Top 25
0-13
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Program StabilizerBalancedLong Career
Coach Profile
George Barclay
College football coaching record, Washington and Lee years & career stats
1908-1955 • Lafayette, North Carolina, Washington and Lee
3 schools coached, anchored by Washington and Lee.
George Barclay's coaching record is 34-32-4, highlighted by seasons at Washington and Lee from 1908 to 1955.
George Barclay coached 7 seasons, won 51.4%, and posted an average SRS of 1.0. Best season: 1951 Washington and Lee. The profile was balanced with a very steady season-to-season shape. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 34-32-4
- Career win rate
- 51.4%
- Average SRS
- 1.0
- Peak SRS
- 9.2
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
- 7
- Career span
- 48 years
- Best finish
- #18
- Consistency
- 75.9
Primary school anchor
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 59.4.
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
- 34-32-4
- North Carolina record
- 11-18-1
- Full-season record
- 34-32-4
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-9
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-7
- Vs Virginia
- 3-0
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
70 countable games, 51.4% win rate.
3 countable seasons at North Carolina.
7 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
9 games using AP ranking at game time.
7 games using AP ranking at game time.
South's Oldest Rivalry games in this dataset.
1 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
George Barclay 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
- 3
- 10-win seasons
- 0
- Undefeated seasons
- 0
- Top-10 finishes
- 0
- National titles
- 0
43% 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: Dec 3, 1955. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Coach FAQ
Quick answers about George Barclay
Who is George Barclay?
George Barclay is a college football coach in the CFBTrack coaching database with primary school context at Washington and Lee, with a 34-32-4 career record from 1908-1955 across 7 countable seasons.
What is George Barclay's college football coaching record?
George Barclay's college football coaching record is 34-32-4 across 7 countable seasons, anchored by Washington and Lee.
Which schools did George Barclay coach?
George Barclay coached at Lafayette, North Carolina, Washington and Lee in the seasons covered by this profile.
How many winning seasons did George Barclay have?
George Barclay had 3 winning seasons across 7 countable season rows in this profile.
How many 10-win seasons did George Barclay have?
George Barclay had 0 seasons with at least 10 wins in the countable season data.
How many Top-10 finishes did George Barclay have?
George Barclay recorded 0 Top-10 final finishes in the tracked rankings.
What years did George Barclay coach at Washington and Lee?
George Barclay's Washington and Lee head coach years were 1949-1951, covering 3 countable seasons with a 17-12-1 record.
How did George Barclay do against ranked opponents?
George Barclay's AP Top 25 time-of-game record is 0-13 across 13 games.
How does CFBTrack count George Barclay'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.
George Barclay 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.
George Barclay
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George Barclay: 1949 Washington and LeeGeorge Barclay: 1953 North Carolina
1908Actual season year • SRS range -5.0 to 9.21955
Active comparison point
George Barclay • 1951
1951 Washington and Lee
Best season6-4 • SRS 9.2 • SP Overall —
Win %
60.0%
YoY SRS
+5.1
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Season context
Focus a point to inspect that season's record, rating, finish, and year-over-year change.
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
0-9
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-7
- Games
- 7
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results13
| 1955 Regular Week 9 | North Carolina | Notre Dame | #5 | L7-27 |
| 1955 Regular Week 5 | North Carolina | Maryland | #2 | L7-25 |
| 1955 Regular Week 2 | North Carolina | Oklahoma | #3 | L6-13 |
| 1954 Regular Week 11 | North Carolina | Duke | #20 | L12-47 |
| 1954 Regular Week 9 | North Carolina | Notre Dame | #5 | L13-42 |
| 1953 Regular Week 9 | North Carolina | Notre Dame | #1 | L14-34 |
| 1953 Regular Week 5 | North Carolina | Maryland | #3 | L0-26 |
| 1951 Regular Week 9 | Washington and Lee | Tennessee | #1 | L14-60 |
| 1951 Regular Week 6 | Washington and Lee | Miami | #19 | L12-32 |
| 1951 Regular Week 3 | Washington and Lee | Maryland | #10 | L14-54 |
| 1950 Regular Week 7 | Washington and Lee | Tennessee | #11 | L20-27 |
| 1950 Postseason Week 1 | Washington and Lee | Wyoming | #12 | L7-20 |
| 1949 Regular Week 6 | Washington and Lee | Virginia | #10 | L7-27 |
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
- North Carolina • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Lafayette • 5.5 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Lafayette • 70.0%
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
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Overall Strength
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
George Barclay
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
George Barclay coaching record by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
North Carolina
1953-1955 • 11-18-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -2.3Win % 38.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.7 during vs 4.6 baseline
-0.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-2.3 during vs 7.5 baseline
-9.8
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 40.0% baseline
-40.0%
Washington and Lee
1949-1951 • 17-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (3 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 2.8Win % 58.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.7 during vs 3.7 baseline
+2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
2.8 during vs -8.9 baseline
+11.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
Lafayette
1908-1908 • 6-2-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS 5.5Win % 70.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Washington and Lee 1951
6-4 • SRS 9.2
Biggest Improvement
Washington and Lee 1950
8-3 • 9.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Washington and Lee 1949
3-5-1 • SRS -5.0
Biggest Drop
North Carolina 1953
4-6 • -10.8 SRS
George Barclay coaching record by season
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
Scroll horizontally for advanced ratings. Select any column heading to change the sort.
| North Carolina | 1955 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -2.6 | — | — | — | +0.2 | -15.0% | Season summary |
| North Carolina | 1954 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | -2.8 | — | — | — | -1.2 | +5.0% | Season summary |
| North Carolina | 1953 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -1.6 | — | — | — | -10.8 | -20.0% | Season summary |
| Washington and LeeBest | 1951 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 9.2 | — | — | — | +5.1 | -12.7% | Season summary |
| Washington and Lee | 1950 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | #18 | 4.1 | — | — | — | +9.1 | +33.8% | Season summary |
| Washington and LeeLowest | 1949 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | -5.0 | — | — | — | -10.5 | -31.1% | Season summary |
| Lafayette | 1908 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 70.0% | — | — | 5.5 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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