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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Choose two to four coaches

Fred MurphyHarvey Harman

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Clear edge

Edge: Harvey Harman

Harvey Harman: 58th pct vs Fred Murphy: 42nd pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Clear edge

Edge: Fred Murphy

Fred Murphy: 66th pct vs Harvey Harman: 56th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Harvey Harman

Harvey Harman: 22nd pct vs Fred Murphy: 18th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Fred Murphy vs Harvey Harman

Fred Murphy: 0 titles vs Harvey Harman: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Similar

Similar: Fred Murphy vs Harvey Harman

Fred Murphy: 26 seasons vs Harvey Harman: 25 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Harvey Harman

Harvey Harman: 56.7% vs Fred Murphy: 49.4%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Fred Murphy

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall: —

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Insufficient sample

Harvey Harman

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall: —

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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.

Fred MurphyHarvey Harman

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Higher peak

Fred Murphy reached the best single-season peak.

Fred Murphy: 1914 NorthwesternFred Murphy: 1920 DenverFred Murphy: 1924 KentuckyHarvey Harman: 1946 Rutgers

1901Actual season year • SRS range -22.6 to 11.91955

Active comparison point

Fred Murphy • 1917

Selected

1917 Northwestern

Best season

5-2 • SRS 11.9 • SP Overall —

Win %

71.4%

YoY SRS

+6.2

SP Off / Def

— / —

Finish

Unranked

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Comparison context

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

Harvey Harman

Nearest year 1931 • Pennsylvania

Profile

6-3 • SRS 0.4 • SP Overall —

Fred Murphy holds a 11.5-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
Fred Murphy
Missouri	1901-1901	1	1-6-1	-22.6	-22.6
Northwestern	1914-1918	5	16-16-1	2.7Best quality	11.9Highest peak
Denver	1920-1922	3	13-7-2	-9.9	-3.8
Kentucky	1924-1926	3	12-14-1	-2.5	1.9
Harvey Harman
Pennsylvania	1931-1937	7	31-23-2	1.0	8.0
Rutgers	1946-1955	10	48-37-1	-6.6	7.0Longest stop

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher ceiling

Fred Murphy

42-43-5 • 49.4% • 12 seasons • 0 titles

11.9 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Northwestern 1917

SRS 11.9

Worst Season

Missouri 1901

SRS -22.6

Biggest Improvement

Kentucky 1924

18.9 SRS

Higher career quality

Harvey Harman

79-60-3 • 56.7% • 17 seasons • 0 titles

58th pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

Pennsylvania 1936

SRS 8.0

Worst Season

Rutgers 1955

SRS -22.4

Biggest Improvement

Rutgers 1954

9.9 SRS

Program impact deltas are hidden because at least one selected coach lacks a credible pre-tenure baseline.