Top 25
10-36
- Games
- 46
- Win rate
- 21.7%
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Coach Profile
David Cutcliffe
1998-2021 • Duke, Ole Miss
2 schools coached, anchored by Duke.
David Cutcliffe's coaching record is 121-126, highlighted by seasons at Duke from 1998 to 2021.
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.
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
- 121-126
- Duke record
- 77-97
- Full-season record
- 120-126
- Partial-season record
- 1-0
- Vs AP Top 10
- 1-12
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-5
- Vs North Carolina
- 5-9
- Postseason / bowl record
- 6-4
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
247 countable games, 49.0% win rate.
14 countable seasons at Duke.
20 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
Rows where the coach-season record covers fewer games than the team's completed season.
13 games using AP ranking at game time.
5 games using AP ranking at game time.
Duke-North Carolina games in this dataset.
10 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
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 27, 2021. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
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
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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
1-12
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 7.7%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results46
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
7.2 during vs 5.6 baseline
+1.6
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.2 during vs 1.9 baseline
+3.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
6.8 during vs 4.0 baseline
+2.8
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline
+13.3%
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
Lowest SRS 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% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2020 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -23.5% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2019 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -2.2 | -1.8 | 19.7 | 23.0 | -8.6 | -19.9% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2018 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 6.4 | 5.0 | 30.5 | 25.0 | -1.9 | +7.7% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2017 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 8.3 | 6.1 | 25.5 | 19.2 | +9.3 | +20.5% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2016 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -1.0 | -2.8 | 26.8 | 27.6 | -4.0 | -28.2% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2015 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 3.0 | 3.4 | 27.0 | 21.5 | -4.7 | -7.7% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2014 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | — | — | 7.7 | 7.0 | 29.6 | 25.1 | +1.2 | -2.2% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2013 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 71.4% | — | #23 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 32.0 | 27.2 | +11.6 | +25.3% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2012 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 46.2% | — | — | -5.1 | -7.1 | 28.3 | 36.4 | +3.3 | +21.1% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2011 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -8.4 | -13.3 | 23.1 | 35.5 | -2.3 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2010 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.0% | — | — | -6.1 | -9.6 | 23.8 | 34.3 | -5.8 | -16.7% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2009 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | — | — | -0.3 | -6.1 | 22.5 | 28.4 | 0.0 | +8.3% | Season summary |
| Duke | 2008 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -0.3 | -6.7 | 17.8 | 24.9 | +2.2 | -3.0% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 2004 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -2.5 | -1.6 | 26.6 | 28.2 | -13.8 | -40.6% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 2003 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #13 | 11.3 | 14.5 | 40.1 | 28.1 | +7.4 | +23.1% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 2002 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | — | — | 3.9 | 5.4 | 34.2 | 30.4 | -1.8 | -9.8% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 2001 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 5.7 | 5.6 | 40.6 | 36.6 | +3.7 | +5.3% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 2000 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | #18 | — | 2.0 | 4.0 | 36.1 | 33.5 | -8.8 | -8.3% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 1999 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | — | #22 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 33.5 | 22.1 | +11.0 | -33.3% | Season summary |
| Ole Miss | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | — | -0.2 | -1.4 | 27.6 | 29.0 | — | — | Partial season |
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