Top 25
10-39
- Games
- 49
- Win rate
- 20.4%
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Coach Profile
David Cutcliffe
1998-2021 • Duke, Ole Miss
2 schools coached, anchored by Duke.
David Cutcliffe coached 21 seasons, won 49.0%, and posted an average SRS of 1.2. Best season: 2003 Ole Miss. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 121-126
- Career win rate
- 49.0%
- Average SRS
- 1.2
- Peak SRS
- 11.3
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
- 21
- Career span
- 24 years
- Best finish
- #13
- Consistency
- 51.1
Primary school anchor
Duke
Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 64.9.
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.
David Cutcliffe
EliteStrongAverageLean
David Cutcliffe: 2008 Duke
1998Actual season year • SRS range -15.6 to 11.32021
Active comparison point
David Cutcliffe • 2003
2003 Ole Miss
Best season10-3 • SRS 11.3 • SP Overall 14.5
Win %
76.9%
YoY SRS
+7.4
SP Off / Def
40.1 / 28.1
Finish
#13
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
1-13
- Games
- 14
- Win rate
- 7.1%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results49
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Duke
2008-2021 • 14 seasons
Avg SRS -0.6 • Win % 44.3%
Ole Miss
1998-2004 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 4.4 • Win % 60.3%
- Longest tenure
- Duke • 14 seasons
- Best tenure
- Ole Miss • 4.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Ole Miss • 60.3%
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.
David Cutcliffe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeDavid Cutcliffe sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
David Cutcliffe
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.2
- Percentile
- 58th 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.
Duke
2008-2021 • 77-97
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.6Win % 44.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.5 during vs 1.2 baseline
+4.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.6 during vs -11.0 baseline
+10.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.6 during vs -14.7 baseline
+12.0
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
7.1% during vs 0.0% baseline
+7.1%
Ole Miss
1998-2004 • 44-29
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 4.4Win % 60.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.3 during vs 5.6 baseline
+0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
4.4 during vs 1.9 baseline
+2.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
5.6 during vs 4.0 baseline
+1.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
28.6% during vs 20.0% baseline
+8.6%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Ole Miss 2003
10-3 • SRS 11.3
Biggest Improvement
Duke 2013
10-4 • 11.6 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Ole Miss 2001
7-4 • SP Off 40.6
Best Defensive Season
Duke 2017
7-6 • SP Def 19.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
Duke 2021
3-9 • SRS -15.6
Biggest Drop
Ole Miss 2004
4-7 • -13.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Duke | 2021 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -15.6 | -13.5 | 23.4 | 36.3 | — | +6.8% |
| Duke | 2020 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -23.5% |
| Duke | 2019 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.2 | -1.8 | 19.7 | 23.0 | -8.6 | -19.9% |
| Duke | 2018 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 6.4 | 5.0 | 30.5 | 25.0 | -1.9 | +7.7% |
| Duke | 2017 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 8.3 | 6.1 | 25.5 | 19.2 | +9.3 | +20.5% |
| Duke | 2016 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -1.0 | -2.8 | 26.8 | 27.6 | -4.0 | -28.2% |
| Duke | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 3.0 | 3.4 | 27.0 | 21.5 | -4.7 | -7.7% |
| Duke | 2014 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 7.7 | 7.0 | 29.6 | 25.1 | +1.2 | -2.2% |
| Duke | 2013 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | #23 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 32.0 | 27.2 | +11.6 | +25.3% |
| Duke | 2012 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -5.1 | -7.1 | 28.3 | 36.4 | +3.3 | +21.1% |
| Duke | 2011 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -8.4 | -13.3 | 23.1 | 35.5 | -2.3 | 0.0% |
| Duke | 2010 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.1 | -9.6 | 23.8 | 34.3 | -5.8 | -16.7% |
| Duke | 2009 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -0.3 | -6.1 | 22.5 | 28.4 | 0.0 | +8.3% |
| Duke | 2008 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -0.3 | -6.7 | 17.8 | 24.9 | +2.2 | -3.0% |
| Ole Miss | 2004 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -2.5 | -1.6 | 26.6 | 28.2 | -13.8 | -40.6% |
| Ole Miss | 2003 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #13 | 11.3 | 14.5 | 40.1 | 28.1 | +7.4 | +23.1% |
| Ole Miss | 2002 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.9 | 5.4 | 34.2 | 30.4 | -1.8 | -9.8% |
| Ole Miss | 2001 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 5.7 | 5.6 | 40.6 | 36.6 | +3.7 | +5.3% |
| Ole Miss | 2000 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #18 | — | 2.0 | 4.0 | 36.1 | 33.5 | -8.8 | -8.3% |
| Ole Miss | 1999 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #22 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 33.5 | 22.1 | +11.0 | -33.3% |
| Ole Miss | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | -0.2 | -1.4 | 27.6 | 29.0 | — | — |
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