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Carl Franks

1999-2003Duke

One defining program at Duke.

Carl Franks coached 5 seasons, won 13.5%, and posted an average SRS of -11.1. Best season: 2003 Duke. The profile was offense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
7-45
Career win rate
13.5%
Average SRS
-11.1
Peak SRS
-5.1

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
54.4

Primary school anchor

Duke

Offense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 23.6.

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.

Carl Franks
EliteStrongAverageLean
1999Actual season year • SRS range -19.8 to -5.12003

Active comparison point

Carl Franks2003

Selected

2003 Duke

Best season

2-5 • SRS -5.1 • SP Overall -4.0

Win %

28.6%

YoY SRS

+2.3

SP Off / Def

27.2 / 31.3

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
Ranking timing

Top 25

0-10

Games
10
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-7

Games
7
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results10
2003 Regular Week 11DukeTennessee#19L6-23
2003 Regular Week 6DukeFlorida State#6L7-56
2002 Regular Week 9DukeNC State#13L22-24
2002 Regular Week 5DukeFlorida State#5L17-48
2001 Regular Week 7DukeGeorgia Tech#17L10-37
2001 Regular Week 2DukeFlorida State#6L13-55
2000 Regular Week 8DukeFlorida State#7L14-63
2000 Regular Week 6DukeClemson#7L22-52
1999 Regular Week 8DukeGeorgia Tech#8L31-38
1999 Regular Week 6DukeFlorida State#1L23-51

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

1999-20035 seasons

Avg SRS -11.1 • Win % 13.5%

Longest tenure
Duke • 5 seasons
Best tenure
Duke • -11.1 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Duke • 13.5%

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.

Carl Franks sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Carl Franks sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Carl Franks

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-12.8
Percentile
20th pct

Lower end

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

1999-20037-45

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

Avg SRS -11.1Win % 13.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

1.4 during vs 3.4 baseline

-2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-11.1 during vs -4.7 baseline

-6.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-12.8 during vs -7.1 baseline

-5.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Duke 2003

2-5SRS -5.1

Biggest Improvement

Duke 2002

2-1012.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Duke 2001

0-11SP Off 28.8

Best Defensive Season

Duke 2003

2-5SP Def 31.3

Setbacks

Worst Season

Duke 2001

0-11SRS -19.8

Biggest Drop

Duke 2000

0-11-12.6 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Duke2003725028.6%-5.1-4.027.231.3+2.3+11.9%
Duke200212210016.7%-7.4-9.025.733.5+12.4+16.7%
Duke20011101100.0%-19.8-23.928.845.5-1.90.0%
Duke20001101100.0%-17.9-16.925.139.1-12.6-27.3%
Duke19991138027.3%-5.3-10.228.136.2

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