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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Pete LemboDavid Rader

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Narrow edge

Edge: Pete Lembo

Pete Lembo: 36th pct vs David Rader: 29th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Clear edge

Edge: David Rader

David Rader: 48th pct vs Pete Lembo: 36th pct

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

Consistency

Decisive edge

Edge: Pete Lembo

Pete Lembo: 72nd pct vs David Rader: 43rd pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: David Rader vs Pete Lembo

David Rader: 0 titles vs Pete Lembo: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Clear edge

Edge: Pete Lembo

Pete Lembo: 15 seasons vs David Rader: 12 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: Pete Lembo

Pete Lembo: 56.8% vs David Rader: 37.7%

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.

Pete Lembo has the edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Narrow edge

Pete Lembo has the edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Pete Lembo

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -6.0

38th pct

Lower end

David Rader

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -9.1

30th 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.

Pete LemboDavid Rader
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Pete Lembo: 2024 Buffalo
1988Actual season year • SRS range -22.9 to 5.22025

Active comparison point

Pete Lembo2013

Selected

2013 Ball State

Best season

10-3 • SRS 0.7 • SP Overall 7.5

Win %

76.9%

YoY SRS

+4.7

SP Off / Def

38.3 / 31.3

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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

David Rader

Nearest year 1999Tulsa

Profile

2-9 • SRS -22.9 • SP Overall -25.5

Pete Lembo holds a 23.6-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +16.3 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Pete Lembo
Ball State2011-2015533-29-7.60.7
Buffalo2024-202529-4-10.2-6.1
David Rader
Tulsa1988-19991250-83-1-8.15.2Highest peak

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Steadier arc

Pete Lembo

42-3356.8%7 seasons • 0 titles

72nd pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Ball State 2013

SRS 0.7

Worst Season

Ball State 2015

SRS -14.9

Biggest Improvement

Buffalo 2024

8.8 SRS

Higher ceiling

David Rader

50-83-137.7%12 seasons • 0 titles

5.2 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Tulsa 1991

SRS 5.2

Worst Season

Tulsa 1999

SRS -22.9

Biggest Improvement

Tulsa 1991

19.8 SRS