Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: Tommy Prothro
Tommy Prothro: 90th pct vs Steve Sarkisian: 87th 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.
Steve SarkisianTommy Prothro
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Tommy Prothro
Tommy Prothro: 95th pct vs Steve Sarkisian: 89th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Narrow edgeEdge: Steve Sarkisian
Steve Sarkisian: 40th pct vs Tommy Prothro: 33rd pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Steve Sarkisian vs Tommy Prothro
Steve Sarkisian: 0 titles vs Tommy Prothro: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Steve Sarkisian vs Tommy Prothro
Steve Sarkisian: 17 seasons vs Tommy Prothro: 16 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Narrow edgeEdge: Tommy Prothro
Tommy Prothro: 64.9% vs Steve Sarkisian: 61.8%
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.
Tommy Prothro has the edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Narrow edgeTommy Prothro has the edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Steve Sarkisian
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 13.3
92th pct
Elite
Tommy Prothro
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 19.8
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.
Steve SarkisianTommy Prothro
EliteStrongAverageLean
Steve Sarkisian: 2014 USCSteve Sarkisian: 2021 TexasTommy Prothro: 1965 UCLA
1955Actual season year • SRS range 0.6 to 27.92025
Active comparison point
Steve Sarkisian • 2023
2023 Texas
Best season12-2 • SRS 22.0 • SP Overall 23.2
Win %
85.7%
YoY SRS
+4.9
SP Off / Def
39.3 / 17.7
Finish
#3
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Tommy Prothro
Nearest year 1970 • UCLA
6-5 • SRS 20.3 • SP Overall 19.8
Steve Sarkisian holds a 1.7-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +1.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Sarkisian | |||||
| Washington | 2009-2013 | 5 | 34-29 | 7.0 | 19.8 |
| USC | 2014-2014 | 1 | 9-4 | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| Texas | 2021-2025 | 5 | 38-17 | 15.0 | 22.0 |
| Tommy Prothro | |||||
| Oregon State | 1955-1964 | 10 | 63-37-2 | 7.3 | 14.1Longest stop |
| UCLA | 1965-1970 | 6 | 41-18-3 | 18.6Best quality | 27.9Highest peak |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Steadier arc
Full profile →Steve Sarkisian
81-50 • 61.8% • 11 seasons • 0 titles
40th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Texas 2023
SRS 22.0
Worst Season
Washington 2009
SRS 2.9
Biggest Improvement
Washington 2013
15.8 SRS
Higher ceiling
Full profile →Tommy Prothro
104-55-5 • 64.9% • 16 seasons • 0 titles
27.9 peak SRS at the top end.
Best Season
UCLA 1969
SRS 27.9
Worst Season
Oregon State 1958
SRS 0.6
Biggest Improvement
UCLA 1969
22.9 SRS