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

Ron MeyerTiny Thornhill

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Clear edge

Edge: Ron Meyer

Ron Meyer: 79th pct vs Tiny Thornhill: 68th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Ron Meyer

Ron Meyer: 91st pct vs Tiny Thornhill: 86th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Tiny Thornhill

Tiny Thornhill: 24th pct vs Ron Meyer: 18th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Ron Meyer vs Tiny Thornhill

Ron Meyer: 0 titles vs Tiny Thornhill: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Similar

Similar: Tiny Thornhill vs Ron Meyer

Tiny Thornhill: 7 seasons vs Ron Meyer: 6 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Tiny Thornhill

Tiny Thornhill: 57.5% vs Ron Meyer: 51.5%

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.

Ron Meyer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ron Meyer sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ron Meyer

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 10.8

86th pct

Elite

Tiny Thornhill

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall: —

—

Insufficient sample

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.

Ron MeyerTiny Thornhill

EliteStrongAverageLean

Higher peak

Ron Meyer reached the best single-season peak.

Steadier stretch

Tiny Thornhill sustained the steadier arc.

1933Actual season year • SRS range -6.3 to 23.71981

Active comparison point

Ron Meyer • 1981

Selected

1981 SMU

Best season

10-1 • SRS 23.7 • SP Overall 25.5

Win %

90.9%

YoY SRS

+7.5

SP Off / Def

37.4 / 12.0

Finish

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Comparison context

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

Tiny Thornhill

Nearest year 1939 • Stanford

Profile

1-7-1 • SRS -6.3 • SP Overall —

Ron Meyer holds a 30.0-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
Ron Meyer
SMU	1976-1981	6	34-32-1	10.3	23.7Highest peak
Tiny Thornhill
Stanford	1933-1939	7	35-25-7	9.4	20.7

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher career quality

Ron Meyer

34-32-1 • 51.5% • 6 seasons • 0 titles

79th pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

SMU 1981

SRS 23.7

Worst Season

SMU 1976

SRS -3.0

Biggest Improvement

SMU 1978

14.7 SRS

Steadier arc

Tiny Thornhill

35-25-7 • 57.5% • 7 seasons • 0 titles

24th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Stanford 1935

SRS 20.7

Worst Season

Stanford 1939

SRS -6.3

Biggest Improvement

Stanford 1934

3.7 SRS