Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Pete Lembo
Pete Lembo: 36th pct vs Watson Brown: 26th 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.
Watson BrownPete Lembo
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Pete Lembo vs Watson Brown
Pete Lembo: 36th pct vs Watson Brown: 35th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Decisive edgeEdge: Pete Lembo
Pete Lembo: 72nd pct vs Watson Brown: 55th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Pete Lembo vs Watson Brown
Pete Lembo: 0 titles vs Watson Brown: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Decisive edgeEdge: Watson Brown
Watson Brown: 24 seasons vs Pete Lembo: 15 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Pete Lembo
Pete Lembo: 56.8% vs Watson Brown: 35.4%
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.
Pete Lembo has the clear edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Clear edgePete Lembo has the clear edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Watson Brown
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -9.8
28th pct
Lower end
Pete Lembo
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -6.0
38th pct
Lower end
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.
Watson BrownPete Lembo
EliteStrongAverageLean
Watson Brown: 1984 RiceWatson Brown: 1986 VanderbiltWatson Brown: 1996 UABPete Lembo: 2024 Buffalo
1983Actual season year • SRS range -21.1 to 0.72025
Active comparison point
Watson Brown • 1987
1987 Vanderbilt
Best season4-7 • SRS 0.0 • SP Overall -0.3
Win %
36.4%
YoY SRS
+10.1
SP Off / Def
35.6 / 35.5
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Pete Lembo
Nearest year 2011 • Ball State
6-6 • SRS -9.3 • SP Overall -13.6
Watson Brown holds a 9.3-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +11.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Brown | |||||
| Cincinnati | 1983-1983 | 1 | 4-6-1 | -1.8Best quality | -1.8 |
| Rice | 1984-1985 | 2 | 4-18 | -11.9 | -9.4 |
| Vanderbilt | 1986-1990 | 5 | 10-45 | -8.5 | 0.0 |
| UAB | 1996-2006 | 11 | 57-68 | -7.7 | -0.1Longest stop |
| Pete Lembo | |||||
| Ball State | 2011-2015 | 5 | 33-29 | -7.6 | 0.7 |
| Buffalo | 2024-2025 | 2 | 9-4 | -10.2 | -6.1 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Longer run
Full profile →Watson Brown
75-137-1 • 35.4% • 19 seasons • 0 titles
24 tracked seasons across the arc.
Best Season
Vanderbilt 1987
SRS 0.0
Worst Season
Vanderbilt 1990
SRS -21.1
Biggest Improvement
UAB 1999
14.4 SRS
Steadier arc
Full profile →Pete Lembo
42-33 • 56.8% • 7 seasons • 0 titles
72nd pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Ball State 2013
SRS 0.7
Worst Season
Ball State 2015
SRS -14.9
Biggest Improvement
Buffalo 2024
8.8 SRS