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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James HalliganBilly Hayes

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Clear edge

Edge: James Halligan

James Halligan: 55th pct vs Billy Hayes: 39th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Similar: James Halligan vs Billy Hayes

James Halligan: 44th pct vs Billy Hayes: 44th pct

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

Consistency

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Similar: James Halligan vs Billy Hayes

James Halligan: 97th pct vs Billy Hayes: 97th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Similar: Billy Hayes vs James Halligan

Billy Hayes: 0 titles vs James Halligan: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Similar: Billy Hayes vs James Halligan

Billy Hayes: 3 seasons vs James Halligan: 3 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: James Halligan

James Halligan: 64.0% vs Billy Hayes: 33.3%

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.

James Halligan

Insufficient sample

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Insufficient sample

Billy Hayes

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.

James HalliganBilly Hayes
EliteStrongAverageLean
1901Actual season year • SRS range -0.4 to 4.01933

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James Halligan1901

Selected

1901 Massachusetts

Best season

8-1 • SRS 4.0 • SP Overall

Win %

88.9%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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

Billy Hayes

Nearest year 1931Indiana

Profile

2-5-1 • SRS 2.4 • SP Overall

James Halligan holds a 1.6-point SRS edge at this point.

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
James Halligan
Massachusetts1901-1903315-8-22.54.0
Billy Hayes
Indiana1931-193336-14-41.93.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher career quality

James Halligan

15-8-264.0%3 seasons • 0 titles

55th pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

Massachusetts 1901

SRS 4.0

Worst Season

Massachusetts 1903

SRS 0.1

Biggest Improvement

Massachusetts 1902

-0.5 SRS

Similar overall level

Billy Hayes

6-14-433.3%3 seasons • 0 titles

This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.

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Best Season

Indiana 1932

SRS 3.8

Worst Season

Indiana 1933

SRS -0.4

Biggest Improvement

Indiana 1932

1.4 SRS

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