Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Mike White
Mike White: 72nd pct vs Mike Riley: 60th 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.
Mike RileyMike White
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Mike White vs Mike Riley
Mike White: 74th pct vs Mike Riley: 73rd pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Narrow edgeEdge: Mike Riley
Mike Riley: 59th pct vs Mike White: 55th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Mike Riley vs Mike White
Mike Riley: 0 titles vs Mike White: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
Clear edgeEdge: Mike Riley
Mike Riley: 21 seasons vs Mike White: 16 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
SimilarSimilar: Mike Riley vs Mike White
Mike Riley: 53.1% vs Mike White: 52.9%
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.
Mike Riley has the edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Narrow edgeMike Riley has the edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Mike Riley
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 8.1
80th pct
Strong
Mike White
Strong
Raw avg SP Overall: 5.5
74th pct
Strong
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.
Mike RileyMike White
EliteStrongAverageLean
Mike Riley: 2015 NebraskaMike White: 1980 Illinois
1972Actual season year • SRS range -3.5 to 15.32017
Active comparison point
Mike Riley • 2012
2012 Oregon State
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-4 • SRS 14.9 • SP Overall 16.4
Win %
69.2%
YoY SRS
+15.9
SP Off / Def
33.2 / 19.0
Finish
#20
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Mike White
Nearest year 1987 • Illinois
3-7-1 • SRS -2.8 • SP Overall -5.4
Mike Riley holds a 17.7-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: +16.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Riley | |||||
| Oregon State | 1997-2014 | 14 | 93-80 | 7.1 | 14.9Longest stop |
| Nebraska | 2015-2017 | 3 | 19-19 | 4.2 | 6.9 |
| Mike White | |||||
| California | 1972-1977 | 6 | 34-31-1 | 7.9 | 15.3 |
| Illinois | 1980-1987 | 8 | 47-41-3 | 5.3 | 13.9 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Longer run
Full profile →Mike Riley
112-99 • 53.1% • 17 seasons • 0 titles
21 tracked seasons across the arc.
Best Season
Oregon State 2012
SRS 14.9
Worst Season
Oregon State 1997
SRS -3.5
Biggest Improvement
Oregon State 2012
15.9 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →Mike White
81-72-4 • 52.9% • 14 seasons • 0 titles
72nd pct career-quality score.
Best Season
California 1975
SRS 15.3
Worst Season
Illinois 1986
SRS -2.9
Biggest Improvement
California 1974
10.2 SRS