Career Quality
Clear edgeEdge: Dana Bible
Dana Bible: 90th pct vs Dan McGugin: 76th 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.
Dan McGuginDana Bible
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Top-line verdicts
Who leads, and by how much
Peak Score
Narrow edgeEdge: Dana Bible
Dana Bible: 96th pct vs Dan McGugin: 93rd pct
Percentile peak score derived from each coach's best season.
Consistency
Decisive edgeEdge: Dan McGugin
Dan McGugin: 43rd pct vs Dana Bible: 23rd pct
Percentile steadiness score across season-to-season performance.
National Championships
SimilarSimilar: Dan McGugin vs Dana Bible
Dan McGugin: 0 titles vs Dana Bible: 0 titles
Raw championship seasons from the curated national-title dataset.
Longevity
SimilarSimilar: Dana Bible vs Dan McGugin
Dana Bible: 32 seasons vs Dan McGugin: 31 seasons
Raw career span based on first and last tracked season.
Career Win Percentage
Clear edgeEdge: Dan McGugin
Dan McGugin: 76.2% vs Dana Bible: 71.5%
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.
Not enough data to compare.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Dan McGugin
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
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Insufficient sample
Dana Bible
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
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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.
Dan McGuginDana Bible
EliteStrongAverageLean
Dana Bible: 1916 LSUDana Bible: 1917 Texas A&MDana Bible: 1929 NebraskaDana Bible: 1937 Texas
1904Actual season year • SRS range -9.0 to 28.81946
Active comparison point
Dan McGugin • 1905
1905 Vanderbilt
Best season7-1 • SRS 25.4 • SP Overall —
Win %
87.5%
YoY SRS
+12.7
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Compared against the nearest season year point for the other selected coach.
Dana Bible
Nearest year 1915 • Mississippi College
4-4-1 • SRS -9.0 • SP Overall —
Dan McGugin holds a 34.4-point SRS edge at this point.
Tenure comparison
Compare school stops, duration, average level, and peak seasons across each coach's path.
| School | Years | Seasons | Record | Avg SRS | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan McGugin | |||||
| Vanderbilt | 1904-1934 | 30 | 197-55-19 | 8.9 | 25.4Longest stop |
| Dana Bible | |||||
| Mississippi College | 1915-1915 | 1 | 4-4-1 | -9.0 | -9.0 |
| LSU | 1916-1916 | 1 | 1-0-2 | -4.5 | -4.5 |
| Texas A&M | 1917-1928 | 11 | 72-19-9 | 8.2 | 28.4 |
| Nebraska | 1929-1936 | 8 | 50-15-7 | 10.3 | 21.1 |
| Texas | 1937-1946 | 10 | 63-31-3 | 12.2Best quality | 28.8 |
Closing takeaway
What separates these careers at the finish
Steadier arc
Full profile →Dan McGugin
197-55-19 • 76.2% • 30 seasons • 0 titles
43rd pct steadiness score.
Best Season
Vanderbilt 1905
SRS 25.4
Worst Season
Vanderbilt 1917
SRS -3.5
Biggest Improvement
Vanderbilt 1915
15.7 SRS
Higher career quality
Full profile →Dana Bible
190-69-22 • 71.5% • 31 seasons • 0 titles
90th pct career-quality score.
Best Season
Texas 1941
SRS 28.8
Worst Season
Mississippi College 1915
SRS -9.0
Biggest Improvement
Texas A&M 1927
25.2 SRS
Program impact deltas are hidden because at least one selected coach lacks a credible pre-tenure baseline.