-1)
5. Frank Burns
1976 Rutgers (11-0)
Results Table
11 filtered coaches in view. Lower rank numbers are better. Lower volatility means more stable. Lower SP Def numbers are better on the identity chart.
| Compare | |||||||||||||||
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George Sanford 67-39-6 • 1899-1923 | Columbia, Rutgers | 12 | 112 | 67 | 39 | 62.5% | 6.9 | 24.0 1917 peak | 8.3 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Harvey Harman 79-60-3 • 1931-1955 | Pennsylvania, Rutgers | 17 | 142 | 79 | 60 | 56.7% | -3.5 | 8.0 1936 peak | 8.8 | — | — | #10 | 1 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Frank Burns 78-43-1 • 1973-1983 | Rutgers | 11 | 122 | 78 | 43 | 64.3% | -1.0 | 9.1 1976 peak | 7.4 | 24.2 | 21.5 | #17 | 0 | Defense-First Longevity Coach | |
Greg Schiano 99-108 • 2001-2025 | Rutgers | 17 | 207 | 99 | 108 | 47.8% | -0.4 | 15.5 2006 peak | 8.5 | 25.1 | 26.4 | #12 | 0 | Defense-First Volatile Builder | |
Dick Anderson 27-34-4 • 1984-1989 | Rutgers | 6 | 65 | 27 | 34 | 44.6% | 0.4 | 8.7 1984 peak | 6.5 | 24.6 | 24.6 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Kyle Flood 27-24 • 2012-2015 | Rutgers | 4 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 52.9% | -2.9 | 4.7 2012 peak | 5.7 | 26.3 | 29.9 | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Doug Graber 29-36-1 • 1990-1995 | Rutgers | 6 | 66 | 29 | 36 | 44.7% | -5.3 | 2.3 1992 peak | 5.0 | 28.0 | 34.0 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
John Bateman 73-51 • 1960-1972 | Rutgers | 13 | 124 | 73 | 51 | 58.9% | -14.3 | 0.9 1960 peak | 8.8 | 22.0 | 29.7 | #15 | 0 | Defense-First Longevity Coach | |
Terry Shea 26-50-2 • 1990-2000 | Rutgers, San José State | 7 | 78 | 26 | 50 | 34.6% | -9.9 | 11.2 1990 peak | 11.5 | 30.1 | 37.1 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
John Stiegman 34-48 • 1956-1964 | Pennsylvania, Rutgers | 9 | 82 | 34 | 48 | 41.5% | -23.9 | -1.7 1958 peak | 11.3 | — | — | #20 | 0 | Balanced — | |
Chris Ash 8-32 • 2016-2019 | Rutgers | 4 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 20.0% | -11.7 | -6.1 2017 peak | 3.8 | 18.3 | 29.8 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First |
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