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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Gary AndersenLance Leipold

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

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Gary Andersen: 47th pct vs Lance Leipold: 45th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Decisive edge

Edge: Gary Andersen

Gary Andersen: 81st pct vs Lance Leipold: 64th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: Lance Leipold

Lance Leipold: 10th pct vs Gary Andersen: 4th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

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Gary Andersen: 0 titles vs Lance Leipold: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

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Gary Andersen: 12 seasons vs Lance Leipold: 11 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

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Lance Leipold: 49.2% vs Gary Andersen: 48.4%

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.

Gary Andersen has the edge in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Narrow edge

Gary Andersen has the edge in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Gary Andersen

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -2.5

48th pct

Mixed

Lance Leipold

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -4.1

44th pct

Mixed

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.

Gary AndersenLance Leipold
EliteStrongAverageLean
Gary Andersen: 2013 WisconsinGary Andersen: 2015 Oregon StateGary Andersen: 2019 Utah StateLance Leipold: 2021 Kansas
2009Actual season year • SRS range -22.8 to 18.52025

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Gary Andersen2013

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2013 Wisconsin

Best seasonNew stop: Wisconsin

9-4 • SRS 18.5 • SP Overall 22.4

Win %

69.2%

YoY SRS

+5.4

SP Off / Def

39.5 / 15.6

Finish

#22

Comparison context

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

Lance Leipold

Nearest year 2015Buffalo

Profile

5-7 • SRS -10.8 • SP Overall -10.3

Gary Andersen holds a 29.3-point SRS edge at this point.

Offense gap: +15.4 SP offense

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Gary Andersen
Utah State2009-2020633-33-6.013.1
Wisconsin2013-2014219-716.9Best quality18.5Highest peak
Oregon State2015-201737-23-8.61.6
Lance Leipold
Buffalo2015-2020637-33-7.70.5
Kansas2021-2025522-283.511.0

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher ceiling

Gary Andersen

59-6348.4%11 seasons • 0 titles

18.5 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Wisconsin 2013

SRS 18.5

Worst Season

Utah State 2020

SRS -19.2

Biggest Improvement

Utah State 2012

16.1 SRS

Steadier arc

Lance Leipold

59-6149.2%11 seasons • 0 titles

10th pct steadiness score.

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Best Season

Kansas 2023

SRS 11.0

Worst Season

Buffalo 2016

SRS -22.8

Biggest Improvement

Kansas 2022

22.5 SRS