Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: Spike Dykes
Spike Dykes: 58th 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.
Spike DykesTyrone Willingham
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Spike Dykes vs Tyrone Willingham
Spike Dykes: 68th pct vs Tyrone Willingham: 66th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Decisive edgeEdge: Spike Dykes
Spike Dykes: 75th pct vs Tyrone Willingham: 50th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
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Spike Dykes: 0 titles vs Tyrone Willingham: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
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Spike Dykes: 14 seasons vs Tyrone Willingham: 14 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Spike Dykes
Spike Dykes: 55.0% 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.
Spike Dykes and Tyrone Willingham look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarSpike Dykes and Tyrone Willingham look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Spike Dykes
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.8
75th pct
Strong
Tyrone Willingham
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.8
75th 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.
Spike DykesTyrone Willingham
EliteStrongAverageLean
Tyrone Willingham: 2002 Notre DameTyrone Willingham: 2005 Washington
1986Actual season year • SRS range -14.9 to 12.82008
Active comparison point
Spike Dykes • 1996
1996 Texas Tech
Best season7-5 • SRS 12.8 • SP Overall 15.7
Win %
58.3%
YoY SRS
+3.2
SP Off / Def
35.0 / 20.9
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Tyrone Willingham
Nearest year 1996 • Stanford
7-5 • SRS 7.2 • SP Overall 8.6
Spike Dykes holds a 5.6-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +7.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike Dykes | |||||
| Texas Tech | 1986-1999 | 14 | 82-67-1 | 4.3 | 12.8Highest peak |
| Tyrone Willingham | |||||
| Stanford | 1995-2001 | 7 | 44-36-1 | 5.3 | 11.6 |
| Notre Dame | 2002-2004 | 3 | 21-15 | 7.6Best quality | 11.7 |
| Washington | 2005-2008 | 4 | 11-37 | -1.9 | 5.4 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Steadier arc
Full profile →Spike Dykes
82-67-1 • 55.0% • 14 seasons • 0 titles
75th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Texas Tech 1996
SRS 12.8
Worst Season
Texas Tech 1999
SRS -4.4
Biggest Improvement
Texas Tech 1993
11.3 SRS
Broader school footprint
Full profile →Tyrone Willingham
76-88-1 • 46.4% • 14 seasons • 0 titles
3 schools across the tracked career.
Best Season
Notre Dame 2002
SRS 11.7
Worst Season
Washington 2008
SRS -14.9
Biggest Improvement
Stanford 1999
11.7 SRS