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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Mike MacIntyreGary Darnell

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Gary Darnell: 40th pct vs Mike MacIntyre: 38th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Clear edge

Edge: Mike MacIntyre

Mike MacIntyre: 74th pct vs Gary Darnell: 62nd pct

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

Consistency

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Gary Darnell: 14th pct vs Mike MacIntyre: 13th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Gary Darnell: 0 titles vs Mike MacIntyre: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Gary Darnell: 16 seasons vs Mike MacIntyre: 15 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: Gary Darnell

Gary Darnell: 49.5% vs Mike MacIntyre: 39.5%

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.

Gary Darnell has the clear edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Clear edge

Gary Darnell has the clear edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Mike MacIntyre

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -6.7

37th pct

Lower end

Gary Darnell

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -3.4

46th pct

Mixed

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 MacIntyreGary Darnell
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mike MacIntyre: 2013 ColoradoMike MacIntyre: 2022 Florida InternationalGary Darnell: 1997 Western Michigan
1989Actual season year • SRS range -24.3 to 15.32024

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Mike MacIntyre2016

Selected

2016 Colorado

Best seasonBiggest improvement

10-4 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 6.3

Win %

71.4%

YoY SRS

+19.9

SP Off / Def

29.3 / 21.7

Finish

#17

Comparison context

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

Gary Darnell

Nearest year 2004Western Michigan

Profile

1-10 • SRS -24.3 • SP Overall -21.7

Mike MacIntyre holds a 39.6-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: -0.6 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Mike MacIntyre
San José State2010-2012316-21-4.77.2
Colorado2013-2018630-44-0.315.3Highest peak
Florida International2022-2024312-24-17.9-11.6
Gary Darnell
Florida1989-198913-410.2Best quality10.2
Western Michigan1997-2004846-46-7.110.1Longest stop

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher ceiling

Mike MacIntyre

58-8939.5%12 seasons • 0 titles

15.3 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Colorado 2016

SRS 15.3

Worst Season

Florida International 2022

SRS -22.8

Biggest Improvement

Colorado 2016

19.9 SRS

Similar overall level

Gary Darnell

49-5049.5%9 seasons • 0 titles

This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.

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Best Season

Florida 1989

SRS 10.2

Worst Season

Western Michigan 2004

SRS -24.3

Biggest Improvement

Western Michigan 2000

15.2 SRS