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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?
Barry Switzer
Volatility: 7.04 • Average SRS: 23.59
83.7% win rate • 37.8 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.
Barry Switzer coached 16 seasons, won 83.7%, and posted an average SRS of 23.6. Best season: 1973 Oklahoma. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Barry Switzer
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Steadiest floor
Lewie Hardage
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Chuck Fairbanks
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. Barry Switzer
1973
2. Chuck Fairbanks
1971
3. Bob Stoops
2008
4. Bud Wilkinson
1956
5. Jim Tatum
1951
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. Barry Switzer
1973 Oklahoma (10-0-1)
2. Chuck Fairbanks
1971 Oklahoma (11-1)
3. Bob Stoops
2008 Oklahoma (12-2)
4. Bud Wilkinson
1956 Oklahoma (10-0)
5. Jim Tatum
1951 Maryland (10-0)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Barry Switzer
1973 Oklahoma (10-0-1)
2. Bud Wilkinson
1956 Oklahoma (10-0)
3. Bob Stoops
2008 Oklahoma (12-2)
4. Lincoln Riley
2017 Oklahoma (12-2)
5. Jim Tatum
1951 Maryland (10-0)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Bud Wilkinson
1956 Oklahoma (10-0)
2. Barry Switzer
1973 Oklahoma (10-0-1)
3. Bob Stoops
2008 Oklahoma (12-2)
4. Lincoln Riley
2017 Oklahoma (12-2)
5. Jim Tatum
1951 Maryland (10-0)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Lincoln Riley
2017 Oklahoma (12-2)
2. Biff Jones
1926 Army (7-1-1)
3. Bob Stoops
2008 Oklahoma (12-2)
4. Tom Stidham
1939 Oklahoma (6-2-1)
5. Bud Wilkinson
1956 Oklahoma (10-0)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Howard Schnellenberger
1983 Miami (11-1)
2. Bob Stoops
2008 Oklahoma (12-2)
3. Bennie Owen
1915 Oklahoma (10-0)
4. Bud Wilkinson
1956 Oklahoma (10-0)
5. Jim Tatum
1951 Maryland (10-0)
Results Table
16 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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Barry Switzer 157-29-4 • 1973-1988 | Oklahoma | 16 | 190 | 157 | 29 | 83.7% | 23.6 | 37.8 1973 peak | 7.0 | 39.5 | 15.0 | #1 | 12 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Bud Wilkinson 145-29-4 • 1947-1963 | Oklahoma | 17 | 178 | 145 | 29 | 82.6% | 19.2 | 29.9 1956 peak | 6.7 | — | — | #1 | 13 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Bob Stoops 191-48 • 1999-2021 | Oklahoma | 19 | 239 | 191 | 48 | 79.9% | 19.2 | 32.8 2008 peak | 5.4 | 41.3 | 18.1 | #1 | 12 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Lincoln Riley 90-28 • 2017-2025 | Oklahoma, USC | 9 | 118 | 90 | 28 | 76.3% | 15.8 | 22.7 2017 peak | 5.1 | 44.3 | 26.0 | #3 | 4 | Offense-First Peak Dominator | |
Jim Tatum 100-35-7 • 1942-1958 | Maryland, North Carolina +1 | 14 | 142 | 100 | 35 | 72.9% | 14.0 | 25.9 1951 peak | 7.3 | — | — | #1 | 4 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Chuck Fairbanks 59-41-1 • 1967-1981 | Colorado, Oklahoma | 9 | 101 | 59 | 41 | 58.9% | 13.9 | 34.7 1971 peak | 15.6 | 29.4 | 23.8 | #2 | 3 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Biff Jones 87-33-15 • 1926-1941 | Army, LSU +2 | 14 | 135 | 87 | 33 | 70.0% | 10.2 | 20.2 1926 peak | 5.2 | — | — | #7 | 1 | Balanced Consistent Winner | |
Tom Stidham 47-30-5 • 1937-1945 | Marquette, Oklahoma | 9 | 82 | 47 | 30 | 60.4% | 5.7 | 15.3 1939 peak | 6.0 | — | — | #4 | 1 | Balanced — | |
Gary Gibbs 44-23-2 • 1989-1994 | Oklahoma | 6 | 69 | 44 | 23 | 65.2% | 13.7 | 22.4 1990 peak | 7.9 | 35.2 | 21.1 | #16 | 0 | Balanced — | |
Brent Venables 32-20 • 2022-2025 | Oklahoma | 4 | 52 | 32 | 20 | 61.5% | 12.3 | 19.1 2023 peak | 4.4 | 33.8 | 19.9 | #15 | 0 | Balanced Consistent Winner | |
Bennie Owen 93-45-12 • 1905-1926 | Oklahoma | 17 | 150 | 93 | 45 | 66.0% | 3.7 | 12.4 1915 peak | 6.8 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
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 | |
Snorter Luster 27-18-3 • 1941-1945 | Oklahoma | 5 | 48 | 27 | 18 | 59.4% | 4.4 | 11.9 1941 peak | 3.9 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Lewie Hardage 11-12-4 • 1932-1934 | Oklahoma | 3 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 48.1% | 3.6 | 5.5 1933 peak | 1.7 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Adrian Lindsey 38-47-14 • 1927-1938 | Kansas, Oklahoma | 11 | 99 | 38 | 47 | 45.5% | 0.3 | 4.8 1933 peak | 3.9 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Program Stabilizer | |
John Blake 12-22 • 1996-1998 | Oklahoma | 3 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 35.3% | -3.3 | 1.4 1998 peak | 3.5 | 27.9 | 31.6 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First |
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