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Red Parker

1966-1976Clemson, 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 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

56-59-2

Career Win %

48.7%

Seasons

11

Career Span

11 years

Average SRS

-10.1

Peak SRS

7.5

Best Finish

Consistency

16.4

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Red Parker
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Red Parker: 1973 Clemson
1966Actual season year • SRS range -25.5 to 7.51976

Active comparison point

Red Parker1974

Selected

1974 Clemson

Best season

7-4 • 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.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Clemson

1973-19764 seasons

Avg SRS -0.4 • Win % 40.9%

The Citadel

1966-19727 seasons

Avg SRS -15.6 • Win % 53.4%

Longest Tenure

The Citadel • 7 seasons

Best Tenure

Clemson • -0.4 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

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 edge

Red 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

37th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Clemson

1973-197617-25-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure 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

1966-197239-34

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure 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

7-4SRS 7.5

Biggest Improvement

Clemson 1976

3-6-213.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

The Citadel 1971

8-3SP Off 32.2

Best Defensive Season

Clemson 1976

3-6-2SP Def 22.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

The Citadel 1966

4-6SRS -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.

Clemson19761136236.4%3.00.422.522.2+13.7+18.2%
Clemson19751129018.2%-10.7-13.825.436.3-18.2-45.5%
Clemson19741174063.6%7.58.931.123.8+8.9+18.2%
Clemson19731156045.5%-1.4-5.624.930.2+10.60.0%
The Citadel19721156045.5%-12.0-12.516.227.6-5.5-27.3%
The Citadel19711183072.7%-6.5-8.732.238.7+9.4+27.3%
The Citadel19701156045.5%-15.9-15.318.833.1+3.4-24.6%
The Citadel19691073070.0%-19.3-6.2+20.0%
The Citadel19681055050.0%-13.1+3.50.0%
The Citadel19671055050.0%-16.6+8.9+10.0%
The Citadel19661046040.0%-25.5

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