Coaches / Head coach / Doug Martin
Career
21
not coaching now
Rating34recent
Peak35best 5 yrs
Career21whole career
confidence
Doug Martin
Head coach
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
70
continuity at New Mexico State · early
Seasons here—
Programs2
Stints2
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.
As head coach
Rating34Peak35Career21
2004–2021 · 15 seasonsRecord 53-126National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 34: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 35: best five-season stretch, 2004–2006 at Kent State (12-22), taking over one of the weakest programs in major college football.
- Career 21 (#525 since 1936): total accomplishment over 15 seasons (53-126), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 2-10 | #127 | -1.93 SD |
| 2020 | New Mexico State | 1-1 | — | — |
| 2019 | New Mexico State | 2-10 | #124 | -1.51 SD |
| 2018 | New Mexico State | 3-9 | #125 | -1.72 SD |
| 2017 | New Mexico State | 7-6 | #104 | -0.85 SD |
| 2016 | New Mexico State | 3-9 | #118 | -1.51 SD |
| 2015 | New Mexico State | 3-9 | #122 | -1.73 SD |
| 2014 | New Mexico State | 2-10 | #126 | -1.99 SD |
| 2013 | New Mexico State | 2-10 | #121 | -1.97 SD |
| 2010 | Kent State | 5-7 | #101 | -1.08 SD |
| 2009 | Kent State | 5-7 | #103 | -1.18 SD |
| 2008 | Kent State | 4-8 | #104 | -1.11 SD |
| 2007 | Kent State | 3-9 | #111 | -1.44 SD |
| 2006 | Kent State | 6-6 | #99 | -0.98 SD |
| 2005 | Kent State | 1-10 | #110 | -1.61 SD |
| 2004 | Kent State | 5-6 | #88 | -0.71 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating53Peak62
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | New Mexico State | -0.08 | -0.06 | -0.86 |
| 2020 | New Mexico State | -0.08 | 0.07 | 0.19 |
| 2019 | New Mexico State | -0.11 | -0.02 | -0.67 |
| 2018 | New Mexico State | -0.10 | -0.09 | -1.25 |
| 2017 | New Mexico State | -0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | New Mexico State | -0.06 | — | -0.30 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.