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

Tim MurphyMike Sheppard

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Narrow edge

Edge: Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy: 19th pct vs Mike Sheppard: 16th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy: 31st pct vs Mike Sheppard: 25th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Mike Sheppard

Mike Sheppard: 36th pct vs Tim Murphy: 28th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Mike Sheppard vs Tim Murphy

Mike Sheppard: 0 titles vs Tim Murphy: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Clear edge

Edge: Mike Sheppard

Mike Sheppard: 8 seasons vs Tim Murphy: 5 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy: 31.8% vs Mike Sheppard: 26.9%

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.

Tim Murphy has the edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Narrow edge

Tim Murphy has the edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Tim Murphy

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.2

25th pct

Lower end

Mike Sheppard

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -13.0

20th 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

Tim Murphy reached the best single-season peak.

Steadier stretch

Mike Sheppard sustained the steadier arc.

Mike Sheppard: 1987 New Mexico

1984Actual season year • SRS range -25.3 to -2.01993

Active comparison point

Tim Murphy • 1993

Selected

1993 Cincinnati

Best season

8-3 • SRS -2.0 • SP Overall 4.0

Win %

72.7%

YoY SRS

+6.5

SP Off / Def

28.8 / 26.1

Finish

Unranked

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Comparison context

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

Mike Sheppard

Nearest year 1991 • New Mexico

Profile

3-9 • SRS -18.6 • SP Overall -19.7

Tim Murphy holds a 16.6-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +1.0 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
Tim Murphy
Cincinnati	1989-1993	5	17-37-1	-12.9	-2.0Highest peak
Mike Sheppard
Long Beach State	1984-1986	3	16-18	-7.0Best quality	-4.6
New Mexico	1987-1991	5	9-50	-17.4	-6.6

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher ceiling

Tim Murphy

17-37-1 • 31.8% • 5 seasons • 0 titles

-2.0 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Cincinnati 1993

SRS -2.0

Worst Season

Cincinnati 1990

SRS -24.0

Biggest Improvement

Cincinnati 1991

14.8 SRS

Steadier arc

Mike Sheppard

25-68 • 26.9% • 8 seasons • 0 titles

36th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Long Beach State 1986

SRS -4.6

Worst Season

New Mexico 1988

SRS -25.3

Biggest Improvement

New Mexico 1989

18.7 SRS