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Doug Martin

2004-2021Kent State, New Mexico State

2 schools coached, anchored by New Mexico State.

Doug Martin's coaching record is 54-127, highlighted by seasons at New Mexico State from 2004 to 2021.

Doug Martin coached 16 seasons, won 29.8%, and posted an average SRS of -17.8. Best season: 2004 Kent State. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
54-127
Career win rate
29.8%
Average SRS
-17.8
Peak SRS
-8.9

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
16
Career span
18 years
Best finish
Consistency
70.8

Primary school anchor

New Mexico State

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 17.4.

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.

Compare Doug Martin
Overall record
54-127

181 countable games, 29.8% win rate.

New Mexico State record
25-74

9 countable seasons at New Mexico State.

Full-season record
54-127

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

Vs AP Top 25
0-11

11 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-4

4 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-3

3 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs New Mexico
2-6

Rio Grande Rivalry games in this dataset.

Postseason / bowl record
1-0

1 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 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.

Doug Martin
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Doug Martin: 2013 New Mexico State
2004Actual season year • SRS range -27.6 to -8.92021

Active comparison point

Doug Martin2004

Selected

2004 Kent State

Best season

5-6 • SRS -8.9 • SP Overall -10.0

Win %

45.5%

YoY SRS

SP Off / Def

29.6 / 37.2

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

0-11

Games
11
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-4

Games
4
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-3

Games
3
Win rate
0.0%
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Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

New Mexico State

2013-20219 seasons

Avg SRS -20.9 • Win % 25.3%

Kent State

2004-20107 seasons

Avg SRS -14.3 • Win % 35.4%

Longest tenure
New Mexico State • 9 seasons
Best tenure
Kent State • -14.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Kent State • 35.4%

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.

Doug Martin sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Doug Martin sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Doug Martin

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall
-16.4
Percentile
12th 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.

New Mexico State

2013-202125-74

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

Avg SRS -20.9Win % 25.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.8 during vs 2.6 baseline

+0.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-20.9 during vs -22.4 baseline

+1.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-21.3 during vs -26.3 baseline

+5.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Kent State

2004-201029-53

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

Avg SRS -14.3Win % 35.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.1 during vs 3.4 baseline

+0.7

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-14.3 during vs -17.2 baseline

+2.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-10.8 during vs -15.5 baseline

+4.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Kent State 2004

5-6SRS -8.9

Biggest Improvement

Kent State 2006

6-69.5 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Kent State 2004

5-6SP Off 29.6

Best Defensive Season

Kent State 2006

6-6SP Def 22.2

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

New Mexico State 2013

2-10SRS -27.6

Biggest Drop

New Mexico State 2013

2-10-13.3 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

New Mexico State202112210016.7%-20.6-24.220.643.7-33.3%Season summary
New Mexico State2020211050.0%+33.3%Season summary
New Mexico State201912210016.7%-20.0-22.019.040.3+1.7-8.3%Season summary
New Mexico State20181239025.0%-21.7-20.219.238.0-10.5-28.8%Season summary
New Mexico State20171376053.8%-11.2-9.424.532.6+7.4+28.8%Season summary
New Mexico State20161239025.0%-18.6-17.223.239.5+3.70.0%Season summary
New Mexico State20151239025.0%-22.3-18.624.542.2+3.2+8.3%Season summary
New Mexico State201412210016.7%-25.5-23.323.043.3+2.10.0%Season summary
New Mexico State201312210016.7%-27.6-35.117.752.4-13.3-25.0%Season summary
Kent State20101257041.7%-14.3-7.615.322.2-0.10.0%Season summary
Kent State20091257041.7%-14.2-11.916.626.4-0.9+8.3%Season summary
Kent State20081248033.3%-13.3-8.527.634.6+3.5+8.3%Season summary
Kent State20071239025.0%-16.8-12.421.933.4-5.3-25.0%Season summary
Kent State20061266050.0%-11.5-6.218.222.2+9.5+40.9%Season summary
Kent State20051111009.1%-21.0-19.011.430.3-12.1-36.4%Season summary
Kent State20041156045.5%-8.9-10.029.637.2Season summary

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