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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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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?

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

Ed McKeever

Volatility: 8.01 • Average SRS: 12.97

70.7% win rate • 24.2 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

Ed McKeever

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Ed McKeever coached 3 seasons, won 70.7%, and posted an average SRS of 13.0. Best season: 1944 Notre Dame. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
8.01
Average SRS
12.97
Career Win %
70.7%
Peak SRS
24.2
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Pop Warner

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    41.4 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Percy Haughton

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

    18.86 avg SRS • 10.83 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    Ed McKeever

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    8.01 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. Pop Warner

    1916

    41.4

  2. 2. Percy Haughton

    1913

    33.4

  3. 3. Gilmour Dobie

    1923

    29.8

  4. 4. Carl Snavely

    1948

    25.8

  5. 5. Ed McKeever

    1944

    24.2

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. Pop Warner

    1916 Pittsburgh (8-0)

    41.4

  2. 2. Percy Haughton

    1913 Harvard (9-0)

    33.4

  3. 3. Gilmour Dobie

    1923 Cornell (8-0)

    29.8

  4. 4. Carl Snavely

    1948 North Carolina (9-1-1)

    25.8

  5. 5. Ed McKeever

    1944 Notre Dame (8-2)

    24.2

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Percy Haughton

    1913 Harvard (9-0)

    81.7%

  2. 2. Pop Warner

    1916 Pittsburgh (8-0)

    73.3%

  3. 3. Gilmour Dobie

    1923 Cornell (8-0)

    70.9%

  4. 4. Carl Snavely

    1948 North Carolina (9-1-1)

    67.2%

  5. 5. Bob Blackman

    1970 Dartmouth (9-0)

    60.5%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Carl Snavely

    1948 North Carolina (9-1-1)

    4

  2. 2. Ed McKeever

    1944 Notre Dame (8-2)

    1

  3. 3. Percy Haughton

    1913 Harvard (9-0)

    0

  4. 4. Pop Warner

    1916 Pittsburgh (8-0)

    0

  5. 5. Gilmour Dobie

    1923 Cornell (8-0)

    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. Carl Snavely

    1948 North Carolina (9-1-1)

    9.7

  2. 2. Pop Warner

    1916 Pittsburgh (8-0)

    10.4

  3. 3. Percy Haughton

    1913 Harvard (9-0)

    10.8

  4. 4. Gilmour Dobie

    1923 Cornell (8-0)

    14.1

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. Pop Warner

    1916 Pittsburgh (8-0)

    42 years

  2. 2. Bob Blackman

    1970 Dartmouth (9-0)

    29 years

  3. 3. Percy Haughton

    1913 Harvard (9-0)

    26 years

  4. 4. Carl Snavely

    1948 North Carolina (9-1-1)

    23 years

  5. 5. Gilmour Dobie

    1923 Cornell (8-0)

    23 years

Results Table

Coach results table

8 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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Ed McKeever

20-8-1 • 1944-1947

Cornell, Notre Dame +1
32920870.7%13.0
24.2

1944 peak

8.0——#91
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Carl Snavely

106-49-11 • 1930-1952

Bucknell, Cornell +1
181661064967.2%10.3
25.8

1948 peak

9.7——#34
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Percy Haughton

97-19-7 • 1899-1924

Columbia, Cornell +1
13123971981.7%18.9
33.4

1913 peak

10.8———0
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Pop Warner

311-103-32 • 1897-1938

Carlisle, Cornell +3
4244631110373.3%16.3
41.4

1916 peak

10.4———0
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Gilmour Dobie

115-44-11 • 1916-1938

Boston College, Cornell +2
221701154470.9%6.3
29.8

1923 peak

14.1———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Bob Blackman

164-106-7 • 1953-1981

Cornell, Dartmouth +2
2927716410660.5%-6.1
10.5

1970 peak

9.623.923.1#140
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

George James

66-58-2 • 1947-1960

Cornell
14126665853.2%-7.9
10.9

1948 peak

12.5——#120
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Tom Harp

52-70-4 • 1961-1977

Cornell, Duke +1
13126527042.9%-9.2
0.8

1966 peak

9.021.828.8—0
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

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