Coach Profile
1976-1980 • Auburn
One defining stop 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 stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Auburn
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 70.5.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
8-3 • 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.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Auburn
1976-1980 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 8.2 • Win % 50.0%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Doug Barfield sets the reference point in overall strength.
Doug Barfield sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Doug Barfield
Strong
Strong
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1976-1980 • 27-27-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
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%
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
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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