Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Dudley DeGroot
Dudley DeGroot: 29th pct vs Billy Hildebrand: 17th 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.
Dudley DeGrootBilly Hildebrand
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
SimilarSimilar: Dudley DeGroot vs Billy Hildebrand
Dudley DeGroot: 37th pct vs Billy Hildebrand: 34th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Narrow edgeEdge: Billy Hildebrand
Billy Hildebrand: 30th pct vs Dudley DeGroot: 27th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Billy Hildebrand vs Dudley DeGroot
Billy Hildebrand: 0 titles vs Dudley DeGroot: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Dudley DeGroot vs Billy Hildebrand
Dudley DeGroot: 5 seasons vs Billy Hildebrand: 4 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Dudley DeGroot
Dudley DeGroot: 50.0% vs Billy Hildebrand: 17.5%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dudley DeGroot
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Billy Hildebrand
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Raw avg SP Overall: —
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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.
Dudley DeGrootBilly Hildebrand
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dudley DeGroot: 1950 New Mexico
1948Actual season year • SRS range -22.7 to 0.91963
Active comparison point
Dudley DeGroot • 1948
1948 West Virginia
Best season9-3 • SRS 0.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
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SP Off / Def
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Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Billy Hildebrand
Nearest year 1960 • Wake Forest
2-8 • SRS -10.5 • SP Overall —
Dudley DeGroot holds a 11.4-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley DeGroot | |||||
| West Virginia | 1948-1949 | 2 | 13-9-1 | -3.0Best quality | 0.9Highest peak |
| New Mexico | 1950-1952 | 3 | 13-17 | -17.5 | -10.8 |
| Billy Hildebrand | |||||
| Wake Forest | 1960-1963 | 4 | 7-33 | -11.9 | -0.2 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher career quality
Full profile →Dudley DeGroot
26-26-1 • 50.0% • 5 seasons • 0 titles
29th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
West Virginia 1948
SRS 0.9
Worst Season
New Mexico 1951
SRS -22.5
Biggest Improvement
New Mexico 1952
11.7 SRS
Similar overall level
Full profile →Billy Hildebrand
7-33 • 17.5% • 4 seasons • 0 titles
This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.
Best Season
Wake Forest 1961
SRS -0.2
Worst Season
Wake Forest 1963
SRS -22.7
Biggest Improvement
Wake Forest 1961
10.3 SRS