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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Choose two to four coaches

Nelson StokleyRed Parker

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Narrow edge

Edge: Red Parker

Red Parker: 34th pct vs Nelson Stokley: 28th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Clear edge

Edge: Red Parker

Red Parker: 55th pct vs Nelson Stokley: 41st pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Nelson Stokley

Nelson Stokley: 21st pct vs Red Parker: 16th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Nelson Stokley vs Red Parker

Nelson Stokley: 0 titles vs Red Parker: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Narrow edge

Edge: Nelson Stokley

Nelson Stokley: 13 seasons vs Red Parker: 11 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Red Parker

Red Parker: 48.7% vs Nelson Stokley: 43.7%

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.

Red Parker has the clear edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Clear edge

Red Parker has the clear edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Nelson Stokley

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.3

24th pct

Lower end

Red Parker

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -6.7

37th pct

Lower end

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.

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Higher peak

Red Parker reached the best single-season peak.

Red Parker: 1973 Clemson

1966Actual season year • SRS range -29.8 to 7.51998

Active comparison point

Nelson Stokley • 1988

Selected

1988 Louisiana

Best season

6-5 • SRS 2.6 • SP Overall 1.5

Win %

54.5%

YoY SRS

+12.4

SP Off / Def

29.0 / 28.2

Finish

Unranked

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Comparison context

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

Red Parker

Nearest year 1976 • Clemson

Profile

3-6-2 • SRS 3.0 • SP Overall 0.4

Nelson Stokley trails by a 0.4-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +6.5 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
Nelson Stokley
Louisiana	1986-1998	13	62-80-1	-10.7	2.6Longest stop
Red Parker
The Citadel	1966-1972	7	39-34	-15.6	-6.5
Clemson	1973-1976	4	17-25-2	-0.4Best quality	7.5Highest peak

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Steadier arc

Nelson Stokley

62-80-1 • 43.7% • 13 seasons • 0 titles

21st pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Louisiana 1988

SRS 2.6

Worst Season

Louisiana 1997

SRS -29.8

Biggest Improvement

Louisiana 1993

16.9 SRS

Higher ceiling

Red Parker

56-59-2 • 48.7% • 11 seasons • 0 titles

7.5 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Clemson 1974

SRS 7.5

Worst Season

The Citadel 1966

SRS -25.5

Biggest Improvement

Clemson 1976

13.7 SRS