Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Dick Crum
Dick Crum: 75th pct vs Bill Curry: 63rd 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.
Dick CrumBill Curry
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Dick Crum
Dick Crum: 85th pct vs Bill Curry: 79th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Decisive edgeEdge: Bill Curry
Bill Curry: 20th pct vs Dick Crum: 1st pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Bill Curry vs Dick Crum
Bill Curry: 0 titles vs Dick Crum: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Bill Curry vs Dick Crum
Bill Curry: 17 seasons vs Dick Crum: 17 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Dick Crum
Dick Crum: 59.3% vs Bill Curry: 44.3%
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.
Dick Crum has the clear edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Clear edgeDick Crum has the clear edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dick Crum
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.7
75th pct
Strong
Bill Curry
Above average
Raw avg SP Overall: 2.4
65th pct
Above average
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.
Dick CrumBill Curry
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dick Crum: 1978 North CarolinaDick Crum: 1988 Kent StateBill Curry: 1987 AlabamaBill Curry: 1990 Kentucky
1974Actual season year • SRS range -31.0 to 20.21996
Active comparison point
Dick Crum • 1981
1981 North Carolina
Best season10-2 • SRS 20.2 • SP Overall 20.4
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+1.4
SP Off / Def
35.9 / 16.9
Finish
#9
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Bill Curry
Nearest year 1981 • Georgia Tech
1-10 • SRS -6.4 • SP Overall -12.1
Dick Crum holds a 26.6-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +17.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Crum | |||||
| Miami (OH) | 1974-1977 | 4 | 34-10-1 | 5.1 | 16.7 |
| North Carolina | 1978-1987 | 10 | 72-41-3 | 10.1 | 20.2Highest peak |
| Kent State | 1988-1990 | 3 | 7-26 | -24.9 | -16.1 |
| Bill Curry | |||||
| Georgia Tech | 1980-1986 | 7 | 31-43-4 | 3.4 | 14.0 |
| Alabama | 1987-1989 | 3 | 26-10 | 14.7Best quality | 17.5 |
| Kentucky | 1990-1996 | 7 | 26-52 | -4.7 | 3.5 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher career quality
Full profile →Dick Crum
113-77-4 • 59.3% • 17 seasons • 0 titles
75th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
North Carolina 1981
SRS 20.2
Worst Season
Kent State 1989
SRS -31.0
Biggest Improvement
North Carolina 1979
16.2 SRS
Steadier arc
Full profile →Bill Curry
83-105-4 • 44.3% • 17 seasons • 0 titles
20th pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Alabama 1989
SRS 17.5
Worst Season
Kentucky 1994
SRS -13.6
Biggest Improvement
Kentucky 1995
15.7 SRS