Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: Jack Christiansen
Jack Christiansen: 64th pct vs Doug Barfield: 59th pct
Percentile score against all tracked coaches.
Coaches Compare
Compare coach careers on the same scale.
See top-line edges, side-by-side profiles, overlaid career arcs, and school-stop comparisons in one matchup view.
Doug BarfieldJack Christiansen
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Doug Barfield vs Jack Christiansen
Doug Barfield: 70th pct vs Jack Christiansen: 68th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Doug Barfield vs Jack Christiansen
Doug Barfield: 89th pct vs Jack Christiansen: 88th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Doug Barfield vs Jack Christiansen
Doug Barfield: 0 titles vs Jack Christiansen: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Doug Barfield vs Jack Christiansen
Doug Barfield: 5 seasons vs Jack Christiansen: 5 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Clear edgeEdge: Jack Christiansen
Jack Christiansen: 57.3% vs Doug Barfield: 50.0%
Raw career win rate, not a normalized score.
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Jack Christiansen has the edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Narrow edgeJack Christiansen has the edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Doug Barfield
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 7.5
79th pct
Strong
Jack Christiansen
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 9.9
85th pct
Strong
Career Arc Overlay
Overlay the same SRS scale to compare where each career climbed faster, held steadier, peaked higher, or dipped harder.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Doug BarfieldJack Christiansen
EliteStrongAverageLean
1972Actual season year • SRS range 3.1 to 13.71980
Active comparison point
Doug Barfield • 1979
1979 Auburn
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-3 • SRS 13.7 • SP Overall 14.2
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+4.6
SP Off / Def
38.1 / 25.5
Finish
#16
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Jack Christiansen
Nearest year 1976 • Stanford
6-5 • SRS 5.1 • SP Overall 8.6
Doug Barfield holds a 8.6-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +5.5 SP offense
Tenure comparison
Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.
| School | Years | Seasons | Record | Avg SRS | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Barfield | |||||
| Auburn | 1976-1980 | 5 | 27-27-1 | 8.2 | 13.7 |
| Jack Christiansen | |||||
| Stanford | 1972-1976 | 5 | 30-22-3 | 8.6 | 12.7 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Similar overall level
Full profile →Doug Barfield
27-27-1 • 50.0% • 5 seasons • 0 titles
This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.
Best Season
Auburn 1979
SRS 13.7
Worst Season
Auburn 1976
SRS 3.1
Biggest Improvement
Auburn 1979
4.6 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →Jack Christiansen
30-22-3 • 57.3% • 5 seasons • 0 titles
64th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Stanford 1973
SRS 12.7
Worst Season
Stanford 1974
SRS 4.2
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1975
4.1 SRS