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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Fred ThomsenJimmy Kitts

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Jimmy Kitts: 59th pct vs Fred Thomsen: 57th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Jimmy Kitts: 80th pct vs Fred Thomsen: 78th pct

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

Consistency

Clear edge

Edge: Fred Thomsen

Fred Thomsen: 39th pct vs Jimmy Kitts: 25th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Fred Thomsen: 0 titles vs Jimmy Kitts: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Jimmy Kitts: 14 seasons vs Fred Thomsen: 13 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Jimmy Kitts

Jimmy Kitts: 52.1% vs Fred Thomsen: 48.0%

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.

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Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Fred Thomsen

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall: —

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Insufficient sample

Jimmy Kitts

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.

Fred ThomsenJimmy Kitts

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Steadier stretch

Fred Thomsen sustained the steadier arc.

Sharper early climb

Jimmy Kitts climbed faster out of the gate.

Jimmy Kitts: 1941 Virginia Tech

1929Actual season year • SRS range -9.3 to 17.71947

Active comparison point

Fred Thomsen • 1937

Selected

1937 Arkansas

Best season

6-2-2 • SRS 16.8 • SP Overall —

Win %

70.0%

YoY SRS

+1.2

SP Off / Def

— / —

Finish

#14

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Comparison context

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

Jimmy Kitts

Nearest year 1937 • Rice

Profile

6-3-2 • SRS 13.8 • SP Overall —

Fred Thomsen holds a 3.0-point SRS edge at this point.

Tenure comparison

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

School	Years	Seasons	Record	Avg SRS	Peak
Fred Thomsen
Arkansas	1929-1941	13	56-61-10	5.7	16.8Longest stop
Jimmy Kitts
Rice	1934-1939	6	33-29-4	9.7Best quality	17.7
Virginia Tech	1941-1947	3	13-13-3	-3.7	0.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Steadier arc

Fred Thomsen

56-61-10 • 48.0% • 13 seasons • 0 titles

39th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Arkansas 1937

SRS 16.8

Worst Season

Arkansas 1931

SRS -8.4

Biggest Improvement

Arkansas 1933

9.8 SRS

Broader school footprint

Jimmy Kitts

46-42-7 • 52.1% • 9 seasons • 0 titles

2 schools across the tracked career.

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Best Season

Rice 1934

SRS 17.7

Worst Season

Virginia Tech 1941

SRS -9.3

Biggest Improvement

Virginia Tech 1946

10.1 SRS