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Mark Duffner

Followed Joe Krivak. Mark Duffner held Maryland at National Program II for 5 seasons.

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1992–1996 · 1 stint
Maryland
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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.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerMARYLANDNational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelMaryland, 1992: 3-8, National Program II1992Maryland, 1993: 2-9, National Program III1993Maryland, 1994: 4-7, Regional Program I1994Maryland, 1995: 6-5, Regional Program I1995Maryland, 1996: 5-6, Regional Program I1996-8.7One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Maryland, 5 seasons
−8.7
National Program II → Regional Program I.

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.

Just 1–4 against Mack Brown.

One-score games
6–9
40.0% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–6
0.0%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Mack Brown1–4
5 meetings, 1992–1996
’92 L’93 L’94 L’95 W’96 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–6 0.0%
Power Program
2–9 18.2%
National Program
5–17 22.7%
Regional Program
12–2 85.7%

Coaching career

1992–1996
Marylandcaretaker
National Program II → National Program II
Mark Duffner held Maryland at National Program II for 5 seasons.

9th-best Maryland tenure of 21 by the numbers.

Followed Joe Krivak (1987–1991) · succeeded by Ron Vanderlinden (1997–2000).

5 NFL Draft picks: Larry Webster (1992), Derek Steele (1992), Frank Wycheck (1993), Steve Ingram (1995), Chad Scott (1997)

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