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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Ruffin McNeillSteve Kragthorpe

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Ruffin McNeill: 43rd pct vs Steve Kragthorpe: 41st pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Steve Kragthorpe: 47th pct vs Ruffin McNeill: 47th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Ruffin McNeill

Ruffin McNeill: 67th pct vs Steve Kragthorpe: 61st pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Ruffin McNeill: 0 titles vs Steve Kragthorpe: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Steve Kragthorpe: 7 seasons vs Ruffin McNeill: 6 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Ruffin McNeill

Ruffin McNeill: 55.3% vs Steve Kragthorpe: 50.6%

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.

Ruffin McNeill has the edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Narrow edge

Ruffin McNeill has the edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ruffin McNeill

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 0.3

58th pct

Above average

Steve Kragthorpe

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -1.8

51th pct

Mixed

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.

Ruffin McNeillSteve Kragthorpe
EliteStrongAverageLean
Steve Kragthorpe: 2007 Louisville
2003Actual season year • SRS range -11.4 to 5.02015

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Ruffin McNeill2013

Selected

2013 East Carolina

Best seasonBiggest improvement

10-3 • SRS 4.9 • SP Overall 7.5

Win %

76.9%

YoY SRS

+13.6

SP Off / Def

33.3 / 23.8

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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

Steve Kragthorpe

Nearest year 2009Louisville

Profile

4-8 • SRS -6.4 • SP Overall -5.4

Ruffin McNeill holds a 11.3-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +9.6 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Ruffin McNeill
East Carolina2010-2015642-34-2.94.9Longest stop
Steve Kragthorpe
Tulsa2003-2006429-22-2.93.3
Louisville2007-2009315-21-3.55.0

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Steadier arc

Ruffin McNeill

42-3455.3%6 seasons • 0 titles

67th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

East Carolina 2013

SRS 4.9

Worst Season

East Carolina 2011

SRS -8.7

Biggest Improvement

East Carolina 2013

13.6 SRS

Broader school footprint

Steve Kragthorpe

44-4350.6%7 seasons • 0 titles

2 schools across the tracked career.

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Best Season

Louisville 2007

SRS 5.0

Worst Season

Tulsa 2004

SRS -11.4

Biggest Improvement

Tulsa 2005

14.7 SRS