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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Darrell RoyalBob Stoops

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Similar: Bob Stoops vs Darrell Royal

Bob Stoops: 98th pct vs Darrell Royal: 97th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Similar: Darrell Royal vs Bob Stoops

Darrell Royal: 99th pct vs Bob Stoops: 98th pct

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

Consistency

Decisive edge

Edge: Bob Stoops

Bob Stoops: 70th pct vs Darrell Royal: 34th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Narrow edge

Edge: Darrell Royal

Darrell Royal: 2 titles vs Bob Stoops: 1 title

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Similar: Bob Stoops vs Darrell Royal

Bob Stoops: 23 seasons vs Darrell Royal: 23 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Bob Stoops

Bob Stoops: 79.9% vs Darrell Royal: 74.9%

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.

Bob Stoops and Darrell Royal look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

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Bob Stoops and Darrell Royal look similar in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Darrell Royal

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 22.6

99th pct

Elite

Bob Stoops

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 24.6

99th 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.

Darrell RoyalBob Stoops
EliteStrongAverageLean
Darrell Royal: 1956 WashingtonDarrell Royal: 1957 Texas
1954Actual season year • SRS range 6.8 to 35.42021

Active comparison point

Darrell Royal1970

Selected

1970 Texas

Best season

10-1 • SRS 35.4 • SP Overall 30.9

Win %

90.9%

YoY SRS

+4.3

SP Off / Def

45.2 / 15.9

Finish

#3

Comparison context

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

Bob Stoops

Nearest year 1999Oklahoma

Profile

7-5 • SRS 15.5 • SP Overall 18.3

Darrell Royal holds a 19.9-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +3.9 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Darrell Royal
Mississippi State1954-1955212-89.59.7
Washington1956-195615-511.111.1
Texas1957-197620167-47-520.3Best quality35.4Highest peak
Bob Stoops
Oklahoma1999-202119191-4819.232.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Broader school footprint

Darrell Royal

184-60-574.9%23 seasons • 2 titles

3 schools across the tracked career.

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Best Season

Texas 1970

SRS 35.4

Worst Season

Texas 1976

SRS 6.8

Biggest Improvement

Texas 1968

16.2 SRS

Steadier arc

Bob Stoops

191-4879.9%19 seasons • 1 title

70th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Oklahoma 2008

SRS 32.8

Worst Season

Oklahoma 2021

SRS 9.5

Biggest Improvement

Oklahoma 2008

12.4 SRS