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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Scott ShaferPhil Krueger

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Clear edge

Edge: Phil Krueger

Phil Krueger: 48th pct vs Scott Shafer: 34th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Scott Shafer: 36th pct vs Phil Krueger: 34th pct

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

Consistency

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Phil Krueger: 98th pct vs Scott Shafer: 97th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Phil Krueger: 0 titles vs Scott Shafer: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Phil Krueger: 3 seasons vs Scott Shafer: 3 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: Phil Krueger

Phil Krueger: 63.6% vs Scott Shafer: 35.1%

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.

Phil Krueger has the decisive edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Phil Krueger has the decisive edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Scott Shafer

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -2.0

50th pct

Mixed

Phil Krueger

Above average

Raw avg SP Overall: 3.2

68th 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.

Scott ShaferPhil Krueger
EliteStrongAverageLean
1973Actual season year • SRS range -3.9 to 0.62015

Active comparison point

Scott Shafer2013

Selected

2013 Syracuse

Best season

6-6 • SRS 0.6 • SP Overall 0.0

Win %

46.2%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

25.9 / 23.2

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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

Phil Krueger

Nearest year 1975Utah State

Profile

6-5 • SRS -3.7 • SP Overall -4.2

Scott Shafer holds a 4.3-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +5.7 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Scott Shafer
Syracuse2013-2015313-23-1.40.6
Phil Krueger
Utah State1973-1975321-12-1.4-0.2

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Similar overall level

Scott Shafer

13-2335.1%3 seasons • 0 titles

This matchup stays tight across the headline comparison signals.

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Best Season

Syracuse 2013

SRS 0.6

Worst Season

Syracuse 2014

SRS -3.9

Biggest Improvement

Syracuse 2015

3.0 SRS

Higher career quality

Phil Krueger

21-1263.6%3 seasons • 0 titles

48th pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

Utah State 1974

SRS -0.2

Worst Season

Utah State 1975

SRS -3.7

Biggest Improvement

Utah State 1974

0.2 SRS