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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Terry BrennanCurt Cignetti

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Narrow edge

Edge: Curt Cignetti

Curt Cignetti: 94th pct vs Terry Brennan: 89th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Curt Cignetti

Curt Cignetti: 95th pct vs Terry Brennan: 88th pct

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

Consistency

Similar

Similar: Terry Brennan vs Curt Cignetti

Terry Brennan: 26th pct vs Curt Cignetti: 24th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Narrow edge

Edge: Curt Cignetti

Curt Cignetti: 1 title vs Terry Brennan: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Similar

Similar: Terry Brennan vs Curt Cignetti

Terry Brennan: 5 seasons vs Curt Cignetti: 4 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: Curt Cignetti

Curt Cignetti: 83.3% vs Terry Brennan: 64.0%

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.

Curt Cignetti sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Curt Cignetti sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Terry Brennan

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

Insufficient sample

Curt Cignetti

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 17.7

96th pct

Elite

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.

Terry BrennanCurt Cignetti
EliteStrongAverageLean
Curt Cignetti: 2024 Indiana
1954Actual season year • SRS range -2.6 to 27.32025

Active comparison point

Terry Brennan1954

Selected

1954 Notre Dame

Best season

9-1 • SRS 21.7 • SP Overall

Win %

90.0%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#4

Comparison context

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

Curt Cignetti

Nearest year 2022James Madison

Profile

8-3 • SRS 5.0 • SP Overall 6.5

Terry Brennan holds a 16.7-point SRS edge at this point.

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Terry Brennan
Notre Dame1954-1958532-1814.021.7Longest stop
Curt Cignetti
James Madison2022-2023219-46.58.0
Indiana2024-2025211-222.5Best quality27.3Highest peak

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Similar overall level

Terry Brennan

32-1864.0%5 seasons • 0 titles

This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.

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Best Season

Notre Dame 1954

SRS 21.7

Worst Season

Notre Dame 1956

SRS -2.6

Biggest Improvement

Notre Dame 1957

20.0 SRS

Better floor

Curt Cignetti

30-683.3%4 seasons • 1 title

5.0 worst-season SRS.

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Best Season

Indiana 2025

SRS 27.3

Worst Season

James Madison 2022

SRS 5.0

Biggest Improvement

Indiana 2024

9.7 SRS