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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?
Frank Broyles
Volatility: 7.65 • Average SRS: 15.16
70.0% win rate • 26.1 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.
Frank Broyles coached 20 seasons, won 70.0%, and posted an average SRS of 15.2. Best season: 1970 Arkansas. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Hugo Bezdek
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Most consistent elite coach
Frank Broyles
High average strength without the season-to-season swing.
Steadiest floor
Sam Pittman
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Lou Holtz
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. Hugo Bezdek
1919
2. Bowden Wyatt
1956
3. Lou Holtz
1988
4. Frank Broyles
1970
5. Danny Ford
1981
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. Hugo Bezdek
1919 Penn State (7-1)
2. Bowden Wyatt
1956 Tennessee (10-1)
3. Lou Holtz
1988 Notre Dame (12-0)
4. Frank Broyles
1970 Arkansas (9-2)
5. Danny Ford
1981 Clemson (12-0)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Francis Schmidt
1929 TCU (9-0-1)
2. Frank Broyles
1970 Arkansas (9-2)
3. John Barnhill
1942 Tennessee (9-1-1)
4. Bobby Petrino
2004 Louisville (11-1)
5. Hugo Bezdek
1919 Penn State (7-1)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Frank Broyles
1970 Arkansas (9-2)
2. Lou Holtz
1988 Notre Dame (12-0)
3. Danny Ford
1981 Clemson (12-0)
4. Bobby Petrino
2004 Louisville (11-1)
5. Bret Bielema
2011 Wisconsin (11-3)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. John Barnhill
1942 Tennessee (9-1-1)
2. Frank Broyles
1970 Arkansas (9-2)
3. Bret Bielema
2011 Wisconsin (11-3)
4. Danny Ford
1981 Clemson (12-0)
5. Bobby Petrino
2004 Louisville (11-1)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Lou Holtz
1988 Notre Dame (12-0)
2. Ken Hatfield
1990 Clemson (10-2)
3. Hugo Bezdek
1919 Penn State (7-1)
4. Francis Schmidt
1929 TCU (9-0-1)
5. Frank Broyles
1970 Arkansas (9-2)
Results Table
20 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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Frank Broyles 149-62-6 • 1957-1976 | Arkansas, Missouri | 20 | 217 | 149 | 62 | 70.0% | 15.2 | 26.1 1970 peak | 7.7 | 30.5 | 17.4 | #2 | 9 | Defense-First Peak Dominator | |
Lou Holtz 249-132-7 • 1969-2004 | Arkansas, Minnesota +4 | 33 | 388 | 249 | 132 | 65.1% | 11.0 | 27.5 1988 peak | 12.8 | 34.1 | 20.5 | #1 | 8 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Danny Ford 121-60-5 • 1978-1997 | Arkansas, Clemson | 17 | 186 | 121 | 60 | 66.4% | 11.0 | 25.2 1981 peak | 8.4 | 30.5 | 18.5 | #1 | 4 | Defense-First Peak Dominator | |
John Barnhill 54-22-5 • 1941-1949 | Arkansas, Tennessee | 8 | 81 | 54 | 22 | 69.8% | 13.1 | 21.6 1942 peak | 5.3 | — | — | #7 | 1 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Bobby Petrino 119-56 • 2003-2018 | Arkansas, Louisville +1 | 14 | 175 | 119 | 56 | 68.0% | 10.0 | 22.3 2004 peak | 10.8 | 37.6 | 24.0 | #5 | 3 | Offense-First Peak Dominator | |
Bret Bielema 134-84 • 2006-2025 | Arkansas, Illinois +1 | 17 | 218 | 134 | 84 | 61.5% | 8.7 | 23.1 2011 peak | 7.8 | 32.8 | 21.7 | #7 | 3 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Bowden Wyatt 99-56-5 • 1947-1962 | Arkansas, Tennessee +1 | 16 | 160 | 99 | 56 | 63.4% | 6.4 | 28.1 1956 peak | 13.3 | — | — | #2 | 2 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Francis Schmidt 135-53-9 • 1922-1942 | Arkansas, Idaho +2 | 21 | 197 | 135 | 53 | 70.8% | 8.2 | 25.1 1929 peak | 11.5 | — | — | #13 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Hugo Bezdek 105-46-13 • 1908-1929 | Arkansas, Oregon +1 | 19 | 164 | 105 | 46 | 68.0% | 7.9 | 28.3 1919 peak | 12.3 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Ken Hatfield 168-140-4 • 1979-2005 | Air Force, Arkansas +2 | 27 | 312 | 168 | 140 | 54.5% | 0.0 | 19.4 1990 peak | 10.3 | 27.8 | 27.4 | #9 | 1 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Jack Mitchell 74-59-7 • 1953-1966 | Arkansas, Kansas +1 | 14 | 140 | 74 | 59 | 55.4% | 6.6 | 21.7 1960 peak | 9.3 | — | — | #11 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Houston Nutt 103-81 • 1997-2011 | Arkansas, Boise State +1 | 15 | 184 | 103 | 81 | 56.0% | 7.2 | 15.3 1998 peak | 8.2 | 33.7 | 23.7 | #14 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Fred Thomsen 56-61-10 • 1929-1941 | Arkansas | 13 | 127 | 56 | 61 | 48.0% | 5.7 | 16.8 1937 peak | 7.4 | — | — | #14 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Norman Paine 12-7-1 • 1917-1920 | Arkansas, Iowa State | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 62.5% | 0.6 | 7.6 1920 peak | 7.0 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
John Smith 83-73 • 1995-2012 | Arkansas, Louisville +2 | 13 | 156 | 83 | 73 | 53.2% | 1.9 | 11.1 2005 peak | 6.5 | 36.1 | 31.5 | #17 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Sam Pittman 32-41 • 2020-2025 | Arkansas | 6 | 73 | 32 | 41 | 43.8% | 5.1 | 9.7 2021 peak | 2.7 | 32.8 | 25.7 | #21 | 0 | Offense-First Consistent Winner | |
Otis Douglas 9-21 • 1950-1952 | Arkansas | 3 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 30.0% | 4.5 | 9.4 1951 peak | 4.1 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Jack Crowe 9-15 • 1990-1992 | Arkansas | 3 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 37.5% | -1.6 | 1.7 1992 peak | 4.1 | 25.5 | 24.1 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Chad Morris 18-41 • 2015-2019 | Arkansas, SMU | 5 | 59 | 18 | 41 | 30.5% | -7.6 | -2.0 2017 peak | 3.5 | 27.7 | 34.1 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
George McLaren 15-24-3 • 1920-1929 | Arkansas, Wyoming | 5 | 42 | 15 | 24 | 39.3% | -20.8 | -11.1 1921 peak | 10.0 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — |
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