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0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Red Parker
1966-1976 • Clemson, The Citadel
2 schools coached, anchored by The Citadel.
Red Parker coached 11 seasons, won 48.7%, and posted an average SRS of -10.1. Best season: 1974 Clemson. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 56-59-2
- Career win rate
- 48.7%
- Average SRS
- -10.1
- Peak SRS
- 7.5
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
- 11
- Career span
- 11 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 16.4
Primary school anchor
The Citadel
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 55.4.
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.
Red Parker
EliteStrongAverageLean
Red Parker: 1973 Clemson
1966Actual season year • SRS range -25.5 to 7.51976
Active comparison point
Red Parker • 1974
1974 Clemson
Best season7-4 • SRS 7.5 • SP Overall 8.9
Win %
63.6%
YoY SRS
+8.9
SP Off / Def
31.1 / 23.8
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.
Top 10
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-0
- Games
- 0
- Win rate
- —
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Clemson
1973-1976 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -0.4 • Win % 40.9%
The Citadel
1966-1972 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -15.6 • Win % 53.4%
- Longest tenure
- The Citadel • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Clemson • -0.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- The Citadel • 53.4%
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.
Red Parker sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeRed Parker sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Red Parker
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -6.7
- Percentile
- 37th 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.
Clemson
1973-1976 • 17-25-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.4Win % 40.9%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 4.0 baseline
+0.3
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.4 during vs -2.1 baseline
+1.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-2.5 during vs -5.1 baseline
+2.6
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
The Citadel
1966-1972 • 39-34
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -15.6Win % 53.4%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Clemson 1974
7-4 • SRS 7.5
Biggest Improvement
Clemson 1976
3-6-2 • 13.7 SRS
Best Offensive Season
The Citadel 1971
8-3 • SP Off 32.2
Best Defensive Season
Clemson 1976
3-6-2 • SP Def 22.2
Setbacks
Worst Season
The Citadel 1966
4-6 • SRS -25.5
Biggest Drop
Clemson 1975
2-9 • -18.2 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Clemson | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 36.4% | — | — | 3.0 | 0.4 | 22.5 | 22.2 | +13.7 | +18.2% |
| Clemson | 1975 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -10.7 | -13.8 | 25.4 | 36.3 | -18.2 | -45.5% |
| Clemson | 1974 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | — | 7.5 | 8.9 | 31.1 | 23.8 | +8.9 | +18.2% |
| Clemson | 1973 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -1.4 | -5.6 | 24.9 | 30.2 | +10.6 | 0.0% |
| The Citadel | 1972 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -12.0 | -12.5 | 16.2 | 27.6 | -5.5 | -27.3% |
| The Citadel | 1971 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | — | — | -6.5 | -8.7 | 32.2 | 38.7 | +9.4 | +27.3% |
| The Citadel | 1970 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -15.9 | -15.3 | 18.8 | 33.1 | +3.4 | -24.6% |
| The Citadel | 1969 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | -19.3 | — | — | — | -6.2 | +20.0% |
| The Citadel | 1968 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -13.1 | — | — | — | +3.5 | 0.0% |
| The Citadel | 1967 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -16.6 | — | — | — | +8.9 | +10.0% |
| The Citadel | 1966 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -25.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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