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DC Walker

1937-1950 • Wake Forest

One defining program at Wake Forest.

DC Walker's coaching record is 77-51-6, highlighted by seasons at Wake Forest from 1937 to 1950.

DC Walker coached 14 seasons, won 59.7%, and posted an average SRS of 3.0. Best season: 1946 Wake Forest. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.

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Career record
77-51-6
Career win rate
59.7%
Average SRS
3.0
Peak SRS
13.8

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
14
Career span
14 years
Best finish
#19
Consistency
26.3

Primary school anchor

Wake Forest

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 70.7.

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.

Compare DC Walker
Overall record
77-51-6

134 countable games, 59.7% win rate.

Wake Forest record
77-51-6

14 countable seasons at Wake Forest.

Full-season record
77-51-6

14 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
2-13

15 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
1-7

8 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-5

5 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs NC State
7-5-2

NC State-Wake Forest games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
1-1

2 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 25, 1950. 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.

DC Walker
EliteStrongAverageLean
1937Actual season year • SRS range -18.4 to 13.81950

Active comparison point

DC Walker • 1946

Selected

1946 Wake Forest

Best season

6-3 • SRS 13.8 • SP Overall —

Win %

66.7%

YoY SRS

+4.3

SP Off / Def

— / —

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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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

2-13

Games
15
Win rate
13.3%

Top 10

1-7

Games
8
Win rate
12.5%

Top 5

0-5

Games
5
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results15
1950 Regular Week 7Wake ForestClemson#13L12-13
1949 Regular Week 3Wake ForestSMU#17L7-13
1948 Regular Week 5Wake ForestNorth Carolina#3L6-28
1947 Regular Week 8Wake ForestWilliam & Mary#14L0-21
1947 Regular Week 5Wake ForestNorth Carolina#18W19-7
1946 Regular Week 7Wake ForestTennessee#7W19-6
1945 Regular Week 6Wake ForestDuke#20L19-26
1945 Regular Week 5Wake ForestArmy#1L0-54
1942 Regular Week 7Wake ForestBoston College#1L0-27
1941 Regular Week 2Wake ForestDuke#4L14-43
1940 Regular Week 7Wake ForestDuke#20L0-23
1939 Regular Week 7Wake ForestDuke#7L0-6
1939 Regular Week 3Wake ForestNorth Carolina#9L6-36
1938 Regular Week 6Wake ForestDuke#3L0-7
1937 Regular Week 5Wake ForestNorth Carolina#17L0-28

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Wake Forest

1937-1950 • 14 seasons

Avg SRS 3.0 • Win % 59.7%

Longest tenure
Wake Forest • 14 seasons
Best tenure
Wake Forest • 3.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Wake Forest • 59.7%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

DC Walker

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall
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Percentile
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Insufficient sample

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.

Wake Forest

1937-1950 • 77-51-6

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

Avg SRS 3.0Win % 59.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 2.6 baseline

+2.9

Avg SRS

Higher is better

3.0 during vs -7.3 baseline

+10.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

14.3% during vs 0.0% baseline

+14.3%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Wake Forest 1946

6-3 • SRS 13.8

Biggest Improvement

Wake Forest 1938

4-5-1 • 20.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Wake Forest 1937

3-6 • SRS -18.4

Biggest Drop

Wake Forest 1943

4-5 • -18.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Wake Forest1950961277.8%——4.6———+0.4+37.8%Season summary
Wake Forest19491046040.0%——4.2———-6.7-20.0%Season summary
Wake Forest19481064060.0%—#2010.9———+5.80.0%Season summary
Wake Forest19471064060.0%——5.1———-8.7-6.7%Season summary
Wake Forest1946963066.7%——13.8———+4.3+5.6%Season summary
Wake Forest1945953161.1%—#199.5———+7.4-27.8%Season summary
Wake Forest1944981088.9%——2.1———+11.6+44.4%Season summary
Wake Forest1943945044.4%——-9.5———-18.5-27.8%Season summary
Wake Forest1942962172.2%——9.0———+13.1+22.2%Season summary
Wake Forest19411155150.0%——-4.1———-4.9-20.0%Season summary
Wake Forest19401073070.0%——0.8———-10.50.0%Season summary
Wake Forest19391073070.0%——11.3———+8.8+25.0%Season summary
Wake Forest19381045145.0%——2.5———+20.9+11.7%Season summary
Wake Forest1937936033.3%——-18.4—————Season summary

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