Career Quality
Decisive edgeEdge: Jim Young
Jim Young: 72nd pct vs Karl Dorrell: 53rd 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.
Jim YoungKarl Dorrell
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Jim Young
Jim Young: 73rd pct vs Karl Dorrell: 66th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Jim Young vs Karl Dorrell
Jim Young: 19th pct vs Karl Dorrell: 17th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Jim Young vs Karl Dorrell
Jim Young: 0 titles vs Karl Dorrell: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Narrow edgeEdge: Karl Dorrell
Karl Dorrell: 20 seasons vs Jim Young: 18 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Jim Young
Jim Young: 62.7% vs Karl Dorrell: 50.6%
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.
Karl Dorrell has the edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Narrow edgeKarl Dorrell has the edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jim Young
Mixed
Raw avg SP Overall: -0.4
55th pct
Mixed
Karl Dorrell
Above average
Raw avg SP Overall: 1.0
61th pct
Above average
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.
Jim YoungKarl Dorrell
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Young: 1977 PurdueJim Young: 1983 ArmyKarl Dorrell: 2020 Colorado
1973Actual season year • SRS range -18.8 to 14.82022
Active comparison point
Jim Young • 1975
1975 Arizona
Best season9-2 • SRS 14.8 • SP Overall 16.2
Win %
81.8%
YoY SRS
+9.7
SP Off / Def
34.7 / 19.9
Finish
#18
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Karl Dorrell
Nearest year 2003 • UCLA
6-7 • SRS -0.7 • SP Overall -1.4
Jim Young holds a 15.5-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +9.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Young | |||||
| Arizona | 1973-1976 | 4 | 31-13 | 6.4 | 14.8Highest peak |
| Purdue | 1977-1981 | 5 | 38-19-1 | 8.5 | 12.5 |
| Army | 1983-1990 | 8 | 51-39-1 | -3.7 | 8.9Longest stop |
| Karl Dorrell | |||||
| UCLA | 2003-2007 | 5 | 35-27 | 7.9 | 11.8 |
| Colorado | 2020-2022 | 3 | 8-15 | -10.3 | -5.8 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher career quality
Full profile →Jim Young
120-71-2 • 62.7% • 17 seasons • 0 titles
72nd pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Arizona 1975
SRS 14.8
Worst Season
Army 1983
SRS -18.8
Biggest Improvement
Army 1984
25.5 SRS
Better floor
Full profile →Karl Dorrell
43-42 • 50.6% • 8 seasons • 0 titles
-14.7 worst-season SRS.
Best Season
UCLA 2004
SRS 11.8
Worst Season
Colorado 2022
SRS -14.7
Biggest Improvement
UCLA 2004
12.5 SRS