Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: Lincoln Riley
Lincoln Riley: 94th pct vs Josh Heupel: 91st 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.
Lincoln RileyJosh Heupel
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Lincoln Riley
Lincoln Riley: 90th pct vs Josh Heupel: 84th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Clear edgeEdge: Josh Heupel
Josh Heupel: 87th pct vs Lincoln Riley: 73rd pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Josh Heupel vs Lincoln Riley
Josh Heupel: 0 titles vs Lincoln Riley: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Lincoln Riley vs Josh Heupel
Lincoln Riley: 9 seasons vs Josh Heupel: 8 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Narrow edgeEdge: Lincoln Riley
Lincoln Riley: 77.1% vs Josh Heupel: 73.9%
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.
Josh Heupel and Lincoln Riley look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarJosh Heupel and Lincoln Riley look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Lincoln Riley
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 18.3
96th pct
Elite
Josh Heupel
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 18.8
97th pct
Elite
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.
Lincoln RileyJosh Heupel
EliteStrongAverageLean
Lincoln Riley: 2022 USCJosh Heupel: 2021 Tennessee
2017Actual season year • SRS range 8.0 to 22.72025
Active comparison point
Lincoln Riley • 2017
2017 Oklahoma
Best season12-2 • SRS 22.7 • SP Overall 25.5
Win %
85.7%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
49.8 / 24.2
Finish
#3
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Josh Heupel
Nearest year 2018 • UCF
12-1 • SRS 14.9 • SP Overall 16.5
Lincoln Riley holds a 7.8-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +9.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Riley | |||||
| Oklahoma | 2017-2021 | 5 | 55-10 | 18.8Best quality | 22.7Highest peak |
| USC | 2022-2025 | 4 | 26-14 | 12.0 | 15.5 |
| Josh Heupel | |||||
| UCF | 2018-2020 | 3 | 28-8 | 14.1 | 14.9 |
| Tennessee | 2021-2025 | 5 | 37-15 | 12.6 | 19.9 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher ceiling
Full profile →Lincoln Riley
81-24 • 77.1% • 9 seasons • 0 titles
22.7 peak SRS at the top end.
Best Season
Oklahoma 2017
SRS 22.7
Worst Season
USC 2023
SRS 9.0
Biggest Improvement
USC 2025
3.4 SRS
Steadier arc
Full profile →Josh Heupel
65-23 • 73.9% • 8 seasons • 0 titles
87th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Tennessee 2022
SRS 19.9
Worst Season
Tennessee 2021
SRS 8.0
Biggest Improvement
Tennessee 2022
11.9 SRS