Red Wilson
Red Wilson went 16–27–1 as a head coach, 1979–1982, at Duke. Share
- Record
- 16–27–1 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1981 6–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Duke | 2–8–1 | ||
| 1980 | Duke | 2–9 | ||
| 1981 | Duke | 6–5 | ||
| 1982 | Duke | 6–5 |
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 ranked teams | 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 20 | 9–11 | 45% |
| Conference games | 24 | 7–17 | 29% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 15 | 5–9–1 | 37% |
| At home | 20 | 8–12 | 40% |
| On the road | 24 | 8–15–1 | 35% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 7–2 | 78% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 35 | 9–25–1 | 27% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Ford 1979–1982 | 1–3 | Clemson | 4 | |
| Dick Crum 1979–1982 | 1–3 | North Carolina | 4 | |
| Bill Curry 1980–1982 | 3–0 | Georgia Tech | 3 | |
| Dick Bestwick 1979–1981 | 1–2 | Virginia | 3 | |
| Monte Kiffin 1980–1982 | 1–2 | NC State | 3 | |
| Jerry Claiborne 1979–1981 | 0–3 | Maryland | 3 | |
| Jim Carlen 1979–1981 | 0–3 | South Carolina | 3 |
Red Wilson’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Techseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Wake Forestseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Virginiaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| NC Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| North Carolinaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Clemsonseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| South Carolinaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Marylandseries | 4 | 0–4 |
Also a player: Red Wilson’s playing career.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Eddie WilliamsonVMI
- Steve SpurrierDuke, Florida, South Carolina, Tampa Bay Bandits, Washington Redskins, Orlando Apollos
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Williamson | Duke, 1979–82: offensive line coach | VMI | |
| Steve Spurrier | Duke, 1980–82: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Duke, Florida, South Carolina, Tampa Bay Bandits, Washington Redskins, Orlando Apollos |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Dick Kemp | Duke, 1979: offensive coordinator | |
| Larry Thompson | Duke, 1979: defensive coordinator | |
| Cliff Yoshida | Duke, 1980: defensive coordinator | |
| Dick Hopkins | Duke, 1981: defensive backs coach; 1981–82: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach |
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.