Carl Franks
Carl Franks went 7–45 as a head coach, 1999–2003, at Duke. Share
- Record
- 7–45 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2003 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Duke | 3–8 | T–5th | |||
| 2000 | Duke | 0–11 | 9th | |||
| 2001 | Duke | 0–11 | 9th | |||
| 2002 | Duke | 2–10 | 9th | |||
| 2003 | Duke coached seven of 12 games | 2–5 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 22 | 2–20 | 9% |
| Conference games | 36 | 3–33 | 8% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 4–12 | 25% |
| At home | 27 | 4–23 | 15% |
| On the road | 24 | 3–21 | 13% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 47 | 5–42 | 11% |
His own 52 games on file, 1999–2003, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bowden 1999–2003 | 0–5 | Florida State | 5 | |
| Randy Walker 1999–2003 | 0–5 | Northwestern | 5 | |
| Tommy Bowden 1999–2002 | 0–4 | Clemson | 4 | |
| Steve Logan 1999–2002 | 1–2 | East Carolina | 3 | |
| George O’Leary 1999–2001 | 0–3 | Georgia Tech | 3 | |
| Woody Widenhofer 1999–2001 | 0–3 | Vanderbilt | 3 | |
| Chuck Amato 2000–2002 | 0–3 | NC State | 3 | |
| Al Groh 2001–2003 | 0–3 | Virginia | 3 | |
| Jim Grobe 2001–2003 | 0–3 | Wake Forest | 3 | |
| Ralph Friedgen 2001–2003 | 0–3 | Maryland | 3 |
Carl Franks’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Marylandseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Wake Forestseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Virginiaseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Florida Stateseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Northwesternseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Georgia Techseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| NC Stateseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| North Carolinaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Florida’s 1996 staff (assistant offensive coordinator, running backs) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Tampa Bay Bandits USFL | Running backs coach | |
| 1986 | VMI | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| 1987–89 | Duke | Running backs coach | |
| 1990–92 | Florida | Running backs coach | |
| 1993 | Florida | Tight ends coach | |
| 1994 | Florida | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 1995–98 | Florida | Offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| 1999–2003 | Duke | Head coach | |
| 2004–12 | South Florida | Running backs coach | |
| 2014–22 | Bethune-Cookman | Running backs coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Steve SpurrierTampa Bay Bandits, Duke, Florida
- Eddie WilliamsonVMI
- Jim LeavittSouth Florida
- Skip HoltzSouth Florida
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brad SherrodTexas Wesleyan, Morehouse
- Dennis CreehanEdinboro, San Francisco State, South Dakota, West Virginia Wesleyan, Alderson-Broaddus
- Ted RoofDuke
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Spurrier | Tampa Bay Bandits pro | 1985 | Running backs coach | |
| Eddie Williamson | VMI | 1986 | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| Steve Spurrier | Duke | 1987–89 | Running backs coach | |
| Steve Spurrier | Florida | 1990–98 | 1990–92: running backs coach; 1993: tight ends coach; 1994: inside linebackers coach; 1995–98: offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| Jim Leavitt | South Florida | 2004–09 | Running backs coach | |
| Skip Holtz | South Florida | 2010–12 | Running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Sherrod | Duke, 1999–2003: linebackers coach | Texas Wesleyan, Morehouse | |
| Dennis Creehan | Duke, 2001–02: inside linebackers and special teams coach | Edinboro, San Francisco State, South Dakota, West Virginia Wesleyan, Alderson-Broaddus | |
| Ted Roof | Duke, 2002–03: defensive coordinator | Duke |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Trott | Duke, 1999–2001: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Joe D’Alessandris | Duke, 1999–2001: offensive line coach | |
| Jim Pry | Duke, 2003: offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.