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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John RobinsonDennis Erickson

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Similar

Similar: Dennis Erickson vs John Robinson

Dennis Erickson: 90th pct vs John Robinson: 88th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Similar: Dennis Erickson vs John Robinson

Dennis Erickson: 96th pct vs John Robinson: 95th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Dennis Erickson

Dennis Erickson: 6th pct vs John Robinson: 3rd pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Clear edge

Edge: Dennis Erickson

Dennis Erickson: 2 titles vs John Robinson: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Clear edge

Edge: John Robinson

John Robinson: 29 seasons vs Dennis Erickson: 26 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Narrow edge

Edge: Dennis Erickson

Dennis Erickson: 64.4% vs John Robinson: 62.9%

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.

Dennis Erickson and John Robinson look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

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Dennis Erickson and John Robinson look similar in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

John Robinson

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 12.4

90th pct

Elite

Dennis Erickson

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 14.2

93th 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.

John RobinsonDennis Erickson
EliteStrongAverageLean
John Robinson: 1999 UNLVDennis Erickson: 1987 Washington StateDennis Erickson: 1989 MiamiDennis Erickson: 1999 Oregon StateDennis Erickson: 2006 IdahoDennis Erickson: 2007 Arizona State
1976Actual season year • SRS range -18.7 to 28.42011

Active comparison point

John Robinson • 1979

Selected

1979 USC

Best season

11-0-1 • SRS 27.8 • SP Overall 28.6

Win %

95.8%

YoY SRS

+1.2

SP Off / Def

41.3 / 14.0

Finish

#2

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Comparison context

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

Dennis Erickson

Nearest year 1986 • Wyoming

Profile

6-6 • SRS -0.5 • SP Overall 1.4

John Robinson holds a 28.3-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +11.7 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
John Robinson
USC1976-199712104-35-419.327.8Longest stop
UNLV1999-2004628-42-6.42.6
Dennis Erickson
Wyoming1986-198616-6-0.5-0.5
Washington State1987-1988212-10-15.215.7
Miami1989-1994663-922.5Best quality28.4
Oregon State1999-2002431-1711.223.3
Idaho2006-200614-8-17.2-17.2
Arizona State2007-2011531-317.814.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Longer run

John Robinson

132-77-4 • 62.9% • 18 seasons • 0 titles

29 tracked seasons across the arc.

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Best Season

USC 1979

SRS 27.8

Worst Season

UNLV 1999

SRS -18.7

Biggest Improvement

UNLV 2000

21.3 SRS

Broader school footprint

Dennis Erickson

147-81-1 • 64.4% • 19 seasons • 2 titles

6 schools across the tracked career.

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Best Season

Miami 1990

SRS 28.4

Worst Season

Idaho 2006

SRS -17.2

Biggest Improvement

Arizona State 2007

30.9 SRS