Career Quality
SimilarSimilar: Earle Bruce vs Wallace Butts
Earle Bruce: 87th pct vs Wallace Butts: 86th 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.
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Wallace Butts vs Earle Bruce
Wallace Butts: 94th pct vs Earle Bruce: 92nd pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Earle Bruce vs Wallace Butts
Earle Bruce: 25th pct vs Wallace Butts: 25th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Earle Bruce vs Wallace Butts
Earle Bruce: 0 titles vs Wallace Butts: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Narrow edgeEdge: Wallace Butts
Wallace Butts: 22 seasons vs Earle Bruce: 20 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
SimilarSimilar: Earle Bruce vs Wallace Butts
Earle Bruce: 62.8% vs Wallace Butts: 61.5%
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.
Earle Bruce sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeEarle Bruce sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Earle Bruce
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 11.3
88th pct
Elite
Wallace Butts
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.
Earle BruceWallace Butts
EliteStrongAverageLean
Earle Bruce: 1979 Ohio StateEarle Bruce: 1989 Colorado State
1939Actual season year • SRS range -10.6 to 26.01992
Active comparison point
Earle Bruce • 1979
1979 Ohio State
Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Ohio State11-1 • SRS 24.9 • SP Overall 24.0
Win %
91.7%
YoY SRS
+17.0
SP Off / Def
37.2 / 14.1
Finish
#4
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Wallace Butts
Nearest year 1960 • Georgia
6-4 • SRS 13.5 • SP Overall —
Earle Bruce holds a 11.4-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earle Bruce | |||||
| Iowa State | 1973-1978 | 6 | 36-32 | 10.6 | 17.6 |
| Ohio State | 1979-1987 | 9 | 81-26-1 | 15.7Best quality | 24.9 |
| Colorado State | 1989-1992 | 4 | 22-24-1 | -3.0 | 3.8 |
| Wallace Butts | |||||
| Georgia | 1939-1960 | 22 | 140-86-9 | 9.6 | 26.0Highest peak |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Broader school footprint
Full profile →Earle Bruce
139-82-2 • 62.8% • 19 seasons • 0 titles
3 schools across the tracked career.
Best Season
Ohio State 1979
SRS 24.9
Worst Season
Colorado State 1991
SRS -10.6
Biggest Improvement
Ohio State 1979
17.0 SRS
Longer run
Full profile →Wallace Butts
140-86-9 • 61.5% • 22 seasons • 0 titles
22 tracked seasons across the arc.
Best Season
Georgia 1942
SRS 26.0
Worst Season
Georgia 1943
SRS -9.5
Biggest Improvement
Georgia 1945
21.0 SRS