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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Jim LeavittFrank Solich

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Decisive edge

Edge: Frank Solich

Frank Solich: 75th pct vs Jim Leavitt: 59th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Clear edge

Edge: Frank Solich

Frank Solich: 93rd pct vs Jim Leavitt: 79th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Jim Leavitt

Jim Leavitt: 8th pct vs Frank Solich: 4th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Frank Solich vs Jim Leavitt

Frank Solich: 0 titles vs Jim Leavitt: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Similar

Similar: Frank Solich vs Jim Leavitt

Frank Solich: 23 seasons vs Jim Leavitt: 22 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Similar

Similar: Frank Solich vs Jim Leavitt

Frank Solich: 63.1% vs Jim Leavitt: 63.0%

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.

Frank Solich and Jim Leavitt look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Similar

Frank Solich and Jim Leavitt look similar in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Jim Leavitt

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.4

62th pct

Above average

Frank Solich

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 1.7

63th pct

Above average

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.

Jim LeavittFrank Solich
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jim Leavitt: 2021 SMUFrank Solich: 2005 Ohio
1998Actual season year • SRS range -26.3 to 25.22021

Active comparison point

Jim Leavitt2007

Selected

2007 South Florida

Best season

9-4 • SRS 17.3 • SP Overall 15.8

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+12.0

SP Off / Def

33.1 / 16.5

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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

Frank Solich

Nearest year 2007Ohio

Profile

6-6 • SRS -11.8 • SP Overall -11.3

Jim Leavitt holds a 29.1-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +10.2 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Jim Leavitt
South Florida2000-20091075-440.417.3
SMU2021-202110-06.16.1
Frank Solich
Nebraska1998-2003658-1917.7Best quality25.2Highest peak
Ohio2005-202016115-82-6.37.4Longest stop

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Steadier arc

Jim Leavitt

75-4463.0%11 seasons • 0 titles

8th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

South Florida 2007

SRS 17.3

Worst Season

South Florida 2000

SRS -26.3

Biggest Improvement

South Florida 2001

28.0 SRS

Higher career quality

Frank Solich

173-10163.1%22 seasons • 0 titles

75th pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

Nebraska 1999

SRS 25.2

Worst Season

Ohio 2005

SRS -14.8

Biggest Improvement

Ohio 2015

9.8 SRS