Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Mike Archer
Mike Archer: 81st pct vs Tiny Thornhill: 68th 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.
Tiny ThornhillMike Archer
2 of 4 slots filled. Comparison is active.
Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Tiny Thornhill vs Mike Archer
Tiny Thornhill: 86th pct vs Mike Archer: 84th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Mike Archer vs Tiny Thornhill
Mike Archer: 25th pct vs Tiny Thornhill: 24th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Mike Archer vs Tiny Thornhill
Mike Archer: 0 titles vs Tiny Thornhill: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Clear edgeEdge: Tiny Thornhill
Tiny Thornhill: 7 seasons vs Mike Archer: 4 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Narrow edgeEdge: Mike Archer
Mike Archer: 59.8% vs Tiny Thornhill: 57.5%
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.
Mike Archer sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeMike Archer sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Tiny Thornhill
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
—
Insufficient sample
Mike Archer
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 12.2
89th 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.
Tiny ThornhillMike Archer
EliteStrongAverageLean
1933Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 20.71990
Active comparison point
Tiny Thornhill • 1935
1935 Stanford
Best season8-1 • SRS 20.7 • SP Overall —
Win %
88.9%
YoY SRS
+2.1
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Mike Archer
Nearest year 1987 • LSU
10-1-1 • SRS 20.0 • SP Overall 23.5
Tiny Thornhill holds a 0.7-point SRS edge at this point.
Tenure comparison
Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.
| School | Years | Seasons | Record | Avg SRS | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Thornhill | |||||
| Stanford | 1933-1939 | 7 | 35-25-7 | 9.4 | 20.7Longest stop |
| Mike Archer | |||||
| LSU | 1987-1990 | 4 | 27-18-1 | 9.1 | 20.0 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Longer run
Full profile →Tiny Thornhill
35-25-7 • 57.5% • 7 seasons • 0 titles
7 tracked seasons across the arc.
Best Season
Stanford 1935
SRS 20.7
Worst Season
Stanford 1939
SRS -6.3
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1934
3.7 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →Mike Archer
27-18-1 • 59.8% • 4 seasons • 0 titles
81st pct career-quality score.
Best Season
LSU 1987
SRS 20.0
Worst Season
LSU 1990
SRS -4.3
Biggest Improvement
LSU 1989
0.1 SRS