Career Quality
SimilarSimilar: John Pont vs Jerry Kill
John Pont: 50th pct vs Jerry Kill: 47th 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.
Jerry KillJohn Pont
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
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Jerry Kill: 56th pct vs John Pont: 54th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Narrow edgeEdge: Jerry Kill
Jerry Kill: 66th pct vs John Pont: 58th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
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Jerry Kill: 0 titles vs John Pont: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
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Jerry Kill: 16 seasons vs John Pont: 16 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Jerry Kill
Jerry Kill: 55.0% vs John Pont: 38.6%
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.
Jerry Kill has the decisive edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeJerry Kill has the decisive edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Jerry Kill
Above average
Raw avg SP Overall: -0.3
55th pct
Above average
John Pont
Lower end
Raw avg SP Overall: -15.1
15th pct
Lower end
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.
Jerry KillJohn Pont
EliteStrongAverageLean
Jerry Kill: 2011 MinnesotaJerry Kill: 2021 TCUJerry Kill: 2022 New Mexico StateJohn Pont: 1963 YaleJohn Pont: 1965 IndianaJohn Pont: 1973 Northwestern
1962Actual season year • SRS range -11.6 to 8.02023
Active comparison point
Jerry Kill • 2014
2014 Minnesota
Best season8-5 • SRS 8.0 • SP Overall 6.8
Win %
61.5%
YoY SRS
+3.9
SP Off / Def
29.7 / 24.3
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
John Pont
Nearest year 1977 • Northwestern
1-10 • SRS -10.9 • SP Overall -16.2
Jerry Kill holds a 18.9-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +13.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Kill | |||||
| Northern Illinois | 2008-2010 | 3 | 23-16 | -0.7 | 6.3 |
| Minnesota | 2011-2015 | 5 | 29-29 | 0.1 | 8.0 |
| TCU | 2021-2021 | 1 | 2-2 | -2.8 | -2.8 |
| New Mexico State | 2022-2023 | 2 | 17-11 | -7.3 | -3.0 |
| John Pont | |||||
| Miami (OH) | 1962-1962 | 1 | 8-2-1 | 4.6Best quality | 4.6 |
| Yale | 1963-1964 | 2 | 12-5-1 | -5.7 | -3.4 |
| Indiana | 1965-1972 | 8 | 31-51-1 | -0.1 | 7.0Longest stop |
| Northwestern | 1973-1977 | 5 | 12-43 | -7.0 | 2.4 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Steadier arc
Full profile →Jerry Kill
71-58 • 55.0% • 11 seasons • 0 titles
66th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Minnesota 2014
SRS 8.0
Worst Season
New Mexico State 2022
SRS -11.6
Biggest Improvement
Northern Illinois 2010
11.1 SRS
Similar overall level
Full profile →John Pont
63-101-3 • 38.6% • 16 seasons • 0 titles
This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.
Best Season
Indiana 1968
SRS 7.0
Worst Season
Northwestern 1977
SRS -10.9
Biggest Improvement
Indiana 1967
10.7 SRS