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College football coach records, rankings, and profiles.

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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Summary and Filtering

Search coach records and career stats

Coach search stays primary, then school, archetype, time span, and quality sharpen the rankings. The recommended starting point is 3+ seasons.

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Recommended baseline

Keep at least 3 seasons in view to avoid tiny-sample profiles dominating the charts and leaderboards.

Coach Identity

The fastest way to narrow style and school context.

South Alabama

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?

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

Major Applewhite

Volatility: 6.22 • Average SRS: -1.50

51.0% win rate • 5.4 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

Major Applewhite

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

Offense-FirstOffense-First

Major Applewhite coached 5 seasons, won 51.0%, and posted an average SRS of -1.5. Best season: 2016 Houston. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
6.22
Average SRS
-1.50
Career Win %
51.0%
Peak SRS
5.4
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Major Applewhite

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    5.4 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Kane Wommack

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    4.20 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. Major Applewhite

    2016

    5.4

  2. 2. Kane Wommack

    2022

    1.1

  3. 3. Joey Jones

    2013

    -3.8

  4. 4. Steve Campbell

    2020

    -8.5

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. Major Applewhite

    2016 Houston (0-1)

    5.4

  2. 2. Kane Wommack

    2022 South Alabama (10-3)

    1.1

  3. 3. Joey Jones

    2013 South Alabama (6-6)

    -3.8

  4. 4. Steve Campbell

    2020 South Alabama (4-7)

    -8.5

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Kane Wommack

    2022 South Alabama (10-3)

    57.9%

  2. 2. Major Applewhite

    2016 Houston (0-1)

    51.0%

  3. 3. Joey Jones

    2013 South Alabama (6-6)

    38.7%

  4. 4. Steve Campbell

    2020 South Alabama (4-7)

    25.7%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Major Applewhite

    2016 Houston (0-1)

    0

  2. 2. Kane Wommack

    2022 South Alabama (10-3)

    0

  3. 3. Joey Jones

    2013 South Alabama (6-6)

    0

  4. 4. Steve Campbell

    2020 South Alabama (4-7)

    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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    Longevity

    Longevity shortcuts

    Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.

    1 board

    Longest Careers

    Big careers and long arcs.

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    1. 1. Major Applewhite

      2016 Houston (0-1)

      10 years

    2. 2. Joey Jones

      2013 South Alabama (6-6)

      6 years

    3. 3. Kane Wommack

      2022 South Alabama (10-3)

      3 years

    4. 4. Steve Campbell

      2020 South Alabama (4-7)

      3 years

    Results Table

    Coach results table

    4 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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    Major Applewhite

    26-25 • 2016-2025

    Houston, South Alabama
    		551262551.0%-1.5
    5.4

    2016 peak

    		6.231.029.1—0
    Offense-First

    Offense-First

    Kane Wommack

    22-16 • 2021-2023

    South Alabama
    		338221657.9%-2.8
    1.1

    2022 peak

    		4.226.323.8—0
    Defense-First

    Defense-First

    Joey Jones

    29-46 • 2012-2017

    South Alabama
    		675294638.7%-12.8
    -3.8

    2013 peak

    		5.021.032.5—0
    Balanced

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    Steve Campbell

    9-26 • 2018-2020

    South Alabama
    		33592625.7%-15.9
    -8.5

    2020 peak

    		5.621.136.6—0
    Balanced

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