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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Dana HolgorsenMike White

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Clear edge

Edge: Mike White

Mike White: 72nd pct vs Dana Holgorsen: 63rd pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Dana Holgorsen

Dana Holgorsen: 80th pct vs Mike White: 74th pct

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

Consistency

Similar

Similar: Dana Holgorsen vs Mike White

Dana Holgorsen: 57th pct vs Mike White: 55th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Dana Holgorsen vs Mike White

Dana Holgorsen: 0 titles vs Mike White: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Narrow edge

Edge: Mike White

Mike White: 16 seasons vs Dana Holgorsen: 14 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Dana Holgorsen

Dana Holgorsen: 57.1% vs Mike White: 52.9%

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.

Mike White and Dana Holgorsen look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Similar

Mike White and Dana Holgorsen look similar in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dana Holgorsen

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 5.4

74th pct

Strong

Mike White

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 5.5

74th 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.

Dana HolgorsenMike White
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dana Holgorsen: 2019 HoustonMike White: 1980 Illinois
1972Actual season year • SRS range -3.3 to 17.92024

Active comparison point

Dana Holgorsen2018

Selected

2018 West Virginia

Best season

8-4 • SRS 17.9 • SP Overall 13.2

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

+11.4

SP Off / Def

41.1 / 29.2

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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

Mike White

Nearest year 1987Illinois

Profile

3-7-1 • SRS -2.8 • SP Overall -5.4

Dana Holgorsen holds a 20.7-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +24.6 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Dana Holgorsen
West Virginia2011-2018861-418.817.9Highest peak
Houston2019-2024631-281.07.7
Mike White
California1972-1977634-31-17.915.3
Illinois1980-1987847-41-35.313.9

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher ceiling

Dana Holgorsen

92-6957.1%14 seasons • 0 titles

17.9 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

West Virginia 2018

SRS 17.9

Worst Season

Houston 2023

SRS -3.3

Biggest Improvement

West Virginia 2014

14.0 SRS

Higher career quality

Mike White

81-72-452.9%14 seasons • 0 titles

72nd pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

California 1975

SRS 15.3

Worst Season

Illinois 1986

SRS -2.9

Biggest Improvement

California 1974

10.2 SRS