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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Brian KellyCarl Snavely

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Brian Kelly: 90th pct vs Carl Snavely: 90th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Carl Snavely

Carl Snavely: 93rd pct vs Brian Kelly: 89th pct

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

Consistency

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Brian Kelly: 16th pct vs Carl Snavely: 15th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Brian Kelly: 0 titles vs Carl Snavely: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Carl Snavely: 23 seasons vs Brian Kelly: 22 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly: 72.8% vs Carl Snavely: 67.2%

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.

Brian Kelly sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Brian Kelly sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Brian Kelly

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 12.2

90th pct

Elite

Carl Snavely

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall:

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.

Brian KellyCarl Snavely
EliteStrongAverageLean
Brian Kelly: 2006 CincinnatiBrian Kelly: 2010 Notre DameBrian Kelly: 2022 LSUCarl Snavely: 1934 North CarolinaCarl Snavely: 1937 CornellCarl Snavely: 1945 North Carolina
1930Actual season year • SRS range -22.8 to 25.82025

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Brian Kelly2017

Selected

2017 Notre Dame

Best season

10-3 • SRS 22.0 • SP Overall 20.8

Win %

76.9%

YoY SRS

+15.6

SP Off / Def

37.4 / 16.9

Finish

#11

Comparison context

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

Carl Snavely

Nearest year 1952North Carolina

Profile

2-6 • SRS -0.4 • SP Overall

Brian Kelly holds a 22.4-point SRS edge at this point.

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Brian Kelly
Central Michigan2004-2006319-16-7.81.2
Cincinnati2006-2009434-69.716.3
Notre Dame2010-202112113-4014.422.0Longest stop
LSU2022-2025429-1113.317.1
Carl Snavely
Bucknell1930-1933423-9-42.115.2
North Carolina1934-19521059-35-510.725.8Highest peak
Cornell1937-1940424-5-217.6Best quality20.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Broader school footprint

Brian Kelly

195-7372.8%23 seasons • 0 titles

4 schools across the tracked career.

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Best Season

Notre Dame 2017

SRS 22.0

Worst Season

Central Michigan 2004

SRS -22.8

Biggest Improvement

Central Michigan 2005

21.0 SRS

Better floor

Carl Snavely

106-49-1167.2%18 seasons • 0 titles

-12.5 worst-season SRS.

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Best Season

North Carolina 1948

SRS 25.8

Worst Season

Bucknell 1932

SRS -12.5

Biggest Improvement

Bucknell 1933

27.7 SRS