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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

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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?

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

Fritz Crisler

Volatility: 9.76 • Average SRS: 16.98

76.8% win rate • 31.6 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

Fritz Crisler

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Fritz Crisler coached 18 seasons, won 76.8%, and posted an average SRS of 17.0. Best season: 1947 Michigan. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
9.76
Average SRS
16.98
Career Win %
76.8%
Peak SRS
31.6
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Fritz Crisler

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    31.6 peak SRS

  2. Steadiest floor

    Tad Wieman

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    6.32 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. Fritz Crisler

    1947

    31.6

  2. 2. Charles Caldwell

    1950

    13.5

  3. 3. Tad Wieman

    1927

    12.9

  4. 4. Richard Colman

    1965

    5.9

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. Fritz Crisler

    1947 Michigan (10-0)

    31.6

  2. 2. Charles Caldwell

    1950 Princeton (9-0)

    13.5

  3. 3. Tad Wieman

    1927 Michigan (6-2)

    12.9

  4. 4. Richard Colman

    1965 Princeton (8-1)

    5.9

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Fritz Crisler

    1947 Michigan (10-0)

    76.8%

  2. 2. Charles Caldwell

    1950 Princeton (9-0)

    71.4%

  3. 3. Richard Colman

    1965 Princeton (8-1)

    69.4%

  4. 4. Tad Wieman

    1927 Michigan (6-2)

    54.4%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Fritz Crisler

    1947 Michigan (10-0)

    8

  2. 2. Charles Caldwell

    1950 Princeton (9-0)

    2

  3. 3. Tad Wieman

    1927 Michigan (6-2)

    0

  4. 4. Richard Colman

    1965 Princeton (8-1)

    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. Charles Caldwell

    1950 Princeton (9-0)

    9.1

  2. 2. Fritz Crisler

    1947 Michigan (10-0)

    9.8

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. Fritz Crisler

    1947 Michigan (10-0)

    18 years

  2. 2. Tad Wieman

    1927 Michigan (6-2)

    16 years

  3. 3. Richard Colman

    1965 Princeton (8-1)

    12 years

  4. 4. Charles Caldwell

    1950 Princeton (9-0)

    11 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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Fritz Crisler

116-32-9 • 1930-1947

Michigan, Minnesota +1
181571163276.8%17.0
31.6

1947 peak

9.8——#28
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Charles Caldwell

68-27-1 • 1946-1956

Princeton
1196682771.4%0.8
13.5

1950 peak

9.1——#62
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Tad Wieman

29-24-4 • 1927-1942

Michigan, Princeton
757292454.4%2.2
12.9

1927 peak

6.3———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Richard Colman

75-33 • 1957-1968

Princeton
12108753369.4%-9.2
5.9

1965 peak

9.3———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

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