The Pittsburgh Steelers are known for their long tenured coaches. In this repo, we compare coach Bill Cowher to coach Mike Tomlin to see through statistics who is the better coach. We used a dataset from ProFootballReference for our analysis.
Who is the better coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers?
Who is more consistent in their rankings during their tenure?
Who was more successful during their tenure?
How does the evolving NFL playstyle affect the statistics?
- Compare win and loss ratios
- Compare rankings of both coaches
- Compare division placements and playoff runs
- Compare division finishes
The data was collected from profootballreference.com. We scraped the data and put it into an excel file to then be imported into R. The data includes metrics from each season the Steelers were coached by Mike Tomlin, and each season they were coach by Bill Cowher. The data follows the FAIR principles as it is very easy to find, it is very accessible as it is free, it is easy interpreted because of the many section headers, and is easily able to be reused. We focused on the ranks in points and yards for both coaches, both offensively and defensively. We also focused on each coaches' win and loss totals throughout their tenure, as well as their division finishes and playoff runs. These were all statistics that were included in our data set.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/195289/revenue-of-the-pittsburgh-steelers-since-2006/