Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Bill Clark
Bill Clark: 49th pct vs Fred Pancoast: 38th 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.
Fred PancoastBill Clark
2 of 4 slots filled. Comparison is active.
Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Fred Pancoast
Fred Pancoast: 50th pct vs Bill Clark: 45th pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
SimilarSimilar: Bill Clark vs Fred Pancoast
Bill Clark: 58th pct vs Fred Pancoast: 58th pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Bill Clark vs Fred Pancoast
Bill Clark: 0 titles vs Fred Pancoast: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Bill Clark vs Fred Pancoast
Bill Clark: 8 seasons vs Fred Pancoast: 7 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Decisive edgeEdge: Bill Clark
Bill Clark: 65.3% vs Fred Pancoast: 43.5%
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.
Bill Clark has the decisive edge in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBill Clark has the decisive edge in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Fred Pancoast
Mixed
Raw avg SP Overall: -4.6
43th pct
Mixed
Bill Clark
Above average
Raw avg SP Overall: 1.9
64th pct
Above average
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.
Fred PancoastBill Clark
EliteStrongAverageLean
Fred Pancoast: 1975 Vanderbilt
1972Actual season year • SRS range -14.8 to 5.82021
Active comparison point
Fred Pancoast • 1974
1974 Memphis
Best season7-4 • SRS 5.8 • SP Overall 4.6
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+1.9
SP Off / Def
22.0 / 18.1
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Bill Clark
Nearest year 2014 • UAB
6-6 • SRS 0.5 • SP Overall -4.2
Fred Pancoast holds a 5.3-point SRS edge at this point.
Offense gap: -4.0 SP offense
Tenure comparison
Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.
| School | Years | Seasons | Record | Avg SRS | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Pancoast | |||||
| Memphis | 1972-1974 | 3 | 20-12-1 | 2.3Best quality | 5.8Highest peak |
| Vanderbilt | 1975-1978 | 4 | 13-31 | -6.4 | -3.3 |
| Bill Clark | |||||
| UAB | 2014-2021 | 6 | 49-26 | -2.5 | 4.1Longest stop |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Higher ceiling
Full profile →Fred Pancoast
33-43-1 • 43.5% • 7 seasons • 0 titles
5.8 peak SRS at the top end.
Best Season
Memphis 1974
SRS 5.8
Worst Season
Vanderbilt 1978
SRS -14.8
Biggest Improvement
Memphis 1973
6.6 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →Bill Clark
49-26 • 65.3% • 6 seasons • 0 titles
49th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
UAB 2020
SRS 4.1
Worst Season
UAB 2017
SRS -13.6
Biggest Improvement
UAB 2018
14.2 SRS