Donnie Duncan
Donnie Duncan went 18–24–2 as a head coach, 1979–1982, at Iowa State. Share
- Record
- 18–24–2 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1980 6–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Iowa State | 3–8 | T–5th | |||
| 1980 | Iowa State | 6–5 | T–4th | |||
| 1981 | Iowa State | 5–5–1 | 6th | |||
| 1982 | Iowa State | 4–6–1 | T–6th |
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 | 1–7–1 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 8 | 1–6–1 | 19% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 6–9–1 | 41% |
| Conference games | 28 | 7–19–2 | 29% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 15 | 5–8–2 | 40% |
| At home | 24 | 13–11 | 54% |
| On the road | 20 | 5–13–2 | 30% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 21 | 12–9 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 23 | 6–15–2 | 30% |
His own 44 games on file, 1979–1982, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Fry 1979–1982 | 3–1 | Iowa | 4 | |
| Jim Dickey 1979–1982 | 2–2 | Kansas State | 4 | |
| Jimmy Johnson 1979–1982 | 1–3 | Oklahoma State | 4 | |
| Warren Powers 1979–1982 | 1–2–1 | Missouri | 4 | |
| Barry Switzer 1979–1982 | 0–3–1 | Oklahoma | 4 | |
| Don Fambrough 1979–1982 | 0–4 | Kansas | 4 | |
| Tom Osborne 1979–1982 | 0–4 | Nebraska | 4 | |
| Chuck Fairbanks 1979–1981 | 2–1 | Colorado | 3 |
Donnie Duncan’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coloradoseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Iowaseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Missouriseries | 4 | 1–2–1 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Nebraskaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Oklahomaseries | 4 | 0–3–1 |
| Kansasseries | 4 | 0–4 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Dublin HS (TX) high school | Line coach | |
| 1963 | Tarleton State | OE | |
| 1965–66 | Honey Grove HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1967–69 | Henderson County | Assistant coach | |
| 1970–72 | Navarro | Head coach | |
| 1973–78 | Oklahoma | Assistant coach | |
| 1979–82 | Iowa State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Barry SwitzerOklahoma
- Billy JoeFlorida A&M
Assistants who became head coaches
- Charlie SadlerNorthern Illinois
- Dal ShealyRichmond, Mars Hill, Carson Newman
- Mack BrownTulane, North Carolina, Texas, App State
- Sparky WoodsSouth Carolina, App State, VMI
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Switzer | Oklahoma | 1973–78 | Assistant coach | |
| Billy Joe | Florida A&M | 2004 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Sadler | Iowa State, 1979–82: defensive line coach | Northern Illinois | |
| Dal Shealy | Iowa State, 1979: offensive coordinator | Richmond, Mars Hill, Carson Newman | |
| Mack Brown | Iowa State, 1979: wide receivers coach; 1980–81: offensive coordinator | Tulane, North Carolina, Texas, App State | |
| Sparky Woods | Iowa State, 1979–82: wide receivers coach | South Carolina, App State, VMI |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Rex Norris | Navarro, 1970–71: assistant coach | |
| Bill Young | Iowa State, 1979: defensive tackles coach | |
| Larry Coyer | Iowa State, 1979–82: defensive coordinator | |
| Dave Huxtable | Iowa State, 1982: graduate assistant |
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.