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.

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LL LarsonBernie Shively

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Decisive edge

Edge: LL Larson

LL Larson: 49th pct vs Bernie Shively: 27th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Bernie Shively: 29th pct vs LL Larson: 28th pct

Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.

Consistency

Decisive edge

Edge unavailable

Not enough data

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Bernie Shively: 0 titles vs LL Larson: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Bernie Shively: 1 seasons vs LL Larson: 1 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: LL Larson

LL Larson: 81.3% vs Bernie Shively: 20.0%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

LL Larson

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

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Bernie Shively

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

Insufficient sample

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.

LL LarsonBernie Shively
EliteStrongAverageLean
1907Actual season year • SRS range -3.0 to -2.71945

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LL Larson1907

Selected

1907 Texas A&M

Best seasonWorst season

6-1-1 • SRS -3.0 • SP Overall

Win %

81.3%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.

Bernie Shively

Nearest year 1945Kentucky

Profile

2-8 • SRS -2.7 • SP Overall

LL Larson trails by a 0.3-point SRS edge at this point.

Tenure comparison

Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
LL Larson
Texas A&M1907-190716-1-1-3.0-3.0
Bernie Shively
Kentucky1945-194512-8-2.7-2.7

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher career quality

LL Larson

6-1-181.3%1 seasons • 0 titles

49th pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

Texas A&M 1907

SRS -3.0

Worst Season

Texas A&M 1907

SRS -3.0

Biggest Improvement

Unavailable

Similar overall level

Bernie Shively

2-820.0%1 seasons • 0 titles

This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.

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Best Season

Kentucky 1945

SRS -2.7

Worst Season

Kentucky 1945

SRS -2.7

Biggest Improvement

Unavailable