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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Ed OrgeronFred Akers

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Ed Orgeron: 84th pct vs Fred Akers: 82nd pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Ed Orgeron

Ed Orgeron: 99th pct vs Fred Akers: 94th pct

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

Consistency

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Fred Akers: 5th pct vs Ed Orgeron: 4th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Narrow edge

Edge: Ed Orgeron

Ed Orgeron: 1 title vs Fred Akers: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Ed Orgeron: 17 seasons vs Fred Akers: 16 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

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Fred Akers: 58.9% vs Ed Orgeron: 58.8%

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.

Ed Orgeron has the clear edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Clear edge

Ed Orgeron has the clear edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ed Orgeron

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 12.6

90th pct

Elite

Fred Akers

Strong

Raw avg SP Overall: 7.6

79th 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.

Ed OrgeronFred Akers
EliteStrongAverageLean
Ed Orgeron: 2013 USCEd Orgeron: 2016 LSUFred Akers: 1977 TexasFred Akers: 1987 Purdue
1975Actual season year • SRS range -12.3 to 34.22021

Active comparison point

Ed Orgeron2019

Selected

2019 LSU

Best season

15-0 • SRS 34.2 • SP Overall 33.1

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+15.9

SP Off / Def

48.9 / 17.7

Finish

#1

Comparison context

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

Fred Akers

Nearest year 1990Purdue

Profile

2-9 • SRS -7.4 • SP Overall -9.4

Ed Orgeron holds a 41.6-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +24.7 SP offense

Tenure comparison

Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Ed Orgeron
Ole Miss2005-2007310-25-4.6-0.9
USC2013-201316-215.715.7
LSU2016-2021651-2015.934.2Highest peak
Fred Akers
Wyoming1975-1976210-13-2.9-0.6
Texas1977-19861086-31-214.426.1Longest stop
Purdue1987-1990412-31-1-7.6-4.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher ceiling

Ed Orgeron

67-4758.8%10 seasons • 1 title

34.2 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

LSU 2019

SRS 34.2

Worst Season

Ole Miss 2005

SRS -9.5

Biggest Improvement

USC 2013

16.6 SRS

Similar overall level

Fred Akers

108-75-358.9%16 seasons • 0 titles

This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.

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Best Season

Texas 1977

SRS 26.1

Worst Season

Purdue 1988

SRS -12.3

Biggest Improvement

Texas 1977

31.2 SRS