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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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18 coaches in the current filtered result set
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?
Pappy Waldorf
Volatility: 7.57 • Average SRS: 11.12
62.8% win rate • 26.9 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.
Pappy Waldorf coached 28 seasons, won 62.8%, and posted an average SRS of 11.1. Best season: 1949 California. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Andy Smith
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Steadiest floor
Justin Wilcox
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.
1. Andy Smith
1920
2. Pappy Waldorf
1949
3. Jeff Tedford
2004
4. Bruce Snyder
1996
5. Nibs Price
1928
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. Andy Smith
1920 California (9-0)
2. Pappy Waldorf
1949 California (10-1)
3. Jeff Tedford
2004 California (10-2)
4. Bruce Snyder
1996 Arizona State (11-1)
5. Nibs Price
1928 California (6-2-2)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Andy Smith
1920 California (9-0)
2. Buck Shaw
1940 Santa Clara (6-1-1)
3. William Ingram
1931 California (8-2)
4. Pappy Waldorf
1949 California (10-1)
5. Jeff Tedford
2004 California (10-2)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Pappy Waldorf
1949 California (10-1)
2. Buck Shaw
1940 Santa Clara (6-1-1)
3. Bruce Snyder
1996 Arizona State (11-1)
4. Jeff Tedford
2004 California (10-2)
5. Stub Allison
1937 California (10-0-1)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Pappy Waldorf
1949 California (10-1)
2. William Ingram
1931 California (8-2)
3. Jeff Tedford
2004 California (10-2)
4. Buck Shaw
1940 Santa Clara (6-1-1)
5. Andy Smith
1920 California (9-0)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Pappy Waldorf
1949 California (10-1)
2. Stub Allison
1937 California (10-0-1)
3. Bruce Snyder
1996 Arizona State (11-1)
4. Jeff Tedford
2004 California (10-2)
5. Buck Shaw
1940 Santa Clara (6-1-1)
Results Table
18 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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Pappy Waldorf 157-89-19 • 1929-1956 | California, Kansas State +2 | 28 | 265 | 157 | 89 | 62.8% | 11.1 | 26.9 1949 peak | 7.6 | — | — | #3 | 6 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Jeff Tedford 127-79 • 2002-2023 | California, Fresno State | 16 | 206 | 127 | 79 | 61.7% | 8.3 | 26.4 2004 peak | 8.0 | 33.4 | 22.9 | #9 | 1 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Andy Smith 86-22-10 • 1913-1925 | California, Purdue | 13 | 118 | 86 | 22 | 77.1% | 14.6 | 35.1 1920 peak | 14.2 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Buck Shaw 52-22-7 • 1937-1957 | Air Force, California +1 | 9 | 81 | 52 | 22 | 68.5% | 5.9 | 16.1 1940 peak | 11.0 | — | — | #0 | 3 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Stub Allison 59-47-2 • 1920-1944 | California, Washington | 11 | 108 | 59 | 47 | 55.6% | 6.3 | 21.2 1937 peak | 9.6 | — | — | #2 | 1 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Bruce Snyder 124-107-6 • 1976-2000 | Arizona State, California +1 | 21 | 237 | 124 | 107 | 53.6% | 3.9 | 25.6 1996 peak | 9.4 | 31.8 | 27.1 | #4 | 2 | Offense-First Peak Dominator | |
Sonny Dykes 107-79 • 2010-2025 | California, Louisiana Tech +2 | 15 | 186 | 107 | 79 | 57.5% | 4.1 | 16.7 2022 peak | 7.5 | 33.6 | 29.4 | #2 | 1 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Mike White 81-72-4 • 1972-1987 | California, Illinois | 14 | 157 | 81 | 72 | 52.9% | 6.4 | 15.3 1975 peak | 6.3 | 31.3 | 26.7 | #10 | 1 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Nibs Price 27-17-3 • 1926-1930 | California | 5 | 47 | 27 | 17 | 60.6% | 8.2 | 23.9 1928 peak | 11.8 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
William Ingram 75-42-9 • 1922-1934 | California, Indiana +2 | 13 | 126 | 75 | 42 | 63.1% | 7.6 | 20.1 1931 peak | 7.9 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Pete Elliott 56-72-1 • 1956-1974 | California, Illinois +2 | 13 | 129 | 56 | 72 | 43.8% | 6.0 | 18.9 1965 peak | 8.4 | 23.6 | 17.3 | #3 | 1 | Defense-First Volatile Builder | |
Ray Willsey 40-42-1 • 1964-1971 | California | 8 | 83 | 40 | 42 | 48.8% | 7.3 | 18.2 1968 peak | 6.8 | 29.6 | 24.1 | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Roger Theder 17-28 • 1978-1981 | California | 4 | 45 | 17 | 28 | 37.8% | 5.4 | 14.1 1979 peak | 5.7 | 29.0 | 25.0 | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Keith Gilbertson 27-42 • 1992-2004 | California, Washington | 6 | 69 | 27 | 42 | 39.1% | 1.8 | 11.2 1993 peak | 6.0 | 30.0 | 30.1 | #25 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Justin Wilcox 49-56 • 2017-2025 | California | 9 | 105 | 49 | 56 | 46.7% | 1.3 | 4.3 2023 peak | 2.7 | 25.6 | 25.1 | — | 0 | Defense-First Program Stabilizer | |
Joe Kapp 20-34-1 • 1982-1986 | California | 5 | 55 | 20 | 34 | 37.3% | -1.2 | 6.4 1982 peak | 5.0 | 24.3 | 26.7 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Marv Levy 45-60-5 • 1958-1968 | California, New Mexico +1 | 11 | 110 | 45 | 60 | 43.2% | -4.8 | 5.7 1963 peak | 6.0 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Tom Holmoe 16-39 • 1997-2001 | California | 5 | 55 | 16 | 39 | 29.1% | -2.1 | 3.9 2000 peak | 5.8 | 28.9 | 30.3 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First |
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