Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Mike Leach
Mike Leach: 69th pct vs Mike Riley: 60th 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.
Mike LeachMike Riley
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Clear edgeEdge: Mike Leach
Mike Leach: 85th pct vs Mike Riley: 73rd pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Mike Riley vs Mike Leach
Mike Riley: 59th pct vs Mike Leach: 57th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Mike Leach vs Mike Riley
Mike Leach: 0 titles vs Mike Riley: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Narrow edgeEdge: Mike Leach
Mike Leach: 23 seasons vs Mike Riley: 21 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Clear edgeEdge: Mike Leach
Mike Leach: 59.6% vs Mike Riley: 53.1%
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 Leach has the edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Narrow edgeMike Leach has the edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Leach
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 12.1
89th pct
Elite
Mike Riley
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 8.1
80th 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.
Mike LeachMike Riley
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mike Leach: 2012 Washington StateMike Leach: 2020 Mississippi StateMike Riley: 2015 Nebraska
1997Actual season year • SRS range -7.9 to 20.32022
Active comparison point
Mike Leach • 2008
2008 Texas Tech
Best season11-2 • SRS 20.3 • SP Overall 23.0
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+9.5
SP Off / Def
49.8 / 25.5
Finish
#12
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Mike Riley
Nearest year 2008 • Oregon State
9-4 • SRS 11.7 • SP Overall 14.2
Mike Leach holds a 8.6-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +16.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Leach | |||||
| Texas Tech | 2000-2009 | 10 | 84-43 | 11.4Best quality | 20.3Highest peak |
| Washington State | 2012-2019 | 8 | 55-47 | 5.8 | 15.5 |
| Mississippi State | 2020-2022 | 3 | 19-17 | 7.9 | 13.1 |
| Mike Riley | |||||
| Oregon State | 1997-2014 | 14 | 93-80 | 7.1 | 14.9Longest stop |
| Nebraska | 2015-2017 | 3 | 19-19 | 4.2 | 6.9 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher ceiling
Full profile →Mike Leach
158-107 • 59.6% • 21 seasons • 0 titles
20.3 peak SRS at the top end.
Best Season
Texas Tech 2008
SRS 20.3
Worst Season
Washington State 2012
SRS -7.9
Biggest Improvement
Washington State 2013
14.3 SRS
Better floor
Full profile →Mike Riley
112-99 • 53.1% • 17 seasons • 0 titles
-3.5 worst-season SRS.
Best Season
Oregon State 2012
SRS 14.9
Worst Season
Oregon State 1997
SRS -3.5
Biggest Improvement
Oregon State 2012
15.9 SRS