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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

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.

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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?

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

Rip Engle

Volatility: 8.23 • Average SRS: 6.15

65.4% win rate • 17.7 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

Rip Engle

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

BalancedVolatile Builder

Rip Engle coached 22 seasons, won 65.4%, and posted an average SRS of 6.2. Best season: 1960 Penn State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
8.23
Average SRS
6.15
Career Win %
65.4%
Peak SRS
17.7
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Edward Robinson

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    31.4 peak SRS

  2. Elite but volatile

    Rip Engle

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

    8.23 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. Edward Robinson

    1916

    31.4

  2. 2. Rip Engle

    1960

    17.7

  3. 3. DeOrmond McLaughry

    1948

    13.6

  4. 4. John Anderson

    1976

    -0.5

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. Edward Robinson

    1916 Brown (8-1)

    31.4

  2. 2. Rip Engle

    1960 Penn State (7-3)

    17.7

  3. 3. DeOrmond McLaughry

    1948 Dartmouth (6-2)

    13.6

  4. 4. John Anderson

    1976 Brown (8-1)

    -0.5

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Rip Engle

    1960 Penn State (7-3)

    65.4%

  2. 2. Edward Robinson

    1916 Brown (8-1)

    62.4%

  3. 3. John Anderson

    1976 Brown (8-1)

    60.1%

  4. 4. DeOrmond McLaughry

    1948 Dartmouth (6-2)

    51.6%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Rip Engle

    1960 Penn State (7-3)

    1

  2. 2. Edward Robinson

    1916 Brown (8-1)

    0

  3. 3. DeOrmond McLaughry

    1948 Dartmouth (6-2)

    0

  4. 4. John Anderson

    1976 Brown (8-1)

    0

Stability

Stability shortcuts

Who stays in control year after year.

1 board

Most Consistent Winning Coaches

Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.

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  1. 1. Edward Robinson

    1916 Brown (8-1)

    8.0

  2. 2. Rip Engle

    1960 Penn State (7-3)

    8.2

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. John Anderson

    1976 Brown (8-1)

    64 years

  2. 2. DeOrmond McLaughry

    1948 Dartmouth (6-2)

    29 years

  3. 3. Edward Robinson

    1916 Brown (8-1)

    28 years

  4. 4. Rip Engle

    1960 Penn State (7-3)

    22 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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4 filtered coachesSuccess vs Volatility activeSorted by Career Quality descending
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Rip Engle

132-68-8 • 1944-1965

Brown, Penn State
222081326865.4%6.2
17.7

1960 peak

8.2——#91
Balanced

Volatile Builder

Edward Robinson

140-82-12 • 1898-1925

Brown
242341408262.4%10.7
31.4

1916 peak

8.0———0
Balanced

Volatile Builder

DeOrmond McLaughry

109-102-7 • 1926-1954

Brown, Dartmouth
2421810910251.6%-4.0
13.6

1948 peak

9.3———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

John Anderson

52-34-3 • 1918-1981

Brown, Rice
1089523460.1%-11.8
-0.5

1976 peak

9.023.722.7—0
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

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