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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?
Bobby Collins
Volatility: 6.14 • Average SRS: 7.33
65.6% win rate • 16.6 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.
Bobby Collins coached 12 seasons, won 65.6%, and posted an average SRS of 7.3. Best season: 1981 Southern Miss. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Larry Fedora
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Most consistent elite coach
Bobby Collins
High average strength without the season-to-season swing.
Steadiest floor
Scotty Walden
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Jim Carmody
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. Larry Fedora
2015
2. Bobby Collins
1981
3. Jim Carmody
1982
4. Jeff Bower
1999
5. Curley Hallman
1988
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. Larry Fedora
2015 North Carolina (11-3)
2. Bobby Collins
1981 Southern Miss (9-2-1)
3. Jim Carmody
1982 Southern Miss (7-4)
4. Jeff Bower
1999 Southern Miss (9-3)
5. Curley Hallman
1988 Southern Miss (10-2)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Bobby Collins
1981 Southern Miss (9-2-1)
2. Pie Vann
1966 Southern Miss (6-4)
3. Charles Huff
2021 Marshall (7-6)
4. Jeff Bower
1999 Southern Miss (9-3)
5. Jim Carmody
1982 Southern Miss (7-4)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Bobby Collins
1981 Southern Miss (9-2-1)
2. Larry Fedora
2015 North Carolina (11-3)
3. Jim Carmody
1982 Southern Miss (7-4)
4. Jeff Bower
1999 Southern Miss (9-3)
5. Pie Vann
1966 Southern Miss (6-4)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Bobby Collins
1981 Southern Miss (9-2-1)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Jeff Bower
1999 Southern Miss (9-3)
2. Bobby Collins
1981 Southern Miss (9-2-1)
3. Larry Fedora
2015 North Carolina (11-3)
4. Curley Hallman
1988 Southern Miss (10-2)
5. Jim Carmody
1982 Southern Miss (7-4)
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.
| Compare | |||||||||||||||
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Bobby Collins 89-46-3 • 1975-1986 | SMU, Southern Miss | 12 | 138 | 89 | 46 | 65.6% | 7.3 | 16.6 1981 peak | 6.1 | 29.2 | 18.2 | #2 | 2 | Defense-First Longevity Coach | |
Larry Fedora 79-62 • 2008-2018 | North Carolina, Southern Miss | 11 | 141 | 79 | 62 | 56.0% | 3.3 | 19.2 2015 peak | 7.0 | 33.9 | 26.5 | #15 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Jim Carmody 37-29 • 1982-1987 | Southern Miss | 6 | 66 | 37 | 29 | 56.1% | 3.4 | 14.7 1982 peak | 7.9 | 25.4 | 25.5 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Jeff Bower 118-84-1 • 1990-2007 | Southern Miss | 18 | 203 | 118 | 84 | 58.4% | 2.5 | 13.0 1999 peak | 5.7 | 28.5 | 24.2 | #14 | 0 | Balanced Program Stabilizer | |
Pie Vann 34-21-1 • 1963-1968 | Southern Miss | 6 | 56 | 34 | 21 | 61.6% | -0.3 | 6.3 1966 peak | 5.6 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Charles Huff 39-26 • 2021-2025 | Marshall, Southern Miss | 5 | 65 | 39 | 26 | 60.0% | -1.7 | 3.7 2021 peak | 5.3 | 25.9 | 25.2 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Curley Hallman 31-36 • 1988-1994 | LSU, Southern Miss | 6 | 67 | 31 | 36 | 46.3% | 2.0 | 6.7 1988 peak | 3.7 | 30.3 | 27.0 | — | 0 | Offense-First Program Stabilizer | |
PW Underwood 31-32-2 • 1969-1974 | Southern Miss | 6 | 65 | 31 | 32 | 49.2% | -2.9 | 4.7 1971 peak | 7.2 | 24.9 | 20.2 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Jay Hopson 28-23 • 2016-2020 | Southern Miss | 5 | 51 | 28 | 23 | 54.9% | -9.0 | -4.9 2019 peak | 3.4 | 23.7 | 27.8 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Todd Monken 13-25 • 2013-2015 | Southern Miss | 3 | 38 | 13 | 25 | 34.2% | -13.3 | 1.8 2015 peak | 12.1 | 21.3 | 34.1 | — | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Will Hall 14-30 • 2021-2024 | Southern Miss | 4 | 44 | 14 | 30 | 31.8% | -15.3 | -5.2 2022 peak | 7.0 | 17.8 | 31.8 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Scotty Walden 6-22 • 2020-2025 | Southern Miss, UTEP | 3 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 21.4% | -17.6 | -15.0 2020 peak | 2.1 | 19.4 | 34.2 | — | 0 | Balanced — |
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