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Primary Discovery

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Success vs Volatility

Start with the simplest question: who paired real strength with a repeatable week-to-week shape?

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Elite and steady

Elite but volatile

Lower ceiling but stable

Lower ceiling and unstable

Jack Meagher

Volatility: 8.76 • Average SRS: 8.71

56.3% win rate • 29.3 peak SRS

Volatility

Average SRS

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Average SRS reads overall strength. Volatility is the spread of season-to-season SRS, so lower values mean a steadier profile.

Career shape lens

Jack Meagher

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Jack Meagher coached 15 seasons, won 56.3%, and posted an average SRS of 8.7. Best season: 1944 Iowa Pre-Flight. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility: 8.76
Average SRS: 8.71
Career Win %: 56.3%
Peak SRS: 29.3

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Active chart outliers

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

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Highest peak
Jack Meagher
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
29.3 peak SRS
Steadiest floor
Al Conover
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
2.64 volatility
Elite but volatile
Ken Hatfield
Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.
10.29 volatility

Top Career Peaks

Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.

1. Jack Meagher
1944
29.3
2. John Heisman
1917
29.1
3. Jess Neely
1947
23.8
4. Todd Graham
2013
22.3
5. Ken Hatfield
1990
19.4

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.

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Highest Peak SRS

Single-season ceiling leaders.

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1. Jack Meagher
1944 Iowa Pre-Flight (10-1)
29.3
2. John Heisman
1917 Georgia Tech (9-0)
29.1
3. Jess Neely
1947 Rice (6-3-1)
23.8
4. Todd Graham
2013 Arizona State (10-4)
22.3
5. Ken Hatfield
1990 Clemson (10-2)
19.4

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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1. John Heisman
1917 Georgia Tech (9-0)
69.8%
2. Phillip Arbuckle
1917 Rice (7-1)
64.0%
3. John Anderson
1976 Brown (8-1)
60.1%
4. Todd Graham
2013 Arizona State (10-4)
59.6%
5. Bill Peterson
1964 Florida State (9-1-1)
56.4%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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1. Jess Neely
1947 Rice (6-3-1)
4
2. Jack Meagher
1944 Iowa Pre-Flight (10-1)
1
3. Ken Hatfield
1990 Clemson (10-2)
1
4. John Heisman
1917 Georgia Tech (9-0)
0
5. Bill Peterson
1964 Florida State (9-1-1)
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. John Heisman
1917 Georgia Tech (9-0)
10.0

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. John Anderson
1976 Brown (8-1)
64 years
2. Jess Neely
1947 Rice (6-3-1)
36 years
3. Ken Hatfield
1990 Clemson (10-2)
27 years
4. John Heisman
1917 Georgia Tech (9-0)
26 years
5. Watson Brown
1987 Vanderbilt (4-7)
24 years

Results Table

Coach 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.

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Jack Meagher 84-64-10 • 1929-1944	Auburn, Iowa Pre-Flight +1	15	158	84	64	56.3%	8.7	29.3 1944 peak	8.8	—	—	#6	1	Balanced Peak Dominator
Jess Neely 187-159-17 • 1931-1966	Clemson, Rice	36	363	187	159	53.9%	7.4	23.8 1947 peak	9.4	—	—	#5	4	Balanced Peak Dominator
John Heisman 148-60-14 • 1902-1927	Clemson, Georgia Tech +3	26	222	148	60	69.8%	2.8	29.1 1917 peak	10.0	—	—	—	0	Balanced Volatile Builder
Ken Hatfield 168-140-4 • 1979-2005	Air Force, Arkansas +2	27	312	168	140	54.5%	0.0	19.4 1990 peak	10.3	27.8	27.4	#9	1	Balanced Longevity Coach
Bill Peterson 65-49-12 • 1960-1971	Florida State, Rice	12	126	65	49	56.4%	8.5	17.9 1964 peak	6.7	23.8	20.4	—	0	Defense-First Longevity Coach
Todd Graham 106-72 • 2006-2021	Arizona State, Hawai'i +3	14	178	106	72	59.6%	3.3	22.3 2013 peak	8.6	32.7	29.7	#12	0	Offense-First Longevity Coach
Jimmy Kitts 46-42-7 • 1934-1947	Rice, Virginia Tech	9	95	46	42	52.1%	5.2	17.7 1934 peak	8.6	—	—	#18	0	Balanced Longevity Coach
Phillip Arbuckle 44-23-8 • 1914-1923	Rice	9	75	44	23	64.0%	-3.9	18.3 1917 peak	9.1	—	—	—	0	Balanced Volatile Builder
Al Conover 14-28-2 • 1972-1975	Rice	4	44	14	28	34.1%	3.3	6.7 1972 peak	2.6	21.9	20.9	—	0	Defense-First Defense-First
Bo Hagan 12-27-1 • 1967-1970	Rice	4	40	12	27	31.3%	1.7	8.3 1970 peak	4.3	21.3	19.2	—	0	Defense-First Defense-First
Fred Goldsmith 40-70-1 • 1989-1998	Duke, Rice	10	111	40	70	36.5%	-3.7	7.1 1994 peak	5.2	28.3	34.2	—	0	Offense-First Longevity Coach
John Anderson 52-34-3 • 1918-1981	Brown, Rice	10	89	52	34	60.1%	-11.8	-0.5 1976 peak	9.0	23.7	22.7	—	0	Defense-First Longevity Coach
Watson Brown 75-137-1 • 1983-2006	Cincinnati, Rice +2	19	213	75	137	35.4%	-8.1	0.0 1987 peak	6.3	25.2	33.6	—	0	Offense-First Longevity Coach
David Bailiff 57-80 • 2007-2017	Rice	11	137	57	80	41.6%	-12.6	1.6 2008 peak	8.5	24.6	36.1	—	0	Offense-First Longevity Coach
Ray Alborn 13-53 • 1978-1983	Rice	6	66	13	53	19.7%	-8.1	4.4 1980 peak	8.7	22.0	32.3	—	0	Balanced —
Mike Bloomgren 24-52 • 2018-2024	Rice	7	76	24	52	31.6%	-11.6	-3.0 2020 peak	6.7	19.3	34.6	—	0	Balanced —
Homer Rice 12-28-1 • 1967-1977	Cincinnati, Rice	4	41	12	28	30.5%	-10.7	-8.1 1968 peak	2.9	26.7	42.2	—	0	Offense-First Offense-First
Jerry Berndt 18-69 • 1981-1992	Pennsylvania, Rice +1	8	87	18	69	20.7%	-14.9	-0.5 1990 peak	7.9	22.4	35.7	—	0	Offense-First Volatile Builder

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