Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: JD Brookhart
JD Brookhart: 36th pct vs Jerry Ippoliti: 23rd 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.
Jerry IppolitiJD Brookhart
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: JD Brookhart vs Jerry Ippoliti
JD Brookhart: 21st pct vs Jerry Ippoliti: 21st pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
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Jerry Ippoliti: 81st pct vs JD Brookhart: 81st pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
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JD Brookhart: 0 titles vs Jerry Ippoliti: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
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JD Brookhart: 6 seasons vs Jerry Ippoliti: 5 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Clear edgeEdge: Jerry Ippoliti
Jerry Ippoliti: 46.4% vs JD Brookhart: 41.7%
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.
JD Brookhart has the edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Narrow edgeJD Brookhart has the edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jerry Ippoliti
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -12.5
21th pct
Lower end
JD Brookhart
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -10.8
26th 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.
Jerry IppolitiJD Brookhart
EliteStrongAverageLean
1971Actual season year • SRS range -19.0 to -6.32009
Active comparison point
Jerry Ippoliti • 1971
1971 Northern Illinois
Best season5-5-1 • SRS -7.0 • SP Overall -6.7
Win %
50.0%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
22.2 / 28.3
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
JD Brookhart
Nearest year 2004 • Akron
6-5 • SRS -13.9 • SP Overall -11.1
Jerry Ippoliti holds a 6.9-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: -7.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Ippoliti | |||||
| Northern Illinois | 1971-1975 | 5 | 25-29-1 | -12.1 | -7.0 |
| JD Brookhart | |||||
| Akron | 2004-2009 | 6 | 30-42 | -11.9 | -6.3 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Similar overall level
Full profile →Jerry Ippoliti
25-29-1 • 46.4% • 5 seasons • 0 titles
This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.
Best Season
Northern Illinois 1971
SRS -7.0
Worst Season
Northern Illinois 1974
SRS -18.6
Biggest Improvement
Northern Illinois 1975
8.4 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →JD Brookhart
30-42 • 41.7% • 6 seasons • 0 titles
36th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Akron 2005
SRS -6.3
Worst Season
Akron 2009
SRS -19.0
Biggest Improvement
Akron 2005
7.6 SRS
Program impact deltas are hidden because at least one selected coach lacks a credible pre-tenure baseline.