Ernie Duplechin
Ernie Duplechin went 28–6–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 1979 at McNeese, 1980 at McNeese and 1981 at McNeese. His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 28–6–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1979 11–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | McNeese | 11–1 | Independence Bowl L | ||
| 1980 | McNeese | 10–2 | Independence Bowl L | ||
| 1981 | McNeese | 7–3–1 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 9 | 7–1–1 | 83% |
| Conference games | 15 | 13–1–1 | 90% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 12–5–1 | 69% |
| At home | 18 | 15–2–1 | 86% |
| On the road | 15 | 13–2 | 87% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 32 | 25–6–1 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
His own 35 games on file, 1979–1981, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Lacewell 1979–1981 | 3–0 | Arkansas State | 3 | |
| Larry Kennan 1979–1981 | 2–0–1 | Lamar | 3 |
Ernie Duplechin’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louisianaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| UL Monroeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Lamarseries | 3 | 2–0–1 |
| Northwestern Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| West Texasseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Texas–Arlingtonseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Hubert BoalesMcNeese
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Boales | McNeese, 1979–81: defensive coordinator | McNeese |
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.