Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Mike White
Mike White: 72nd pct vs Dana Holgorsen: 63rd 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.
Mike WhiteDana Holgorsen
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Dana Holgorsen
Dana Holgorsen: 80th pct vs Mike White: 74th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Dana Holgorsen vs Mike White
Dana Holgorsen: 57th pct vs Mike White: 55th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Dana Holgorsen vs Mike White
Dana Holgorsen: 0 titles vs Mike White: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Narrow edgeEdge: Mike White
Mike White: 16 seasons vs Dana Holgorsen: 14 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Clear edgeEdge: Dana Holgorsen
Dana Holgorsen: 57.1% vs Mike White: 52.9%
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 White and Dana Holgorsen look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarMike White and Dana Holgorsen look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike White
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.5
74th pct
Strong
Dana Holgorsen
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.4
74th 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.
Mike WhiteDana Holgorsen
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mike White: 1980 IllinoisDana Holgorsen: 2019 Houston
1972Actual season year • SRS range -3.3 to 17.92024
Active comparison point
Mike White • 1975
1975 California
Best season8-3 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 16.6
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+6.7
SP Off / Def
38.8 / 24.0
Finish
#14
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Dana Holgorsen
Nearest year 2011 • West Virginia
10-3 • SRS 9.2 • SP Overall 16.8
Mike White holds a 6.1-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +0.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike White | |||||
| California | 1972-1977 | 6 | 34-31-1 | 7.9 | 15.3 |
| Illinois | 1980-1987 | 8 | 47-41-3 | 5.3 | 13.9 |
| Dana Holgorsen | |||||
| West Virginia | 2011-2018 | 8 | 61-41 | 8.8 | 17.9Highest peak |
| Houston | 2019-2024 | 6 | 31-28 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher career quality
Full profile →Mike White
81-72-4 • 52.9% • 14 seasons • 0 titles
72nd pct career-quality score.
Best Season
California 1975
SRS 15.3
Worst Season
Illinois 1986
SRS -2.9
Biggest Improvement
California 1974
10.2 SRS
Higher ceiling
Full profile →Dana Holgorsen
92-69 • 57.1% • 14 seasons • 0 titles
17.9 peak SRS at the top end.
Best Season
West Virginia 2018
SRS 17.9
Worst Season
Houston 2023
SRS -3.3
Biggest Improvement
West Virginia 2014
14.0 SRS