Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Butch Jones
Butch Jones: 53rd pct vs Walt Harris: 42nd 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.
Butch JonesWalt Harris
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Decisive edgeEdge: Butch Jones
Butch Jones: 80th pct vs Walt Harris: 63rd pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Walt Harris vs Butch Jones
Walt Harris: 17th pct vs Butch Jones: 14th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Butch Jones vs Walt Harris
Butch Jones: 0 titles vs Walt Harris: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Butch Jones vs Walt Harris
Butch Jones: 19 seasons vs Walt Harris: 18 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Butch Jones
Butch Jones: 54.8% vs Walt Harris: 44.8%
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.
Butch Jones has the edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Narrow edgeButch Jones has the edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Butch Jones
Above average
Raw avg SP Overall: 0.8
60th pct
Above average
Walt Harris
Mixed
Raw avg SP Overall: -1.2
53th 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.
Butch JonesWalt Harris
EliteStrongAverageLean
Butch Jones: 2010 CincinnatiButch Jones: 2013 TennesseeButch Jones: 2021 Arkansas StateWalt Harris: 1997 PittsburghWalt Harris: 2005 Stanford
1989Actual season year • SRS range -20.3 to 17.72025
Active comparison point
Butch Jones • 2015
2015 Tennessee
Best season9-4 • SRS 17.7 • SP Overall 19.5
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+6.8
SP Off / Def
35.7 / 17.8
Finish
#22
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Walt Harris
Nearest year 2006 • Stanford
1-11 • SRS -10.7 • SP Overall -14.1
Butch Jones holds a 28.4-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +20.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Jones | |||||
| Central Michigan | 2007-2009 | 3 | 27-13 | -1.8 | 4.5 |
| Cincinnati | 2010-2012 | 3 | 23-14 | 5.4 | 10.5 |
| Tennessee | 2013-2017 | 5 | 34-27 | 6.8Best quality | 17.7Highest peak |
| Arkansas State | 2021-2025 | 5 | 19-31 | -11.3 | -6.4 |
| Walt Harris | |||||
| Pacific | 1989-1991 | 3 | 11-24 | -14.9 | -10.4 |
| Pittsburgh | 1997-2004 | 8 | 52-44 | 2.9 | 10.5Longest stop |
| Stanford | 2005-2006 | 2 | 6-17 | -3.0 | 4.8 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher ceiling
Full profile →Butch Jones
103-85 • 54.8% • 16 seasons • 0 titles
17.7 peak SRS at the top end.
Best Season
Tennessee 2015
SRS 17.7
Worst Season
Arkansas State 2021
SRS -16.8
Biggest Improvement
Central Michigan 2009
11.4 SRS
Similar overall level
Full profile →Walt Harris
69-85 • 44.8% • 13 seasons • 0 titles
This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.
Best Season
Pittsburgh 2002
SRS 10.5
Worst Season
Pacific 1989
SRS -20.3
Biggest Improvement
Pittsburgh 1999
7.1 SRS