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1-7-1
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 16.7%
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Donnie Duncan
1979-1982 • Iowa State
One defining program at Iowa State.
Donnie Duncan coached 4 seasons, won 43.2%, and posted an average SRS of 1.9. Best season: 1980 Iowa State. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 18-24-2
- Career win rate
- 43.2%
- Average SRS
- 1.9
- Peak SRS
- 8.3
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
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 85.2
Primary school anchor
Iowa State
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 57.0.
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.
Donnie Duncan
EliteStrongAverageLean
1979Actual season year • SRS range -1.6 to 8.31982
Active comparison point
Donnie Duncan • 1980
1980 Iowa State
Best seasonBiggest improvement6-5 • SRS 8.3 • SP Overall 8.9
Win %
54.5%
YoY SRS
+9.9
SP Off / Def
27.5 / 19.4
Finish
Unranked
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
1-6-1
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 18.8%
Top 5
0-4-1
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 10.0%
View ranked game results9
| 1982 Regular Week 11 | Iowa State | Nebraska | #4 | L10-48 |
| 1981 Regular Week 11 | Iowa State | Nebraska | #7 | L7-31 |
| 1981 Regular Week 7 | Iowa State | Missouri | #8 | W34-13 |
| 1981 Regular Week 5 | Iowa State | Oklahoma | #5 | T7-7 |
| 1980 Regular Week 12 | Iowa State | Nebraska | #4 | L0-35 |
| 1980 Regular Week 9 | Iowa State | Oklahoma | #16 | L7-42 |
| 1979 Regular Week 12 | Iowa State | Nebraska | #3 | L3-34 |
| 1979 Regular Week 9 | Iowa State | Oklahoma | #7 | L9-38 |
| 1979 Regular Week 4 | Iowa State | Texas | #4 | L9-17 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Iowa State
1979-1982 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS 1.9 • Win % 43.2%
- Longest tenure
- Iowa State • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- Iowa State • 1.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Iowa State • 43.2%
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.
Donnie Duncan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDonnie Duncan sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Donnie Duncan
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 2.0
- Percentile
- 64th pct
Above average
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.
Iowa State
1979-1982 • 18-24-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.9Win % 43.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 6.4 baseline
-1.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.9 during vs 10.0 baseline
-8.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 8.7 baseline
-6.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Iowa State 1980
6-5 • SRS 8.3
Biggest Improvement
Iowa State 1980
6-5 • 9.9 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Iowa State 1980
6-5 • SP Off 27.5
Best Defensive Season
Iowa State 1980
6-5 • SP Def 19.4
Setbacks
Worst Season
Iowa State 1979
3-8 • SRS -1.6
Biggest Drop
Iowa State 1981
5-5-1 • -6.6 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Iowa State | 1982 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.9% | — | — | -0.9 | 1.5 | 24.5 | 23.3 | -2.6 | -9.1% |
| Iowa State | 1981 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 1.7 | 2.1 | 23.2 | 21.3 | -6.6 | -4.5% |
| Iowa State | 1980 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 8.3 | 8.9 | 27.5 | 19.4 | +9.9 | +27.3% |
| Iowa State | 1979 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -1.6 | -4.6 | 16.8 | 21.3 | — | — |
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