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Summary and Filtering

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Coach Identity

The fastest way to narrow style and school context.

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Keep the result set stable before reading the charts.

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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?

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

Art Lewis

Volatility: 8.68 • Average SRS: -1.23

55.6% win rate • 11.6 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

Art Lewis

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

BalancedLongevity Coach

Art Lewis coached 13 seasons, won 55.6%, and posted an average SRS of -1.2. Best season: 1955 West Virginia. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
8.68
Average SRS
-1.23
Career Win %
55.6%
Peak SRS
11.6
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Art Lewis

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    11.6 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    George Barclay

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

    0.97 avg SRS • 4.89 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    RR Brown

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    4.72 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. Art Lewis

    1955

    11.6

  2. 2. George Barclay

    1951

    9.2

  3. 3. Jimmy DeHart

    1924

    6.3

  4. 4. RR Brown

    1902

    -1.2

  5. 5. JWH Pollard

    1909

    -2.9

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. Art Lewis

    1955 West Virginia (8-2)

    11.6

  2. 2. George Barclay

    1951 Washington and Lee (6-4)

    9.2

  3. 3. Jimmy DeHart

    1924 Washington and Lee (6-3-1)

    6.3

  4. 4. RR Brown

    1902 Virginia Tech (3-2-1)

    -1.2

  5. 5. JWH Pollard

    1909 Alabama (5-1-2)

    -2.9

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. JWH Pollard

    1909 Alabama (5-1-2)

    59.0%

  2. 2. Art Lewis

    1955 West Virginia (8-2)

    55.6%

  3. 3. George Barclay

    1951 Washington and Lee (6-4)

    51.4%

  4. 4. Jimmy DeHart

    1924 Washington and Lee (6-3-1)

    50.5%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. JWH Pollard

    1909 Alabama (5-1-2)

    4

  2. 2. Art Lewis

    1955 West Virginia (8-2)

    1

  3. 3. George Barclay

    1951 Washington and Lee (6-4)

    0

  4. 4. Jimmy DeHart

    1924 Washington and Lee (6-3-1)

    0

  5. 5. RR Brown

    1902 Virginia Tech (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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    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. George Barclay

      1951 Washington and Lee (6-4)

      48 years

    2. 2. Art Lewis

      1955 West Virginia (8-2)

      14 years

    3. 3. JWH Pollard

      1909 Alabama (5-1-2)

      11 years

    4. 4. Jimmy DeHart

      1924 Washington and Lee (6-3-1)

      11 years

    5. 5. RR Brown

      1902 Virginia Tech (3-2-1)

      8 years

    Results Table

    Coach results table

    5 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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    Art Lewis

    69-55-2 • 1946-1959

    Washington and Lee, West Virginia
    		13126695555.6%-1.2
    11.6

    1955 peak

    		8.7——#101
    Balanced

    Longevity Coach

    JWH Pollard

    26-17-7 • 1901-1911

    Alabama, Lehigh +1
    		650261759.0%-8.9
    -2.9

    1909 peak

    		5.2——#04
    Balanced

    —

    George Barclay

    34-32-4 • 1908-1955

    Lafayette, North Carolina +1
    		770343251.4%1.0
    9.2

    1951 peak

    		4.9——#180
    Balanced

    Program Stabilizer

    Jimmy DeHart

    51-50-6 • 1922-1932

    Duke, Washington and Lee
    		11107515050.5%-5.0
    6.3

    1924 peak

    		6.8———0
    Balanced

    Longevity Coach

    RR Brown

    15-9-3 • 1902-1909

    Virginia Tech, Washington and Lee
    		42715961.1%-7.3
    -1.2

    1902 peak

    		4.7———0
    Balanced

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