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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

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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.

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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?

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

Urban Meyer

Volatility: 7.94 • Average SRS: 18.49

85.4% win rate • 33.9 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

Urban Meyer

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Urban Meyer coached 17 seasons, won 85.4%, and posted an average SRS of 18.5. Best season: 2008 Florida. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
7.94
Average SRS
18.49
Career Win %
85.4%
Peak SRS
33.9
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Active chart outliers

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

4 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Nelson Norgren

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    44.0 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Urban Meyer

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

    18.49 avg SRS • 7.94 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    Tom Lovat

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    3.27 volatility

  4. Elite but volatile

    Bill Meek

    Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.

    8.08 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. Nelson Norgren

    1916

    44.0

  2. 2. Urban Meyer

    2008

    33.9

  3. 3. Kyle Whittingham

    2004

    24.9

  4. 4. Ike Armstrong

    1930

    20.5

  5. 5. Bill Meek

    1958

    17.0

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. Nelson Norgren

    1916 Utah (3-2)

    44.0

  2. 2. Urban Meyer

    2008 Florida (13-1)

    33.9

  3. 3. Kyle Whittingham

    2004 Utah (1-0)

    24.9

  4. 4. Ike Armstrong

    1930 Utah (8-0)

    20.5

  5. 5. Bill Meek

    1958 SMU (6-4)

    17.0

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Urban Meyer

    2008 Florida (13-1)

    85.4%

  2. 2. Ike Armstrong

    1930 Utah (8-0)

    70.4%

  3. 3. Joseph Maddock

    1908 Utah (3-2-1)

    67.7%

  4. 4. Kyle Whittingham

    2004 Utah (1-0)

    66.9%

  5. 5. Wayne Howard

    1978 Utah (8-3)

    60.7%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Urban Meyer

    2008 Florida (13-1)

    9

  2. 2. Kyle Whittingham

    2004 Utah (1-0)

    3

  3. 3. Ron McBride

    1994 Utah (10-2)

    1

  4. 4. Ike Armstrong

    1930 Utah (8-0)

    0

  5. 5. Joseph Maddock

    1908 Utah (3-2-1)

    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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  1. 1. Kyle Whittingham

    2004 Utah (1-0)

    5.9

  2. 2. Urban Meyer

    2008 Florida (13-1)

    7.9

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. Jack Curtice

    1962 Stanford (5-5)

    29 years

  2. 2. Ike Armstrong

    1930 Utah (8-0)

    25 years

  3. 3. Bill Meek

    1958 SMU (6-4)

    23 years

  4. 4. Kyle Whittingham

    2004 Utah (1-0)

    22 years

  5. 5. Joseph Maddock

    1908 Utah (3-2-1)

    20 years

Results Table

Coach results table

15 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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Urban Meyer

187-32 • 2001-2018

Bowling Green, Florida +2
172191873285.4%18.5
33.9

2008 peak

7.940.219.3#19
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Kyle Whittingham

178-88 • 2004-2025

Utah
222661788866.9%10.7
24.9

2004 peak

5.931.619.9#23
Defense-First

Peak Dominator

Ron McBride

88-63 • 1990-2002

Utah
13151886358.3%1.4
15.1

1994 peak

6.531.028.2#101
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Ike Armstrong

141-55-15 • 1925-1949

Utah
252111415570.4%-0.8
20.5

1930 peak

7.6———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Joseph Maddock

21-9-4 • 1905-1924

Oregon, Utah
53421967.7%0.1
7.3

1908 peak

5.7———0
Balanced

Program Stabilizer

Bill Meek

78-88-7 • 1951-1973

Houston, Kansas State +2
17173788847.1%2.5
17.0

1958 peak

8.134.431.9#180
Offense-First

Volatile Builder

Fred Bennion

16-8-3 • 1910-1913

Utah
42716864.8%-6.1
15.4

1912 peak

13.9———0
Balanced

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Wayne Howard

53-34-2 • 1974-1981

Long Beach State, Utah
889533460.7%-1.6
5.1

1978 peak

5.727.327.8—0
Balanced

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Ray Nagel

58-71-3 • 1958-1970

Iowa, Utah
13132587145.1%-0.0
15.9

1964 peak

7.416.829.8—0
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Nelson Norgren

13-11 • 1914-1917

Utah
424131154.2%-10.7
44.0

1916 peak

32.5———0
Balanced

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Thomas Fitzpatrick

23-17-3 • 1919-1924

Utah
643231757.0%-5.8
3.9

1921 peak

11.7———0
Balanced

Volatile Builder

Chuck Stobart

69-84-3 • 1977-1994

Memphis, Toledo +1
14156698445.2%-4.2
7.9

1992 peak

8.823.625.2—0
Defense-First

Volatile Builder

Jack Curtice

97-87-7 • 1941-1969

California-Santa Barbara, Stanford +3
19191978752.6%-6.0
3.5

1962 peak

6.4———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Jim Fassel

25-33 • 1985-1989

Utah
558253343.1%-6.5
5.7

1985 peak

7.537.740.9—0
Offense-First

Offense-First

Tom Lovat

5-28 • 1974-1976

Utah
33352815.2%-16.0
-13.1

1976 peak

3.316.838.0—0
Balanced

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