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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?
Lane Kiffin
Volatility: 5.45 • Average SRS: 11.43
68.8% win rate • 19.2 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.
Lane Kiffin coached 14 seasons, won 68.8%, and posted an average SRS of 11.4. Best season: 2024 Ole Miss. The profile was offense-first with a mostly steady profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Howard Schnellenberger
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Most consistent elite coach
Lane Kiffin
High average strength without the season-to-season swing.
Steadiest floor
Charlie Partridge
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. Howard Schnellenberger
1983
2. Lane Kiffin
2024
3. Tom Herman
2019
4. Willie Taggart
2015
5. Chad Lunsford
2020
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. Howard Schnellenberger
1983 Miami (11-1)
2. Lane Kiffin
2024 Ole Miss (10-3)
3. Tom Herman
2019 Texas (8-5)
4. Willie Taggart
2015 South Florida (8-5)
5. Chad Lunsford
2020 Georgia Southern (8-5)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Lane Kiffin
2024 Ole Miss (10-3)
2. Tom Herman
2019 Texas (8-5)
3. Chad Lunsford
2020 Georgia Southern (8-5)
4. Howard Schnellenberger
1983 Miami (11-1)
5. Willie Taggart
2015 South Florida (8-5)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Lane Kiffin
2024 Ole Miss (10-3)
2. Howard Schnellenberger
1983 Miami (11-1)
3. Tom Herman
2019 Texas (8-5)
4. Willie Taggart
2015 South Florida (8-5)
5. Chad Lunsford
2020 Georgia Southern (8-5)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Lane Kiffin
2024 Ole Miss (10-3)
2. Tom Herman
2019 Texas (8-5)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Howard Schnellenberger
1983 Miami (11-1)
2. Lane Kiffin
2024 Ole Miss (10-3)
3. Willie Taggart
2015 South Florida (8-5)
4. Tom Herman
2019 Texas (8-5)
5. Chad Lunsford
2020 Georgia Southern (8-5)
Results Table
7 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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Lane Kiffin 119-54 • 2009-2025 | Florida Atlantic, Ole Miss +2 | 14 | 173 | 119 | 54 | 68.8% | 11.4 | 19.2 2024 peak | 5.5 | 36.8 | 22.1 | #6 | 2 | Offense-First Program Stabilizer | |
Tom Herman 60-38 • 2015-2024 | Florida Atlantic, Houston +1 | 8 | 98 | 60 | 38 | 61.2% | 5.9 | 16.0 2019 peak | 11.1 | 30.1 | 25.6 | #8 | 1 | Balanced — | |
Howard Schnellenberger 141-133-3 • 1979-2011 | Florida Atlantic, Louisville +2 | 24 | 277 | 141 | 133 | 51.4% | -4.7 | 20.9 1983 peak | 14.1 | 23.6 | 28.3 | #1 | 2 | Defense-First Peak Dominator | |
Willie Taggart 71-81 • 2010-2022 | Florida Atlantic, Florida State +3 | 13 | 152 | 71 | 81 | 46.7% | -4.6 | 8.4 2015 peak | 7.8 | 24.7 | 29.0 | #19 | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Chad Lunsford 29-22 • 2017-2024 | Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern | 6 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 56.9% | -8.0 | 1.2 2020 peak | 8.0 | 22.5 | 31.3 | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Carl Pelini 7-18 • 2012-2018 | Bowling Green, Florida Atlantic | 3 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 28.0% | -12.3 | -4.4 2013 peak | 6.8 | 20.7 | 34.2 | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Charlie Partridge 9-27 • 2014-2016 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 25.0% | -15.2 | -11.0 2014 peak | 3.7 | 24.2 | 35.9 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First |
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