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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?

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

Gary Patterson

Volatility: 8.13 • Average SRS: 9.77

69.6% win rate • 26.8 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

Gary Patterson

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Gary Patterson coached 22 seasons, won 69.6%, and posted an average SRS of 9.8. Best season: 2014 TCU. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Volatility
8.13
Average SRS
9.77
Career Win %
69.6%
Peak SRS
26.8
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Active chart outliers

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

4 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Gary Patterson

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    26.8 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Abe Martin

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

    11.31 avg SRS • 7.12 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    Billy Tohill

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    2.49 volatility

  4. Elite but volatile

    Francis Schmidt

    Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.

    11.48 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. Gary Patterson

    2014

    26.8

  2. 2. Madison Bell

    1935

    26.0

  3. 3. Abe Martin

    1955

    25.8

  4. 4. Francis Schmidt

    1929

    25.1

  5. 5. Dutch Meyer

    1935

    23.6

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. Gary Patterson

    2014 TCU (12-1)

    26.8

  2. 2. Madison Bell

    1935 SMU (12-1)

    26.0

  3. 3. Abe Martin

    1955 TCU (9-2)

    25.8

  4. 4. Francis Schmidt

    1929 TCU (9-0-1)

    25.1

  5. 5. Dutch Meyer

    1935 TCU (12-1)

    23.6

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Francis Schmidt

    1929 TCU (9-0-1)

    70.8%

  2. 2. Gary Patterson

    2014 TCU (12-1)

    69.6%

  3. 3. Madison Bell

    1935 SMU (12-1)

    62.6%

  4. 4. Sonny Dykes

    2022 TCU (13-2)

    57.5%

  5. 5. Dutch Meyer

    1935 TCU (12-1)

    57.5%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Gary Patterson

    2014 TCU (12-1)

    6

  2. 2. Abe Martin

    1955 TCU (9-2)

    3

  3. 3. Madison Bell

    1935 SMU (12-1)

    2

  4. 4. Dutch Meyer

    1935 TCU (12-1)

    1

  5. 5. Sonny Dykes

    2022 TCU (13-2)

    1

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. Gary Patterson

    2014 TCU (12-1)

    8.1

  2. 2. Madison Bell

    1935 SMU (12-1)

    8.3

  3. 3. Francis Schmidt

    1929 TCU (9-0-1)

    11.5

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. Madison Bell

    1935 SMU (12-1)

    27 years

  2. 2. Dennis Franchione

    2002 Alabama (10-3)

    24 years

  3. 3. Gary Patterson

    2014 TCU (12-1)

    22 years

  4. 4. Francis Schmidt

    1929 TCU (9-0-1)

    21 years

  5. 5. Dutch Meyer

    1935 TCU (12-1)

    19 years

Results Table

Coach 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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Gary Patterson

181-79 • 2000-2021

TCU
222601817969.6%9.8
26.8

2014 peak

8.132.221.4#26
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Madison Bell

136-78-16 • 1923-1949

SMU, TCU +1
232301367862.6%8.5
26.0

1935 peak

8.3——#32
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Abe Martin

74-64-7 • 1953-1966

TCU
14145746453.4%11.3
25.8

1955 peak

7.1——#63
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Dutch Meyer

109-79-13 • 1934-1952

TCU
192011097957.5%8.7
23.6

1935 peak

8.1——#11
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Francis Schmidt

135-53-9 • 1922-1942

Arkansas, Idaho +2
211971355370.8%8.2
25.1

1929 peak

11.5——#130
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Sonny Dykes

107-79 • 2010-2025

California, Louisiana Tech +2
151861077957.5%4.1
16.7

2022 peak

7.533.629.4#21
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Dennis Franchione

127-111 • 1992-2015

Alabama, New Mexico +3
2023812711153.4%-0.5
17.7

2002 peak

10.631.930.4#110
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Jerry Kill

71-58 • 2008-2023

Minnesota, New Mexico State +2
11129715855.0%-1.7
8.0

2014 peak

5.625.526.3—0
Defense-First

Longevity Coach

Jim Pittman

24-33-2 • 1966-1971

TCU, Tulane
659243342.4%0.9
11.2

1970 peak

6.024.320.4#170
Defense-First

Defense-First

Fred Taylor

15-25-1 • 1967-1970

TCU
441152537.8%3.3
5.9

1968 peak

3.624.026.9—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

Billy Tohill

11-15 • 1971-1973

TCU
326111542.3%1.0
4.5

1972 peak

2.525.128.0—0
Balanced

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F Dry

43-69-4 • 1972-1982

TCU, Tulsa
11116436938.8%-1.4
7.8

1974 peak

6.125.127.8—0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Jim Wacker

56-97-2 • 1983-1996

Minnesota, TCU
14155569736.8%-3.5
5.6

1987 peak

6.028.933.5—0
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Pat Sullivan

24-42-1 • 1992-1997

TCU
667244236.6%-8.4
0.0

1994 peak

5.523.333.0—0
Balanced

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EJ Hyde

10-11-2 • 1905-1907

TCU
323101147.8%-20.8
-8.7

1905 peak

11.1———0
Balanced

—

Jim Shofner

2-31 • 1974-1976

TCU
3332316.1%-10.2
-4.8

1975 peak

3.919.232.4—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

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