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Mark Duffner

1992-1996 • Maryland

One defining program at Maryland.

Mark Duffner coached 5 seasons, won 36.4%, and posted an average SRS of -4.9. Best season: 1992 Maryland. The profile was offense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record: 20-35
Career win rate: 36.4%
Average SRS: -4.9
Peak SRS: 0.6

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: —
Consistency: 76.8

Primary school anchor

Maryland

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 36.2.

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.

Mark Duffner

EliteStrongAverageLean

1992Actual season year • SRS range -12.7 to 0.61996

Active comparison point

Mark Duffner • 1992

Selected

1992 Maryland

Best season

3-8 • SRS 0.6 • SP Overall 0.4

Win %

27.3%

YoY SRS

—

SP Off / Def

36.7 / 36.2

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.

Poll source

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

0-18

Games: 18
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 10

0-7

Games: 7
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 5

0-3

Games: 3
Win rate: 0.0%

View ranked game results18


1996 Regular Week 14	Maryland	Florida State	#3	L10-48
1996 Regular Week 8	Maryland	North Carolina	#13	L7-38
1996 Regular Week 6	Maryland	West Virginia	#23	L0-13
1996 Regular Week 4	Maryland	Virginia	#22	L3-21
1995 Regular Week 13	Maryland	Florida State	#6	L17-59
1995 Regular Week 12	Maryland	Virginia	#14	L18-21
1994 Regular Week 12	Maryland	Virginia	#21	L21-46
1994 Regular Week 8	Maryland	North Carolina	#15	L17-41
1994 Regular Week 3	Maryland	Florida State	#4	L20-52
1993 Regular Week 11	Maryland	Florida State	#1	L20-49
1993 Regular Week 6	Maryland	Penn State	#9	L7-70
1993 Regular Week 3	Maryland	North Carolina	#14	L42-59
1992 Regular Week 11	Maryland	Florida State	#6	L21-69
1992 Regular Week 10	Maryland	North Carolina	#22	L24-31
1992 Regular Week 7	Maryland	Georgia Tech	#17	L26-28
1992 Regular Week 5	Maryland	Penn State	#9	L13-49
1992 Regular Week 3	Maryland	NC State	#19	L10-14
1992 Regular Week 2	Maryland	Virginia	#25	L15-28

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Maryland

1992-1996 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -4.9 • Win % 36.4%

Longest tenure: Maryland • 5 seasons
Best tenure: Maryland • -4.9 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Maryland • 36.4%

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.

Mark Duffner sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Mark Duffner sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Mark Duffner

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -6.0
Percentile: 39th pct

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.

Maryland

1992-1996 • 20-35

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -4.9Win % 36.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 4.0 baseline

+0.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-4.9 during vs 0.6 baseline

-5.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-6.0 during vs 1.9 baseline

-7.9

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Maryland 1992

3-8 • SRS 0.6

Biggest Improvement

Maryland 1994

4-7 • 7.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Maryland 1992

3-8 • SP Off 36.7

Best Defensive Season

Maryland 1995

6-5 • SP Def 26.1

Setbacks

Worst Season

Maryland 1993

2-9 • SRS -12.7

Biggest Drop

Maryland 1993

2-9 • -13.3 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.


Maryland	1996	11	5	6	45.5%	—	—	-6.8	-10.2	18.6	28.1	-6.2	-9.1%
Maryland	1995	11	6	5	54.5%	—	—	-0.6	-0.7	25.1	26.1	+4.5	+18.2%
Maryland	1994	11	4	7	36.4%	—	—	-5.1	-5.4	30.5	35.3	+7.6	+18.2%
Maryland	1993	11	2	9	18.2%	—	—	-12.7	-14.1	34.6	43.0	-13.3	-9.1%
Maryland	1992	11	3	8	27.3%	—	—	0.6	0.4	36.7	36.2	—	—

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.5

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