Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Friedgen: 65th pct vs Randy Shannon: 59th 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.
Randy ShannonRalph Friedgen
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Friedgen: 80th pct vs Randy Shannon: 74th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Ralph Friedgen vs Randy Shannon
Ralph Friedgen: 50th pct vs Randy Shannon: 48th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Ralph Friedgen vs Randy Shannon
Ralph Friedgen: 0 titles vs Randy Shannon: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Randy Shannon vs Ralph Friedgen
Randy Shannon: 11 seasons vs Ralph Friedgen: 10 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Clear edgeEdge: Ralph Friedgen
Ralph Friedgen: 60.0% vs Randy Shannon: 53.7%
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.
Randy Shannon has the clear edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Clear edgeRandy Shannon has the clear edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Randy Shannon
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 14.2
93th pct
Elite
Ralph Friedgen
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 9.1
83th pct
Strong
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.
Randy ShannonRalph Friedgen
EliteStrongAverageLean
Randy Shannon: 2017 Florida
2001Actual season year • SRS range -5.5 to 17.72017
Active comparison point
Randy Shannon • 2009
2009 Miami
Best season9-4 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 25.0
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+9.2
SP Off / Def
38.5 / 15.1
Finish
#19
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Ralph Friedgen
Nearest year 2009 • Maryland
2-10 • SRS -5.5 • SP Overall -4.1
Randy Shannon holds a 20.8-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +17.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Shannon | |||||
| Miami | 2007-2010 | 4 | 28-22 | 7.0 | 15.3 |
| Florida | 2017-2017 | 1 | 1-3 | -0.9 | -0.9 |
| Ralph Friedgen | |||||
| Maryland | 2001-2010 | 10 | 75-50 | 6.6 | 17.7Highest peak |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Better floor
Full profile →Randy Shannon
29-25 • 53.7% • 5 seasons • 0 titles
-3.3 worst-season SRS.
Best Season
Miami 2009
SRS 15.3
Worst Season
Miami 2007
SRS -3.3
Biggest Improvement
Miami 2008
9.4 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →Ralph Friedgen
75-50 • 60.0% • 10 seasons • 0 titles
65th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Maryland 2003
SRS 17.7
Worst Season
Maryland 2009
SRS -5.5
Biggest Improvement
Maryland 2010
13.0 SRS