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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Frank DobsonWilliam Saunders

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Narrow edge

Edge: William Saunders

William Saunders: 32nd pct vs Frank Dobson: 27th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Similar: Frank Dobson vs William Saunders

Frank Dobson: 39th pct vs William Saunders: 37th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Frank Dobson

Frank Dobson: 26th pct vs William Saunders: 18th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Similar: Frank Dobson vs William Saunders

Frank Dobson: 0 titles vs William Saunders: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Decisive edge

Edge: Frank Dobson

Frank Dobson: 30 seasons vs William Saunders: 19 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: William Saunders

William Saunders: 56.9% vs Frank Dobson: 48.4%

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.

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Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Frank Dobson

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William Saunders

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.

Frank DobsonWilliam Saunders
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Frank Dobson: 1918 South CarolinaFrank Dobson: 1921 RichmondFrank Dobson: 1936 MarylandWilliam Saunders: 1928 Northern ColoradoWilliam Saunders: 1932 ColoradoWilliam Saunders: 1936 Denver
1910Actual season year • SRS range -36.0 to 1.81939

Active comparison point

Frank Dobson • 1922

Selected

1922 Richmond

Best seasonBiggest improvement

6-2-1 • SRS 1.8 • SP Overall —

Win %

72.2%

YoY SRS

+16.2

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

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Comparison context

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

William Saunders

Nearest year 1921 • Grinnell

Profile

2-5 • SRS -7.1 • SP Overall —

Frank Dobson holds a 8.9-point SRS edge at this point.

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Frank Dobson
Clemson1910-1912311-12-1-14.1-5.6
South Carolina1918-191812-1-1——
Richmond1921-1933727-28-5-14.81.8Longest stop
Maryland1936-1939418-21-7.60.5
William Saunders
Grinnell1920-192125-8-1-9.2-7.1
Northern Colorado1928-1931412-13-4-21.9-12.0
Colorado1932-1934315-7-2-3.2Best quality0.9
Denver1936-1938317-8-2-11.4-7.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Longer run

Frank Dobson

58-62-7 • 48.4% • 15 seasons • 0 titles

30 tracked seasons across the arc.

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Best Season

Richmond 1922

SRS 1.8

Worst Season

Richmond 1924

SRS -27.7

Biggest Improvement

Richmond 1922

16.2 SRS

Higher career quality

William Saunders

49-36-9 • 56.9% • 12 seasons • 0 titles

32nd pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

Colorado 1933

SRS 0.9

Worst Season

Northern Colorado 1929

SRS -36.0

Biggest Improvement

Northern Colorado 1930

19.1 SRS