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

Terry DonahueJim Tatum

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Similar

Similar: Jim Tatum vs Terry Donahue

Jim Tatum: 94th pct vs Terry Donahue: 91st pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Jim Tatum

Jim Tatum: 93rd pct vs Terry Donahue: 89th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Terry Donahue

Terry Donahue: 43rd pct vs Jim Tatum: 40th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Narrow edge

Edge: Jim Tatum

Jim Tatum: 1 title vs Terry Donahue: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Clear edge

Edge: Terry Donahue

Terry Donahue: 20 seasons vs Jim Tatum: 17 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Jim Tatum

Jim Tatum: 72.9% vs Terry Donahue: 66.5%

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.

Terry Donahue sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Terry Donahue sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Terry Donahue

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 16.9

96th pct

Elite

Jim Tatum

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.

Terry DonahueJim Tatum

EliteStrongAverageLean

Higher peak

Jim Tatum reached the best single-season peak.

Stronger late run

Terry Donahue closed stronger late in the arc.

Jim Tatum: 1946 OklahomaJim Tatum: 1947 MarylandJim Tatum: 1956 North Carolina

1942Actual season year • SRS range -0.7 to 25.91995

Active comparison point

Terry Donahue • 1982

Selected

1982 UCLA

Best season

10-1-1 • SRS 22.6 • SP Overall 24.2

Win %

87.5%

YoY SRS

+4.8

SP Off / Def

42.6 / 20.2

Finish

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Comparison context

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

Jim Tatum

Nearest year 1958 • North Carolina

Profile

6-4 • SRS 11.0 • SP Overall —

Terry Donahue holds a 11.6-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
Terry Donahue
UCLA	1976-1995	20	151-74-8	14.1	22.6Longest stop
Jim Tatum
North Carolina	1942-1958	4	19-17-3	7.2	11.0
Oklahoma	1946-1946	1	8-3	13.6	13.6
Maryland	1947-1955	9	73-15-4	17.1Best quality	25.9Highest peak

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Longer run

Terry Donahue

151-74-8 • 66.5% • 20 seasons • 0 titles

20 tracked seasons across the arc.

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Best Season

UCLA 1982

SRS 22.6

Worst Season

UCLA 1994

SRS 1.6

Biggest Improvement

UCLA 1993

18.1 SRS

Higher ceiling

Jim Tatum

100-35-7 • 72.9% • 14 seasons • 1 title

25.9 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Maryland 1951

SRS 25.9

Worst Season

North Carolina 1956

SRS -0.7

Biggest Improvement

Maryland 1951

18.0 SRS