Career Quality
Decisive edgeEdge: Gary Barnett
Gary Barnett: 72nd pct vs Tyrone Willingham: 52nd 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.
Tyrone WillinghamGary Barnett
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Decisive edgeEdge: Gary Barnett
Gary Barnett: 86th pct vs Tyrone Willingham: 66th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Decisive edgeEdge: Tyrone Willingham
Tyrone Willingham: 50th pct vs Gary Barnett: 32nd pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Gary Barnett vs Tyrone Willingham
Gary Barnett: 0 titles vs Tyrone Willingham: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Gary Barnett vs Tyrone Willingham
Gary Barnett: 14 seasons vs Tyrone Willingham: 14 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Narrow edgeEdge: Gary Barnett
Gary Barnett: 50.3% vs Tyrone Willingham: 46.4%
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.
Gary Barnett and Tyrone Willingham look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarGary Barnett and Tyrone Willingham look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Tyrone Willingham
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.8
75th pct
Strong
Gary Barnett
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 6.9
77th pct
Strong
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.
Tyrone WillinghamGary Barnett
EliteStrongAverageLean
Tyrone Willingham: 2002 Notre DameTyrone Willingham: 2005 WashingtonGary Barnett: 1999 Colorado
1992Actual season year • SRS range -14.9 to 20.72008
Active comparison point
Tyrone Willingham • 2002
2002 Notre Dame
Best seasonNew stop: Notre Dame10-3 • SRS 11.7 • SP Overall 17.1
Win %
76.9%
YoY SRS
+0.1
SP Off / Def
31.1 / 15.1
Finish
#17
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Gary Barnett
Nearest year 2002 • Colorado
9-5 • SRS 12.7 • SP Overall 19.8
Tyrone Willingham trails by a 1.0-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: -8.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Willingham | |||||
| Stanford | 1995-2001 | 7 | 44-36-1 | 5.3 | 11.6 |
| Notre Dame | 2002-2004 | 3 | 21-15 | 7.6 | 11.7 |
| Washington | 2005-2008 | 4 | 11-37 | -1.9 | 5.4 |
| Gary Barnett | |||||
| Northwestern | 1992-1998 | 7 | 35-45-1 | 1.3 | 20.7Highest peak |
| Colorado | 1999-2005 | 7 | 49-38 | 7.1 | 13.2 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Steadier arc
Full profile →Tyrone Willingham
76-88-1 • 46.4% • 14 seasons • 0 titles
50th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Notre Dame 2002
SRS 11.7
Worst Season
Washington 2008
SRS -14.9
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1999
11.7 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →Gary Barnett
84-83-1 • 50.3% • 14 seasons • 0 titles
72nd pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Northwestern 1995
SRS 20.7
Worst Season
Northwestern 1992
SRS -8.2
Biggest Improvement
Northwestern 1995
21.8 SRS