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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Pat DyeDanny Ford

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Similar: Pat Dye vs Danny Ford

Pat Dye: 90th pct vs Danny Ford: 90th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Narrow edge

Edge: Danny Ford

Danny Ford: 93rd pct vs Pat Dye: 89th pct

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

Consistency

Clear edge

Edge: Pat Dye

Pat Dye: 35th pct vs Danny Ford: 27th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Narrow edge

Edge: Danny Ford

Danny Ford: 1 title vs Pat Dye: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Similar: Danny Ford vs Pat Dye

Danny Ford: 20 seasons vs Pat Dye: 19 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Clear edge

Edge: Pat Dye

Pat Dye: 70.7% vs Danny Ford: 66.4%

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.

Pat Dye and Danny Ford look similar in overall strength.

Overall Strength

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Pat Dye and Danny Ford look similar in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Pat Dye

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 14.1

93th pct

Elite

Danny Ford

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 12.9

91th pct

Elite

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.

Pat DyeDanny Ford
EliteStrongAverageLean
Pat Dye: 1980 WyomingPat Dye: 1981 AuburnDanny Ford: 1993 Arkansas
1974Actual season year • SRS range -5.4 to 25.21997

Active comparison point

Pat Dye1983

Selected

1983 Auburn

Best season

11-1 • SRS 22.0 • SP Overall 30.1

Win %

91.7%

YoY SRS

+9.1

SP Off / Def

39.4 / 9.3

Finish

#3

Comparison context

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

Danny Ford

Nearest year 1983Clemson

Profile

9-1-1 • SRS 14.3 • SP Overall 16.2

Pat Dye holds a 7.7-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +2.9 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Pat Dye
East Carolina1974-1979648-18-16.515.4
Wyoming1980-198016-51.41.4
Auburn1981-19921299-39-414.022.0
Danny Ford
Clemson1978-19891296-29-415.4Best quality25.2Highest peak
Arkansas1993-1997525-31-10.52.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Steadier arc

Pat Dye

153-62-570.7%19 seasons • 0 titles

35th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Auburn 1983

SRS 22.0

Worst Season

East Carolina 1975

SRS -1.2

Biggest Improvement

East Carolina 1976

16.6 SRS

Higher ceiling

Danny Ford

121-60-566.4%17 seasons • 1 title

25.2 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Clemson 1981

SRS 25.2

Worst Season

Arkansas 1996

SRS -5.4

Biggest Improvement

Clemson 1981

18.8 SRS