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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Tony ElliottDoug Marrone

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Narrow edge

Edge: Doug Marrone

Doug Marrone: 45th pct vs Tony Elliott: 39th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Tony Elliott

Tony Elliott: 61st pct vs Doug Marrone: 58th pct

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

Consistency

Clear edge

Edge: Doug Marrone

Doug Marrone: 66th pct vs Tony Elliott: 57th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Doug Marrone vs Tony Elliott

Doug Marrone: 0 titles vs Tony Elliott: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Similar

Similar: Doug Marrone vs Tony Elliott

Doug Marrone: 4 seasons vs Tony Elliott: 4 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: Doug Marrone

Doug Marrone: 50.0% vs Tony Elliott: 32.4%

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.

Doug Marrone has the clear edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Clear edge

Doug Marrone has the clear edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tony Elliott

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -3.5

46th pct

Mixed

Doug Marrone

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.4

62th 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.

Tony ElliottDoug Marrone
EliteStrongAverageLean
2009Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 9.82025

Active comparison point

Tony Elliott2025

Selected

2025 Virginia

Best seasonBiggest improvement

0-0 • SRS 9.8 • SP Overall 11.1

Win %

YoY SRS

+11.7

SP Off / Def

28.8 / 18.1

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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

Doug Marrone

Nearest year 2012Syracuse

Profile

8-5 • SRS 8.6 • SP Overall 5.8

Tony Elliott holds a 1.2-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: -5.5 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Tony Elliott
Virginia2022-2025411-23-0.69.8Highest peak
Doug Marrone
Syracuse2009-2012425-25-0.88.6

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Similar overall level

Tony Elliott

11-2332.4%4 seasons • 0 titles

This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.

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Best Season

Virginia 2025

SRS 9.8

Worst Season

Virginia 2022

SRS -6.0

Biggest Improvement

Virginia 2025

11.7 SRS

Steadier arc

Doug Marrone

25-2550.0%4 seasons • 0 titles

66th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Syracuse 2012

SRS 8.6

Worst Season

Syracuse 2009

SRS -6.3

Biggest Improvement

Syracuse 2012

11.9 SRS