Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: Scotty Walden
Scotty Walden: 9th pct vs Bill Michael: 6th 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.
Scotty WaldenBill Michael
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Scotty Walden vs Bill Michael
Scotty Walden: 9th pct vs Bill Michael: 7th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Bill Michael vs Scotty Walden
Bill Michael: 97th pct vs Scotty Walden: 96th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Bill Michael vs Scotty Walden
Bill Michael: 0 titles vs Scotty Walden: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Scotty Walden vs Bill Michael
Scotty Walden: 6 seasons vs Bill Michael: 5 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Scotty Walden
Scotty Walden: 25.0% vs Bill Michael: 10.4%
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.
Scotty Walden has the edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Narrow edgeScotty Walden has the edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Scotty Walden
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -16.0
13th pct
Lower end
Bill Michael
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -22.9
4th 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.
Scotty WaldenBill Michael
EliteStrongAverageLean
Scotty Walden: 2024 UTEP
1977Actual season year • SRS range -22.1 to -15.02025
Active comparison point
Scotty Walden • 2020
2020 Southern Miss
Best season1-3 • SRS -15.0 • SP Overall -7.9
Win %
25.0%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
24.2 / 32.1
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Bill Michael
Nearest year 1981 • UTEP
0-2 • SRS -22.1 • SP Overall -26.6
Scotty Walden holds a 7.1-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +3.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotty Walden | |||||
| Southern Miss | 2020-2020 | 1 | 1-3 | -15.0Best quality | -15.0Highest peak |
| UTEP | 2024-2025 | 2 | 3-9 | -18.9 | -17.7 |
| Bill Michael | |||||
| UTEP | 1977-1981 | 5 | 5-43 | -19.0 | -16.3Longest stop |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher career quality
Full profile →Scotty Walden
4-12 • 25.0% • 3 seasons • 0 titles
9th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Southern Miss 2020
SRS -15.0
Worst Season
UTEP 2024
SRS -20.2
Biggest Improvement
UTEP 2025
2.5 SRS
Similar overall level
Full profile →Bill Michael
5-43 • 10.4% • 5 seasons • 0 titles
This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.
Best Season
UTEP 1979
SRS -16.3
Worst Season
UTEP 1981
SRS -22.1
Biggest Improvement
UTEP 1979
2.5 SRS