Maryland
1917-1934 • 88-70-14
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -4.3Win % 55.2%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Longevity CoachBalanced
Coach Profile
Curley Byrd
College football coaching record, Maryland years & career stats
1917-1934 • Maryland
One defining program at Maryland.
Curley Byrd's coaching record is 88-70-14, highlighted by seasons at Maryland from 1917 to 1934.
Curley Byrd coached 18 seasons, won 55.2%, and posted an average SRS of -4.3. Best season: 1923 Maryland. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 88-70-14
- Career win rate
- 55.2%
- Average SRS
- -4.3
- Peak SRS
- 7.8
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
- 18
- Career span
- 18 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 69.4
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 88-70-14
- Maryland record
- 88-70-14
- Full-season record
- 88-70-14
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-0
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-0
- Vs Virginia
- 5-4-2
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
172 countable games, 55.2% win rate.
18 countable seasons at Maryland.
18 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
0 games using AP ranking at game time.
Maryland-Virginia games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Career Résumé
Curley Byrd season milestones
Winning, 10-win, and undefeated seasons are derived from countable season rows. Finish and title totals use the tracked final-ranking data.
- Winning seasons
- 10
- 10-win seasons
- 0
- Undefeated seasons
- 0
- Top-10 finishes
- 0
- National titles
- 0
56% of countable seasons
Seasons with at least 10 wins
No losses or ties
Tracked final rankings
Championship seasons
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 29, 1934. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about Curley Byrd
Who is Curley Byrd?
Curley Byrd is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at Maryland, with a 88-70-14 career record from 1917-1934 across 18 countable seasons.
What is Curley Byrd's college football coaching record?
Curley Byrd's college football coaching record is 88-70-14 across 18 countable seasons, anchored by Maryland.
Which schools did Curley Byrd coach?
Curley Byrd coached at Maryland in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did Curley Byrd have?
Curley Byrd had 10 winning seasons across 18 countable season rows in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did Curley Byrd have?
Curley Byrd had 0 seasons with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did Curley Byrd have?
Curley Byrd recorded 0 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did Curley Byrd coach at Maryland?
Curley Byrd's Maryland head coach years were 1917-1934, covering 18 countable seasons with a 88-70-14 record.
How did Curley Byrd do against ranked opponents?
Curley Byrd's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 0-0.
How does CFBTrack count Curley Byrd's coaching record?
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Curley Byrd 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 the peaks, floors, and changes between seasons.
Curley Byrd
EliteStrongAverageLean
1917Actual season year • SRS range -13.8 to 7.81934
Active comparison point
Curley Byrd • 1923
1923 Maryland
Best season7-2-1 • SRS 7.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+12.3
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Season context
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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.
No ranked opponents found for this poll and timing combination.
Tenure map
Read the career chronologically. Each stint expands by seasons coached, with its record and average SRS kept in view.
Length = seasons coachedOldest to newest
- Longest tenure
- Maryland • 18 seasons
- Best tenure
- Maryland • -4.3 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Maryland • 55.2%
Style and Strength Profile
Read 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
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Overall Strength
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Curley Byrd
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Curley Byrd coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Maryland 1923
7-2-1 • SRS 7.8
Biggest Improvement
Maryland 1934
7-3 • 15.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Maryland 1932
5-6 • SRS -13.8
Biggest Drop
Maryland 1932
5-6 • -15.1 SRS
Curley Byrd coaching record by season
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
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| Maryland | 1934 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 3.4 | — | — | — | +15.6 | +40.0% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1933 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -12.2 | — | — | — | +1.6 | -15.4% | Season summary |
| MarylandLowest | 1932 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -13.8 | — | — | — | -15.1 | -39.6% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1931 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | — | — | 1.3 | — | — | — | +6.4 | +26.7% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1930 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | -5.1 | — | — | — | +0.6 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1929 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | — | — | -5.7 | — | — | — | -2.1 | -15.0% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1928 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | -3.6 | — | — | — | +1.1 | +28.6% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1927 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -4.7 | — | — | — | +4.0 | -18.6% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1926 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | -8.7 | — | — | — | +0.6 | +23.8% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1925 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 31.3% | — | — | -9.3 | — | — | — | -3.4 | -18.8% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1924 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 50.0% | — | — | -5.9 | — | — | — | -13.7 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| MarylandBest | 1923 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | 7.8 | — | — | — | +12.3 | +30.0% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1922 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | -4.5 | — | — | — | +2.4 | +6.1% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1921 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | -6.9 | — | — | — | -9.8 | -38.9% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1920 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | — | 2.9 | — | — | — | +7.8 | +22.2% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1919 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -4.9 | — | — | — | — | -19.4% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1918 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 75.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +18.8% | Season summary |
| Maryland | 1917 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56.3% | — | — | -3.8 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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