Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: Red Blaik
Red Blaik: 96th pct vs Dennis Erickson: 90th 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.
Dennis EricksonRed Blaik
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Red Blaik
Red Blaik: 100th pct vs Dennis Erickson: 96th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
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Red Blaik: 6th pct vs Dennis Erickson: 6th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
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Dennis Erickson: 2 titles vs Red Blaik: 2 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
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Dennis Erickson: 26 seasons vs Red Blaik: 25 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Red Blaik
Red Blaik: 75.9% vs Dennis Erickson: 64.4%
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.
Dennis Erickson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDennis Erickson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dennis Erickson
Elite
Raw avg SP Overall: 14.2
93th pct
Elite
Red Blaik
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
—
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.
Dennis EricksonRed Blaik
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dennis Erickson: 1987 Washington StateDennis Erickson: 1989 MiamiDennis Erickson: 1999 Oregon StateDennis Erickson: 2006 IdahoDennis Erickson: 2007 Arizona StateRed Blaik: 1941 Army
1934Actual season year • SRS range -17.2 to 44.12011
Active comparison point
Dennis Erickson • 1990
1990 Miami
Best season10-2 • SRS 28.4 • SP Overall 33.4
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+3.5
SP Off / Def
46.6 / 14.6
Finish
#3
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Red Blaik
Nearest year 1958 • Army
8-0-1 • SRS 21.4 • SP Overall —
Dennis Erickson holds a 7.0-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Erickson | |||||
| Wyoming | 1986-1986 | 1 | 6-6 | -0.5 | -0.5 |
| Washington State | 1987-1988 | 2 | 12-10-1 | 5.2 | 15.7 |
| Miami | 1989-1994 | 6 | 63-9 | 22.5Best quality | 28.4 |
| Oregon State | 1999-2002 | 4 | 31-17 | 11.2 | 23.3 |
| Idaho | 2006-2006 | 1 | 4-8 | -17.2 | -17.2 |
| Arizona State | 2007-2011 | 5 | 31-31 | 7.8 | 14.8 |
| Red Blaik | |||||
| Dartmouth | 1934-1940 | 7 | 45-15-4 | 8.0 | 25.9 |
| Army | 1941-1958 | 18 | 121-33-10 | 15.3 | 44.1Highest peak |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Broader school footprint
Full profile →Dennis Erickson
147-81-1 • 64.4% • 19 seasons • 2 titles
6 schools across the tracked career.
Best Season
Miami 1990
SRS 28.4
Worst Season
Idaho 2006
SRS -17.2
Biggest Improvement
Arizona State 2007
30.9 SRS
Better floor
Full profile →Red Blaik
166-48-14 • 75.9% • 25 seasons • 2 titles
-7.2 worst-season SRS.
Best Season
Army 1945
SRS 44.1
Worst Season
Army 1951
SRS -7.2
Biggest Improvement
Army 1944
19.9 SRS