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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?
Forest Evashevski
Volatility: 9.73 • Average SRS: 15.06
64.7% win rate • 28.9 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.
Forest Evashevski coached 11 seasons, won 64.7%, and posted an average SRS of 15.1. Best season: 1960 Iowa. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Jackie Sherrill
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Most consistent elite coach
Forest Evashevski
High average strength without the season-to-season swing.
Steadiest floor
Jake Dickert
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
Dennis Erickson
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. Jackie Sherrill
1980
2. Forest Evashevski
1960
3. Dennis Erickson
1990
4. Mike Leach
2008
5. Gus Welch
1920
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. Jackie Sherrill
1980 Pittsburgh (11-1)
2. Forest Evashevski
1960 Iowa (8-1)
3. Dennis Erickson
1990 Miami (10-2)
4. Mike Leach
2008 Texas Tech (11-2)
5. Gus Welch
1920 Washington State (5-1)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Forest Evashevski
1960 Iowa (8-1)
2. Dennis Erickson
1990 Miami (10-2)
3. OE Hollingbery
1928 Washington State (7-3)
4. Mike Leach
2008 Texas Tech (11-2)
5. Jackie Sherrill
1980 Pittsburgh (11-1)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Dennis Erickson
1990 Miami (10-2)
2. Jackie Sherrill
1980 Pittsburgh (11-1)
3. Forest Evashevski
1960 Iowa (8-1)
4. Mike Price
2002 Washington State (10-3)
5. Bill Doba
2003 Washington State (10-3)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. OE Hollingbery
1928 Washington State (7-3)
2. Forest Evashevski
1960 Iowa (8-1)
3. Dennis Erickson
1990 Miami (10-2)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. Mike Price
2002 Washington State (10-3)
2. Jim Sweeney
1992 Fresno State (9-4)
3. Jackie Sherrill
1980 Pittsburgh (11-1)
4. Dennis Erickson
1990 Miami (10-2)
5. Mike Leach
2008 Texas Tech (11-2)
Results Table
20 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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Forest Evashevski 63-33-6 • 1950-1960 | Iowa, Washington State | 11 | 102 | 63 | 33 | 64.7% | 15.1 | 28.9 1960 peak | 9.7 | — | — | #2 | 5 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Dennis Erickson 147-81-1 • 1986-2011 | Arizona State, Idaho +4 | 19 | 229 | 147 | 81 | 64.4% | 11.1 | 28.4 1990 peak | 11.7 | 34.6 | 21.3 | #1 | 6 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Jackie Sherrill 179-121-4 • 1976-2003 | Mississippi State, Pittsburgh +2 | 26 | 304 | 179 | 121 | 59.5% | 7.0 | 29.6 1980 peak | 10.7 | 31.2 | 22.9 | #2 | 6 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Gus Welch 16-10-1 • 1919-1922 | Washington State | 4 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 61.1% | 13.3 | 18.6 1920 peak | 6.5 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Warren Powers 52-38-3 • 1977-1984 | Missouri, Washington State | 8 | 93 | 52 | 38 | 57.5% | 11.7 | 18.6 1980 peak | 5.5 | 31.7 | 19.8 | #15 | 0 | Balanced Program Stabilizer | |
Bill Doba 30-29 • 2003-2007 | Washington State | 5 | 59 | 30 | 29 | 50.8% | 5.2 | 12.8 2003 peak | 4.3 | 34.0 | 25.9 | #9 | 1 | Offense-First Consistent Winner | |
Mike Leach 158-107 • 2000-2022 | Mississippi State, Texas Tech +1 | 21 | 265 | 158 | 107 | 59.6% | 8.8 | 20.3 2008 peak | 6.2 | 38.0 | 26.3 | #12 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
OE Hollingbery 93-53-14 • 1926-1942 | Washington State | 17 | 160 | 93 | 53 | 62.5% | 6.5 | 16.4 1928 peak | 6.1 | — | — | #17 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Mike Price 131-146 • 1989-2017 | UTEP, Washington State | 24 | 277 | 131 | 146 | 47.3% | -1.1 | 16.8 2002 peak | 11.3 | 31.9 | 31.7 | #9 | 3 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Jake Dickert 32-24 • 2021-2025 | Wake Forest, Washington State | 5 | 56 | 32 | 24 | 57.1% | 3.9 | 6.2 2023 peak | 2.2 | 29.7 | 24.4 | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Jim Sutherland 37-39-4 • 1956-1963 | Washington State | 8 | 80 | 37 | 39 | 48.8% | 3.5 | 11.8 1958 peak | 5.6 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Program Stabilizer | |
Jim Sweeney 169-134-4 • 1968-1996 | Fresno State, Washington State | 27 | 307 | 169 | 134 | 55.7% | -0.3 | 10.2 1992 peak | 6.5 | 31.2 | 30.6 | #19 | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Jim Walden 69-112-7 • 1978-1994 | Iowa State, Washington State | 17 | 188 | 69 | 112 | 38.6% | -0.7 | 13.8 1981 peak | 6.4 | 28.7 | 30.5 | — | 0 | Offense-First Longevity Coach | |
Bert Clark 15-24-1 • 1964-1967 | Washington State | 4 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 38.8% | -2.6 | 3.4 1965 peak | 3.8 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Phil Sarboe 17-26-3 • 1945-1949 | Washington State | 5 | 46 | 17 | 26 | 40.2% | -3.1 | 2.6 1945 peak | 3.0 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Nick Rolovich 33-33 • 2016-2021 | Hawai'i, Washington State | 6 | 66 | 33 | 33 | 50.0% | -7.9 | 4.5 2021 peak | 8.4 | 29.6 | 36.5 | — | 0 | Offense-First Volatile Builder | |
Albert Exendine 13-25-5 • 1923-1935 | Oklahoma State, Washington State | 5 | 43 | 13 | 25 | 36.0% | -3.4 | 2.9 1925 peak | 6.0 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
William Dietz 17-19-3 • 1917-1926 | Purdue, Washington State +1 | 5 | 39 | 17 | 19 | 47.4% | -11.1 | 8.1 1921 peak | 11.8 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Alton Kircher 13-25-2 • 1952-1955 | Washington State | 4 | 40 | 13 | 25 | 35.0% | -4.1 | 3.3 1952 peak | 4.5 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Paul Wulff 9-40 • 2008-2011 | Washington State | 4 | 49 | 9 | 40 | 18.4% | -12.2 | -3.1 2010 peak | 8.7 | 22.6 | 34.6 | — | 0 | Balanced Volatile Builder |
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