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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Phil BennettWilliam Saunders

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Top-line verdicts

Who leads, and by how much

Career Quality

Narrow edge

Edge: William Saunders

William Saunders: 32nd pct vs Phil Bennett: 24th pct

Percentile score against all tracked coaches.

Peak Score

Decisive edge

Edge: Phil Bennett

Phil Bennett: 57th pct vs William Saunders: 37th pct

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

Consistency

Narrow edge

Edge: William Saunders

William Saunders: 18th pct vs Phil Bennett: 13th pct

Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.

National Championships

Similar

Similar: Phil Bennett vs William Saunders

Phil Bennett: 0 titles vs William Saunders: 0 titles

Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.

Longevity

Narrow edge

Edge: Phil Bennett

Phil Bennett: 21 seasons vs William Saunders: 19 seasons

Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.

Career Win Percentage

Decisive edge

Edge: William Saunders

William Saunders: 56.9% vs Phil Bennett: 26.4%

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.

Phil Bennett sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Phil Bennett sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Phil Bennett

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -11.6

23th pct

Lower end

William Saunders

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall: —

—

Insufficient sample

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.

Phil BennettWilliam Saunders
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Phil Bennett: 2010 PittsburghPhil Bennett: 2022 North TexasWilliam Saunders: 1928 Northern ColoradoWilliam Saunders: 1932 ColoradoWilliam Saunders: 1936 Denver
1920Actual season year • SRS range -36.0 to 8.42022

Active comparison point

Phil Bennett • 2010

Selected

2010 Pittsburgh

Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Pittsburgh

1-0 • SRS 8.4 • SP Overall 11.3

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+25.4

SP Off / Def

29.7 / 18.7

Finish

Unranked

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Comparison context

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

William Saunders

Nearest year 1938 • Denver

Profile

4-4-1 • SRS -14.4 • SP Overall —

Phil Bennett holds a 22.8-point SRS edge at this point.

Tenure comparison

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

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordAvg SRSPeak
Phil Bennett
SMU2002-2007618-52-16.1-7.8Longest stop
Pittsburgh2010-201011-08.4Best quality8.4Highest peak
North Texas2022-202210-1-4.6-4.6
William Saunders
Grinnell1920-192125-8-1-9.2-7.1
Northern Colorado1928-1931412-13-4-21.9-12.0
Colorado1932-1934315-7-2-3.20.9
Denver1936-1938317-8-2-11.4-7.8

Closing takeaway

What separates these careers at the finish

Higher ceiling

Phil Bennett

19-53 • 26.4% • 8 seasons • 0 titles

8.4 peak SRS at the top end.

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Best Season

Pittsburgh 2010

SRS 8.4

Worst Season

SMU 2003

SRS -24.1

Biggest Improvement

Pittsburgh 2010

25.4 SRS

Higher career quality

William Saunders

49-36-9 • 56.9% • 12 seasons • 0 titles

32nd pct career-quality score.

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Best Season

Colorado 1933

SRS 0.9

Worst Season

Northern Colorado 1929

SRS -36.0

Biggest Improvement

Northern Colorado 1930

19.1 SRS