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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Woody HayesJohn Vaught

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Woody Hayes: 98th pct vs John Vaught: 97th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

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Woody Hayes: 99th pct vs John Vaught: 99th pct

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

Consistency

Clear edge

Edge: John Vaught

John Vaught: 37th pct vs Woody Hayes: 29th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Clear edge

Edge: Woody Hayes

Woody Hayes: 2 titles vs John Vaught: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Woody Hayes: 28 seasons vs John Vaught: 27 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Narrow edge

Edge: Woody Hayes

Woody Hayes: 76.1% vs John Vaught: 74.5%

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.

Woody Hayes has the edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Narrow edge

Woody Hayes has the edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Woody Hayes

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 21.9

98th pct

Elite

John Vaught

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall: 13.1

92th 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.

Woody HayesJohn Vaught
EliteStrongAverageLean
1947Actual season year • SRS range -0.6 to 36.31978

Active comparison point

Woody Hayes1973

Selected

1973 Ohio State

Best season

10-0-1 • SRS 36.3 • SP Overall 30.2

Win %

95.5%

YoY SRS

+20.1

SP Off / Def

40.6 / 10.7

Finish

#2

Comparison context

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

John Vaught

Nearest year 1973Ole Miss

Profile

5-3 • SRS 8.2 • SP Overall 11.8

Woody Hayes holds a 28.1-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +14.7 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Woody Hayes
Ohio State1951-197828205-61-1018.936.3Highest peak
John Vaught
Ole Miss1947-197325190-61-1218.234.2

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

More titles

Woody Hayes

205-61-1076.1%28 seasons • 2 titles

2 national championship seasons.

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Best Season

Ohio State 1973

SRS 36.3

Worst Season

Ohio State 1966

SRS -0.6

Biggest Improvement

Ohio State 1968

21.4 SRS

Steadier arc

John Vaught

190-61-1274.5%25 seasons • 0 titles

37th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Ole Miss 1959

SRS 34.2

Worst Season

Ole Miss 1949

SRS 3.2

Biggest Improvement

Ole Miss 1959

13.9 SRS