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College football coach records, rankings, and profiles.

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

Search coach records and career stats

Coach search stays primary, then school, archetype, time span, and quality sharpen the rankings. The recommended starting point is 3+ seasons.

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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?

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

Josh Heupel

Volatility: 3.68 • Average SRS: 13.03

72.3% win rate • 19.9 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

Josh Heupel

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

Offense-FirstConsistent Winner

Josh Heupel coached 8 seasons, won 72.3%, and posted an average SRS of 13.0. Best season: 2022 Tennessee. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
3.68
Average SRS
13.03
Career Win %
72.3%
Peak SRS
19.9
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Active chart outliers

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

2 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Gus Malzahn

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    23.6 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Josh Heupel

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

    13.03 avg SRS • 3.68 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. Gus Malzahn

    2017

    23.6

  2. 2. Scott Frost

    2017

    20.7

  3. 3. Josh Heupel

    2022

    19.9

  4. 4. George OLeary

    1998

    13.4

  5. 5. Mike Kruczek

    1998

    6.4

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. 1. Gus Malzahn

    2017 Auburn (10-4)

    23.6

  2. 2. Scott Frost

    2017 UCF (13-0)

    20.7

  3. 3. Josh Heupel

    2022 Tennessee (11-2)

    19.9

  4. 4. George OLeary

    1998 Georgia Tech (10-2)

    13.4

  5. 5. Mike Kruczek

    1998 UCF (9-2)

    6.4

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Josh Heupel

    2022 Tennessee (11-2)

    72.3%

  2. 2. Gus Malzahn

    2017 Auburn (10-4)

    62.9%

  3. 3. George OLeary

    1998 Georgia Tech (10-2)

    56.8%

  4. 4. Mike Kruczek

    1998 UCF (9-2)

    54.5%

  5. 5. Scott Frost

    2017 UCF (13-0)

    47.1%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Josh Heupel

    2022 Tennessee (11-2)

    2

  2. 2. Gus Malzahn

    2017 Auburn (10-4)

    2

  3. 3. George OLeary

    1998 Georgia Tech (10-2)

    2

  4. 4. Scott Frost

    2017 UCF (13-0)

    1

  5. 5. Mike Kruczek

    1998 UCF (9-2)

    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. Josh Heupel

    2022 Tennessee (11-2)

    3.7

  2. 2. Gus Malzahn

    2017 Auburn (10-4)

    7.8

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. George OLeary

    1998 Georgia Tech (10-2)

    22 years

  2. 2. Gus Malzahn

    2017 Auburn (10-4)

    13 years

  3. 3. Scott Frost

    2017 UCF (13-0)

    10 years

  4. 4. Josh Heupel

    2022 Tennessee (11-2)

    8 years

  5. 5. Mike Kruczek

    1998 UCF (9-2)

    6 years

Results Table

Coach results table

5 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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Josh Heupel

73-28 • 2018-2025

Tennessee, UCF
8101732872.3%13.0
19.9

2022 peak

3.738.821.1#62
Offense-First

Consistent Winner

Gus Malzahn

105-62 • 2012-2024

Arkansas State, Auburn +1
131671056262.9%12.3
23.6

2017 peak

7.834.821.0#22
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Scott Frost

40-45 • 2016-2025

Nebraska, UCF
885404547.1%3.8
20.7

2017 peak

7.030.125.2#61
Balanced

Peak Dominator

George OLeary

133-101 • 1994-2015

Georgia Tech, UCF
2023413310156.8%-0.1
13.4

1998 peak

10.828.328.4#92
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Mike Kruczek

36-30 • 1998-2003

UCF
666363054.5%-2.9
6.4

1998 peak

7.830.933.7—0
Offense-First

Offense-First

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