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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Houston NuttRick Neuheisel

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Decisive edge

Edge: Rick Neuheisel

Rick Neuheisel: 81st pct vs Houston Nutt: 63rd pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Clear edge

Edge: Rick Neuheisel

Rick Neuheisel: 84th pct vs Houston Nutt: 74th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Rick Neuheisel

Rick Neuheisel: 34th pct vs Houston Nutt: 29th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Houston Nutt vs Rick Neuheisel

Houston Nutt: 0 titles vs Rick Neuheisel: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Narrow edge

Edge: Rick Neuheisel

Rick Neuheisel: 17 seasons vs Houston Nutt: 15 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Rick Neuheisel

Rick Neuheisel: 60.0% vs Houston Nutt: 56.0%

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.

Rick Neuheisel and Houston Nutt look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Similar

Rick Neuheisel and Houston Nutt look similar in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Houston Nutt

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 10.9

87th pct

Elite

Rick Neuheisel

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 12.1

89th 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.

Houston NuttRick Neuheisel
EliteStrongAverageLean
Houston Nutt: 1998 ArkansasHouston Nutt: 2008 Ole MissRick Neuheisel: 1999 WashingtonRick Neuheisel: 2008 UCLA
1995Actual season year • SRS range -10.8 to 20.02011

Active comparison point

Houston Nutt1998

Selected

1998 Arkansas

Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Arkansas

9-3 • SRS 15.3 • SP Overall 19.2

Win %

75.0%

YoY SRS

+26.1

SP Off / Def

39.4 / 22.8

Finish

#16

Comparison context

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

Rick Neuheisel

Nearest year 1998Colorado

Profile

8-4 • SRS 9.3 • SP Overall 11.6

Houston Nutt holds a 6.0-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +6.2 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Houston Nutt
Boise State1997-199714-7-10.8-10.8
Arkansas1998-20071075-489.715.3Longest stop
Ole Miss2008-2011424-265.415.1
Rick Neuheisel
Colorado1995-1998433-1414.1Best quality20.0Highest peak
Washington1999-2002433-169.617.4
UCLA2008-2011421-28-0.63.1

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Similar overall level

Houston Nutt

103-8156.0%15 seasons • 0 titles

This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.

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Best Season

Arkansas 1998

SRS 15.3

Worst Season

Boise State 1997

SRS -10.8

Biggest Improvement

Arkansas 1998

26.1 SRS

Higher career quality

Rick Neuheisel

87-5860.0%12 seasons • 0 titles

81st pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

Colorado 1995

SRS 20.0

Worst Season

UCLA 2008

SRS -5.7

Biggest Improvement

Washington 2000

12.1 SRS