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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
Coach search stays primary, then school, archetype, time span, and quality sharpen the rankings. The recommended starting point is 3+ seasons.
Primary Discovery
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.
Start with the simplest question: who paired real strength with a repeatable week-to-week shape?
Frank Beamer
Volatility: 7.40 • Average SRS: 10.97
66.2% win rate • 24.5 peak 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
This is the clearest first-pass view for peak versus stability. It is the best place to start browsing.
Frank Beamer coached 29 seasons, won 66.2%, and posted an average SRS of 11.0. Best season: 1999 Virginia Tech. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Frank Beamer
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Steadiest floor
Jimmy Sharpe
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Justin Fuente
Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.
Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.
1. Frank Beamer
1999
2. Jerry Claiborne
1974
3. Bill Dooley
1977
4. Jimmy Kitts
1934
5. Andy Gustafson
1956
Supporting Insights
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
The fastest path into peak and results leaders.
Single-season ceiling leaders.
1. Frank Beamer
1999 Virginia Tech (11-1)
2. Jerry Claiborne
1974 Maryland (8-4)
3. Bill Dooley
1977 North Carolina (8-3-1)
4. Jimmy Kitts
1934 Rice (9-1-1)
5. Andy Gustafson
1956 Miami (8-1-1)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Branch Bocock
1909 Virginia Tech (6-1)
2. BC Cubbage
1922 Virginia Tech (8-1-1)
3. Frank Beamer
1999 Virginia Tech (11-1)
4. Andy Gustafson
1956 Miami (8-1-1)
5. Jerry Claiborne
1974 Maryland (8-4)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Frank Beamer
1999 Virginia Tech (11-1)
2. Jerry Claiborne
1974 Maryland (8-4)
3. Andy Gustafson
1956 Miami (8-1-1)
4. Jimmy Kitts
1934 Rice (9-1-1)
5. Bill Dooley
1977 North Carolina (8-3-1)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Frank Beamer
1999 Virginia Tech (11-1)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Andy Gustafson
1956 Miami (8-1-1)
2. Frank Beamer
1999 Virginia Tech (11-1)
3. Jerry Claiborne
1974 Maryland (8-4)
4. Bill Dooley
1977 North Carolina (8-3-1)
5. Charles Bernier
1917 Virginia Tech (6-2-1)
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.
| Compare | |||||||||||||||
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Frank Beamer 238-121-2 • 1987-2015 | Virginia Tech | 29 | 361 | 238 | 121 | 66.2% | 11.0 | 24.5 1999 peak | 7.4 | 33.0 | 19.4 | #2 | 7 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Jerry Claiborne 179-122-8 • 1961-1989 | Kentucky, Maryland +1 | 28 | 309 | 179 | 122 | 59.2% | 5.9 | 21.7 1974 peak | 8.0 | 26.6 | 18.1 | #8 | 1 | Defense-First Peak Dominator | |
Andy Gustafson 115-78-4 • 1926-1963 | Miami, Virginia Tech | 20 | 197 | 115 | 78 | 59.4% | 4.9 | 16.7 1956 peak | 7.5 | — | — | #6 | 1 | Balanced 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 | |
Bill Dooley 161-127-5 • 1967-1992 | North Carolina, Virginia Tech +1 | 26 | 293 | 161 | 127 | 55.8% | 3.1 | 18.5 1977 peak | 7.5 | 25.8 | 23.9 | #12 | 0 | Defense-First Longevity Coach | |
Justin Fuente 69-54 • 2012-2021 | Memphis, Virginia Tech | 10 | 123 | 69 | 54 | 56.1% | 3.0 | 15.0 2016 peak | 9.4 | 27.8 | 24.2 | #16 | 0 | Defense-First Volatile Builder | |
BC Cubbage 30-12-6 • 1921-1925 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 68.8% | -0.5 | 10.0 1922 peak | 6.5 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Branch Bocock 58-24-4 • 1908-1926 | Georgia, North Carolina +2 | 10 | 86 | 58 | 24 | 69.8% | -2.2 | 7.8 1909 peak | 7.2 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Jimmy Sharpe 21-22-1 • 1974-1977 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 44 | 21 | 22 | 48.9% | 3.2 | 6.4 1976 peak | 1.9 | 23.6 | 23.4 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Frank Moseley 54-42-4 • 1951-1960 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 100 | 54 | 42 | 56.0% | -4.6 | 8.7 1956 peak | 8.2 | — | — | #16 | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder | |
Brent Pry 19-30 • 2022-2025 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 49 | 19 | 30 | 38.8% | 0.4 | 10.4 2024 peak | 7.3 | 23.4 | 24.8 | — | 0 | Defense-First Defense-First | |
Charles Coffey 12-20-1 • 1971-1973 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 33 | 12 | 20 | 37.9% | -0.9 | 7.9 1972 peak | 6.8 | 30.1 | 32.5 | — | 0 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
Henry Redd 43-37-8 • 1932-1940 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 88 | 43 | 37 | 53.4% | -6.7 | 7.5 1932 peak | 6.7 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
RR Brown 15-9-3 • 1902-1909 | Virginia Tech, Washington and Lee | 4 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 61.1% | -7.3 | -1.2 1902 peak | 4.7 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Charles Bernier 23-17-2 • 1917-1938 | Hampden-Sydney, Virginia Tech | 5 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 57.1% | -9.8 | 5.5 1917 peak | 12.4 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Robert McNeish 1-25-3 • 1948-1950 | Virginia Tech | 3 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 8.6% | -17.8 | -10.6 1949 peak | 7.5 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — |
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