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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

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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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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?

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

Red Sanders

Volatility: 6.65 • Average SRS: 14.45

70.9% win rate • 24.7 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

Red Sanders

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

BalancedPeak Dominator

Red Sanders coached 15 seasons, won 70.9%, and posted an average SRS of 14.4. Best season: 1955 UCLA. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.

Volatility
6.65
Average SRS
14.45
Career Win %
70.9%
Peak SRS
24.7
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Active chart outliers

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

3 markers

  1. Highest peak

    Chip Kelly

    Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.

    29.6 peak SRS

  2. Most consistent elite coach

    Red Sanders

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

    14.45 avg SRS • 6.65 volatility

  3. Steadiest floor

    Babe Horrell

    Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.

    3.15 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. Chip Kelly

    2010

    29.6

  2. 2. Tommy Prothro

    1969

    27.9

  3. 3. Pepper Rodgers

    1973

    27.9

  4. 4. Red Sanders

    1955

    24.7

  5. 5. Terry Donahue

    1982

    22.6

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. Chip Kelly

    2010 Oregon (12-1)

    29.6

  2. 2. Tommy Prothro

    1969 UCLA (8-1-1)

    27.9

  3. 3. Pepper Rodgers

    1973 UCLA (9-2)

    27.9

  4. 4. Red Sanders

    1955 UCLA (9-2)

    24.7

  5. 5. Terry Donahue

    1982 UCLA (10-1-1)

    22.6

Best Career Win %

Who won the most across a meaningful sample.

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  1. 1. Red Sanders

    1955 UCLA (9-2)

    70.9%

  2. 2. Terry Donahue

    1982 UCLA (10-1-1)

    66.5%

  3. 3. Chip Kelly

    2010 Oregon (12-1)

    66.4%

  4. 4. Tommy Prothro

    1969 UCLA (8-1-1)

    64.9%

  5. 5. Rick Neuheisel

    1995 Colorado (10-2)

    60.0%

Most Top 10 Finishes

Coaches who stacked elite endings.

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  1. 1. Terry Donahue

    1982 UCLA (10-1-1)

    5

  2. 2. Red Sanders

    1955 UCLA (9-2)

    4

  3. 3. Tommy Prothro

    1969 UCLA (8-1-1)

    4

  4. 4. Chip Kelly

    2010 Oregon (12-1)

    3

  5. 5. Rick Neuheisel

    1995 Colorado (10-2)

    3

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. Red Sanders

    1955 UCLA (9-2)

    6.7

  2. 2. Terry Donahue

    1982 UCLA (10-1-1)

    7.1

  3. 3. Rick Neuheisel

    1995 Colorado (10-2)

    7.8

  4. 4. Tommy Prothro

    1969 UCLA (8-1-1)

    7.9

  5. 5. Chip Kelly

    2010 Oregon (12-1)

    11.7

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. Bob Toledo

    1997 UCLA (10-2)

    33 years

  2. 2. Terry Donahue

    1982 UCLA (10-1-1)

    20 years

  3. 3. Karl Dorrell

    2004 UCLA (6-6)

    20 years

  4. 4. Red Sanders

    1955 UCLA (9-2)

    18 years

  5. 5. Rick Neuheisel

    1995 Colorado (10-2)

    17 years

Results Table

Coach results table

15 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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Red Sanders

102-41-3 • 1940-1957

UCLA, Vanderbilt
151461024170.9%14.4
24.7

1955 peak

6.7——#24
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Chip Kelly

81-41 • 2009-2023

Oregon, UCLA
10122814166.4%13.2
29.6

2010 peak

11.738.323.3#23
Offense-First

Peak Dominator

Terry Donahue

151-74-8 • 1976-1995

UCLA
202331517466.5%14.1
22.6

1982 peak

7.135.820.3#55
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Tommy Prothro

104-55-5 • 1955-1970

Oregon State, UCLA
161641045564.9%11.6
27.9

1969 peak

7.937.419.1#44
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Rick Neuheisel

87-58 • 1995-2011

Colorado, UCLA +1
12145875860.0%7.7
20.0

1995 peak

7.835.024.8#33
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

Pepper Rodgers

73-65-3 • 1967-1979

Georgia Tech, Kansas +1
13141736552.8%9.7
27.9

1973 peak

8.130.224.3#71
Balanced

Peak Dominator

Bert LaBrucherie

23-16 • 1945-1948

UCLA
439231659.0%6.7
17.4

1947 peak

10.0——#41
Balanced

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Jim Mora

73-54 • 2012-2025

UCLA, UConn
10127735457.5%3.0
20.2

2013 peak

10.431.525.4#101
Offense-First

Longevity Coach

William Spaulding

67-50-10 • 1922-1938

Minnesota, UCLA
14127675056.7%5.0
16.5

1935 peak

7.7———0
Balanced

Longevity Coach

Babe Horrell

24-31-6 • 1939-1944

UCLA
661243144.3%3.2
7.3

1942 peak

3.1——#71
Balanced

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Bob Toledo

78-102 • 1979-2011

Pacific, Tulane +1
161807810243.3%-3.8
21.4

1997 peak

14.928.832.0#52
Offense-First

Peak Dominator

Jedd Fisch

32-33 • 2017-2025

Arizona, UCLA +1
665323349.2%4.2
17.4

2025 peak

9.032.528.1#110
Offense-First

Volatile Builder

Bill Barnes

31-34-3 • 1958-1964

UCLA
768313447.8%5.8
13.2

1960 peak

4.2——#160
Balanced

Consistent Winner

Karl Dorrell

43-42 • 2003-2022

Colorado, UCLA
885434250.6%2.7
11.8

2004 peak

9.327.527.4#160
Balanced

Longevity Coach

DeWayne Walker

10-41 • 2007-2012

New Mexico State, UCLA
551104119.6%-16.9
8.4

2007 peak

13.315.434.4—0
Defense-First

Defense-First

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