Career Quality
Narrow edgeEdge: Mike Donahue
Mike Donahue: 61st pct vs Ossie Solem: 57th 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.
Ossie SolemMike Donahue
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Ossie Solem
Ossie Solem: 82nd pct vs Mike Donahue: 75th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Ossie Solem vs Mike Donahue
Ossie Solem: 23rd pct vs Mike Donahue: 23rd pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Mike Donahue vs Ossie Solem
Mike Donahue: 0 titles vs Ossie Solem: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Ossie Solem vs Mike Donahue
Ossie Solem: 25 seasons vs Mike Donahue: 24 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Mike Donahue
Mike Donahue: 68.5% vs Ossie Solem: 54.1%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ossie Solem
Insufficient sample
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Mike Donahue
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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.
Ossie SolemMike Donahue
EliteStrongAverageLean
Ossie Solem: 1932 IowaOssie Solem: 1937 SyracuseMike Donahue: 1923 LSU
1904Actual season year • SRS range -19.9 to 19.11945
Active comparison point
Ossie Solem • 1933
1933 Iowa
Best seasonBiggest improvement5-3 • SRS 19.1 • SP Overall —
Win %
62.5%
YoY SRS
+25.7
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Mike Donahue
Nearest year 1927 • LSU
4-4-1 • SRS -6.6 • SP Overall —
Ossie Solem holds a 25.7-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossie Solem | |||||
| Drake | 1921-1931 | 11 | 54-35-2 | 3.5 | 14.1 |
| Iowa | 1932-1936 | 5 | 15-21-4 | 6.4Best quality | 19.1Highest peak |
| Syracuse | 1937-1945 | 8 | 30-27-6 | -1.7 | 6.5 |
| Mike Donahue | |||||
| Auburn | 1904-1922 | 18 | 99-35-5 | 3.5 | 15.6Longest stop |
| LSU | 1923-1927 | 5 | 23-19-3 | -5.5 | 4.9 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher ceiling
Full profile →Ossie Solem
99-83-12 • 54.1% • 24 seasons • 0 titles
19.1 peak SRS at the top end.
Best Season
Iowa 1933
SRS 19.1
Worst Season
Syracuse 1944
SRS -19.9
Biggest Improvement
Iowa 1933
25.7 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →Mike Donahue
122-54-8 • 68.5% • 23 seasons • 0 titles
61st pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Auburn 1913
SRS 15.6
Worst Season
LSU 1923
SRS -16.9
Biggest Improvement
Auburn 1917
20.0 SRS
Program impact deltas are hidden because at least one selected coach lacks a credible pre-tenure baseline.