Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: David Shaw
David Shaw: 88th pct vs Kevin Sumlin: 83rd 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.
David ShawKevin Sumlin
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Kevin Sumlin
Kevin Sumlin: 96th pct vs David Shaw: 90th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Narrow edgeEdge: Kevin Sumlin
Kevin Sumlin: 18th pct vs David Shaw: 15th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: David Shaw vs Kevin Sumlin
David Shaw: 0 titles vs Kevin Sumlin: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Kevin Sumlin vs David Shaw
Kevin Sumlin: 13 seasons vs David Shaw: 12 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Narrow edgeEdge: David Shaw
David Shaw: 64.0% vs Kevin Sumlin: 60.1%
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.
David Shaw and Kevin Sumlin look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarDavid Shaw and Kevin Sumlin look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
David Shaw
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 11.3
88th pct
Elite
Kevin Sumlin
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 10.0
85th pct
Elite
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.
David ShawKevin Sumlin
EliteStrongAverageLean
Kevin Sumlin: 2012 Texas A&MKevin Sumlin: 2018 Arizona
2008Actual season year • SRS range -5.4 to 28.72022
Active comparison point
David Shaw • 2011
2011 Stanford
Best season11-2 • SRS 23.4 • SP Overall 20.0
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
44.6 / 24.5
Finish
#7
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Kevin Sumlin
Nearest year 2011 • Houston
12-1 • SRS 15.2 • SP Overall 14.2
David Shaw holds a 8.2-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +4.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Shaw | |||||
| Stanford | 2011-2022 | 12 | 96-54 | 11.0 | 23.4Longest stop |
| Kevin Sumlin | |||||
| Houston | 2008-2011 | 4 | 35-17 | 4.9 | 15.2 |
| Texas A&M | 2012-2017 | 6 | 51-26 | 14.0Best quality | 28.7Highest peak |
| Arizona | 2018-2020 | 3 | 9-20 | -4.1 | -2.8 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher career quality
Full profile →David Shaw
96-54 • 64.0% • 12 seasons • 0 titles
88th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Stanford 2011
SRS 23.4
Worst Season
Stanford 2022
SRS -5.1
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 2013
6.8 SRS
Higher ceiling
Full profile →Kevin Sumlin
95-63 • 60.1% • 13 seasons • 0 titles
28.7 peak SRS at the top end.
Best Season
Texas A&M 2012
SRS 28.7
Worst Season
Arizona 2019
SRS -5.4
Biggest Improvement
Houston 2011
17.9 SRS