Career Quality
Decisive edgeEdge: Rick Neuheisel
Rick Neuheisel: 81st pct vs Houston Nutt: 63rd pct
Percentile score against all tracked coaches.
Coaches Compare
See top-line edges, side-by-side profiles, overlaid career arcs, and school-stop comparisons in one matchup view.
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Top-line verdicts
Career Quality
Decisive edgeEdge: Rick Neuheisel
Rick Neuheisel: 81st pct vs Houston Nutt: 63rd pct
Percentile score against all tracked coaches.
Peak Score
Clear edgeEdge: Rick Neuheisel
Rick Neuheisel: 84th pct vs Houston Nutt: 74th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Narrow edgeEdge: Rick Neuheisel
Rick Neuheisel: 34th pct vs Houston Nutt: 29th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: 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 edgeEdge: 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 edgeEdge: Rick Neuheisel
Rick Neuheisel: 60.0% vs Houston Nutt: 56.0%
Raw career win rate, not a normalized score.
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Rick Neuheisel and Houston Nutt look similar in overall strength.
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
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.
Active comparison point
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 1998 • Colorado
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
Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.
| School | Years | Seasons | Record | Avg SRS | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Nutt | |||||
| Boise State | 1997-1997 | 1 | 4-7 | -10.8 | -10.8 |
| Arkansas | 1998-2007 | 10 | 75-48 | 9.7 | 15.3Longest stop |
| Ole Miss | 2008-2011 | 4 | 24-26 | 5.4 | 15.1 |
| Rick Neuheisel | |||||
| Colorado | 1995-1998 | 4 | 33-14 | 14.1Best quality | 20.0Highest peak |
| Washington | 1999-2002 | 4 | 33-16 | 9.6 | 17.4 |
| UCLA | 2008-2011 | 4 | 21-28 | -0.6 | 3.1 |
Closing takeaway
103-81 • 56.0% • 15 seasons • 0 titles
This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.
Best Season
Arkansas 1998
SRS 15.3
Worst Season
Boise State 1997
SRS -10.8
Biggest Improvement
Arkansas 1998
26.1 SRS
87-58 • 60.0% • 12 seasons • 0 titles
81st pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Colorado 1995
SRS 20.0
Worst Season
UCLA 2008
SRS -5.7
Biggest Improvement
Washington 2000
12.1 SRS