Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Emory Bellard
Emory Bellard: 81st pct vs Jim Carlen: 68th 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.
Emory BellardJim Carlen
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Emory Bellard
Emory Bellard: 87th pct vs Jim Carlen: 84th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Narrow edgeEdge: Emory Bellard
Emory Bellard: 61st pct vs Jim Carlen: 56th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Emory Bellard vs Jim Carlen
Emory Bellard: 0 titles vs Jim Carlen: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Narrow edgeEdge: Jim Carlen
Jim Carlen: 16 seasons vs Emory Bellard: 14 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Clear edgeEdge: Jim Carlen
Jim Carlen: 60.4% vs Emory Bellard: 55.2%
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.
Jim Carlen and Emory Bellard look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarJim Carlen and Emory Bellard look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Emory Bellard
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 9.8
85th pct
Strong
Jim Carlen
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 10.4
86th pct
Elite
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.
Emory BellardJim Carlen
EliteStrongAverageLean
Emory Bellard: 1979 Mississippi StateJim Carlen: 1970 Texas TechJim Carlen: 1975 South Carolina
1966Actual season year • SRS range -8.3 to 21.51985
Active comparison point
Emory Bellard • 1976
1976 Texas A&M
Best season10-2 • SRS 21.5 • SP Overall 20.8
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+1.5
SP Off / Def
35.2 / 15.1
Finish
#7
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Jim Carlen
Nearest year 1976 • South Carolina
6-5 • SRS 10.5 • SP Overall 8.9
Emory Bellard holds a 11.0-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +13.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Bellard | |||||
| Texas A&M | 1972-1978 | 7 | 48-27 | 14.0Best quality | 21.5Highest peak |
| Mississippi State | 1979-1985 | 7 | 37-42 | 6.8 | 12.0 |
| Jim Carlen | |||||
| West Virginia | 1966-1969 | 4 | 25-13-3 | 1.9 | 9.2 |
| Texas Tech | 1970-1974 | 5 | 37-20-2 | 11.6 | 20.0 |
| South Carolina | 1975-1981 | 7 | 45-36-1 | 9.1 | 15.3 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher career quality
Full profile →Emory Bellard
85-69 • 55.2% • 14 seasons • 0 titles
81st pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Texas A&M 1976
SRS 21.5
Worst Season
Mississippi State 1984
SRS 2.8
Biggest Improvement
Mississippi State 1980
6.5 SRS
Longer run
Full profile →Jim Carlen
107-69-6 • 60.4% • 16 seasons • 0 titles
16 tracked seasons across the arc.
Best Season
Texas Tech 1973
SRS 20.0
Worst Season
West Virginia 1966
SRS -8.3
Biggest Improvement
West Virginia 1967
11.3 SRS