The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Barry Wilson

Followed Steve Spurrier. Barry Wilson held Duke at Regional Program II for 4 seasons.

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1990–1993 · 1 stint

Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Duke, 4 seasons

−2.1

Regional Program II → Regional Program III.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against George Welsh.

Rivalry record

0–4

0.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

7–9–1

41.2% · margin ≤8

vs. Blue Blood or better

0–1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

North Carolina0–40%

The toughest matchup

vs. George Welsh0–4

4 meetings, 1990–1993

’90 L’91 L’92 L’93 L

0% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0–1 0.0%

Power Program

0–5 0.0%

National Program

2–19 9.5%

Regional Program

9–4 69.2%

Coaching career

1990–1993

Dukecaretaker

Regional Program II → Regional Program II

Barry Wilson held Duke at Regional Program II for 4 seasons.

12th-best Duke tenure of 15 by the numbers.

Followed Steve Spurrier (1987–1989) · succeeded by Fred Goldsmith (1994–1998).

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