Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Mark Dantonio
Mark Dantonio: 83rd pct vs Jim Carlen: 68th pct
Percentile score against all tracked coaches.
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.
Mark DantonioJim Carlen
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Jim Carlen vs Mark Dantonio
Jim Carlen: 84th pct vs Mark Dantonio: 84th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Narrow edgeEdge: Jim Carlen
Jim Carlen: 56th pct vs Mark Dantonio: 49th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Jim Carlen vs Mark Dantonio
Jim Carlen: 0 titles vs Mark Dantonio: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Jim Carlen vs Mark Dantonio
Jim Carlen: 16 seasons vs Mark Dantonio: 16 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Narrow edgeEdge: Mark Dantonio
Mark Dantonio: 64.1% vs Jim Carlen: 60.4%
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.
Mark Dantonio and Jim Carlen look similar in overall strength.
Overall Strength
SimilarMark Dantonio and Jim Carlen look similar in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mark Dantonio
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 11.0
87th pct
Elite
Jim Carlen
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 10.4
86th 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.
Mark DantonioJim Carlen
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mark Dantonio: 2007 Michigan StateJim Carlen: 1970 Texas TechJim Carlen: 1975 South Carolina
1966Actual season year • SRS range -9.4 to 20.02019
Active comparison point
Mark Dantonio • 2014
2014 Michigan State
Best season11-2 • SRS 20.0 • SP Overall 24.1
Win %
84.6%
YoY SRS
+4.1
SP Off / Def
42.5 / 17.9
Finish
#5
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Jim Carlen
Nearest year 1981 • South Carolina
6-6 • SRS 8.5 • SP Overall 9.2
Mark Dantonio holds a 11.5-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +15.9 SP offense
Tenure comparison
Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.
| School | Years | Seasons | Record | Avg SRS | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Dantonio | |||||
| Cincinnati | 2004-2006 | 3 | 18-17 | -1.2 | 4.1 |
| Michigan State | 2007-2019 | 13 | 114-57 | 9.1 | 20.0Longest stop |
| Jim Carlen | |||||
| West Virginia | 1966-1969 | 4 | 25-13-3 | 1.9 | 9.2 |
| Texas Tech | 1970-1974 | 5 | 37-20-2 | 11.6Best quality | 20.0 |
| South Carolina | 1975-1981 | 7 | 45-36-1 | 9.1 | 15.3 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher career quality
Full profile →Mark Dantonio
132-74 • 64.1% • 16 seasons • 0 titles
83rd pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Michigan State 2014
SRS 20.0
Worst Season
Cincinnati 2005
SRS -9.4
Biggest Improvement
Cincinnati 2006
13.5 SRS
Steadier arc
Full profile →Jim Carlen
107-69-6 • 60.4% • 16 seasons • 0 titles
56th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Texas Tech 1973
SRS 20.0
Worst Season
West Virginia 1966
SRS -8.3
Biggest Improvement
West Virginia 1967
11.3 SRS