Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Rocky Long
Rocky Long: 48th pct vs Lou Saban: 35th 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.
Lou SabanRocky Long
2 of 4 slots filled. Comparison is active.
Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Lou Saban vs Rocky Long
Lou Saban: 53rd pct vs Rocky Long: 51st pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Decisive edgeEdge: Rocky Long
Rocky Long: 64th pct vs Lou Saban: 46th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Lou Saban vs Rocky Long
Lou Saban: 0 titles vs Rocky Long: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Clear edgeEdge: Lou Saban
Lou Saban: 25 seasons vs Rocky Long: 22 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Rocky Long
Rocky Long: 57.7% vs Lou Saban: 30.8%
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.
Rocky Long has the clear edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Clear edgeRocky Long has the clear edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Lou Saban
Mixed
Raw avg SP Overall: -2.2
49th pct
Mixed
Rocky Long
Above average
Raw avg SP Overall: 0.8
60th 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.
Lou SabanRocky Long
EliteStrongAverageLean
Lou Saban: 1966 MarylandLou Saban: 1977 MiamiLou Saban: 1979 ArmyRocky Long: 2011 San Diego State
1955Actual season year • SRS range -18.5 to 6.82019
Active comparison point
Lou Saban • 1978
1978 Miami
Best season6-5 • SRS 6.8 • SP Overall 4.9
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+4.8
SP Off / Def
23.2 / 18.9
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Rocky Long
Nearest year 1998 • New Mexico
3-9 • SRS -18.5 • SP Overall -17.7
Lou Saban holds a 25.3-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: -3.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Saban | |||||
| Northwestern | 1955-1955 | 1 | 0-8-1 | -8.3 | -8.3 |
| Maryland | 1966-1966 | 1 | 4-6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Miami | 1977-1978 | 2 | 9-13 | 4.4Best quality | 6.8 |
| Army | 1979-1979 | 1 | 2-8-1 | -12.0 | -12.0 |
| Rocky Long | |||||
| New Mexico | 1998-2008 | 11 | 65-69 | -3.5 | 5.3Longest stop |
| San Diego State | 2011-2019 | 9 | 81-38 | 0.4 | 6.2 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Better floor
Full profile →Lou Saban
15-35-2 • 30.8% • 5 seasons • 0 titles
-12.0 worst-season SRS.
Best Season
Miami 1978
SRS 6.8
Worst Season
Army 1979
SRS -12.0
Biggest Improvement
Maryland 1966
9.2 SRS
Steadier arc
Full profile →Rocky Long
146-107 • 57.7% • 20 seasons • 0 titles
64th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
San Diego State 2015
SRS 6.2
Worst Season
New Mexico 1998
SRS -18.5
Biggest Improvement
San Diego State 2015
10.7 SRS