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1-12-1
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 10.7%
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Doug Barfield
1976-1980 • Auburn
One defining program at Auburn.
Doug Barfield coached 5 seasons, won 50.0%, and posted an average SRS of 8.2. Best season: 1979 Auburn. The profile was balanced with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 27-27-1
- Career win rate
- 50.0%
- Average SRS
- 8.2
- Peak SRS
- 13.7
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- #16
- Consistency
- 88.8
Primary school anchor
Auburn
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 70.5.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Doug Barfield
EliteStrongAverageLean
1976Actual season year • SRS range 3.1 to 13.71980
Active comparison point
Doug Barfield • 1979
1979 Auburn
Best seasonBiggest improvement8-3 • SRS 13.7 • SP Overall 14.2
Win %
72.7%
YoY SRS
+4.6
SP Off / Def
38.1 / 25.5
Finish
#16
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results14
| 1980 Regular Week 14 | Auburn | Alabama | #8 | L18-34 |
| 1980 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Georgia | #1 | L21-31 |
| 1980 Regular Week 10 | Auburn | Florida | #20 | L10-21 |
| 1979 Regular Week 14 | Auburn | Alabama | #2 | L18-25 |
| 1979 Regular Week 9 | Auburn | Wake Forest | #14 | L38-42 |
| 1979 Regular Week 6 | Auburn | NC State | #17 | W44-31 |
| 1979 Regular Week 5 | Auburn | Tennessee | #19 | L17-35 |
| 1978 Regular Week 14 | Auburn | Alabama | #2 | L16-34 |
| 1978 Regular Week 12 | Auburn | Georgia | #12 | T22-22 |
| 1977 Regular Week 13 | Auburn | Alabama | #3 | L21-48 |
| 1977 Regular Week 8 | Auburn | Florida State | #20 | L3-24 |
| 1976 Regular Week 13 | Auburn | Alabama | #16 | L7-38 |
| 1976 Regular Week 11 | Auburn | Georgia | #6 | L0-28 |
| 1976 Regular Week 9 | Auburn | Florida | #10 | L19-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Auburn
1976-1980 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 8.2 • Win % 50.0%
- Longest tenure
- Auburn • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Auburn • 8.2 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Auburn • 50.0%
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.
Doug Barfield sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDoug Barfield sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Doug Barfield
Strong
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 7.5
- Percentile
- 79th pct
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Auburn
1976-1980 • 27-27-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 8.2Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 7.6 baseline
-2.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.2 during vs 14.5 baseline
-6.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
7.5 during vs 17.1 baseline
-9.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 60.0% baseline
-40.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Auburn 1979
8-3 • SRS 13.7
Biggest Improvement
Auburn 1979
8-3 • 4.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Auburn 1979
8-3 • SP Off 38.1
Best Defensive Season
Auburn 1978
6-4-1 • SP Def 21.1
Setbacks
Worst Season
Auburn 1976
3-8 • SRS 3.1
Biggest Drop
Auburn 1980
5-6 • -5.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Auburn | 1980 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #19 | — | 8.7 | 6.8 | 29.0 | 23.4 | -5.0 | -27.3% |
| Auburn | 1979 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #16 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 38.1 | 25.5 | +4.6 | +13.6% |
| Auburn | 1978 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59.1% | — | — | 9.1 | 5.4 | 25.9 | 21.1 | +2.7 | +13.6% |
| Auburn | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 6.4 | 7.1 | 27.6 | 21.6 | +3.3 | +18.2% |
| Auburn | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | 3.1 | 3.9 | 27.0 | 24.1 | — | — |
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