Coaches / Head coach / Doug Scovil
Career
58
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak61best 5 yrs
Career58whole career
confidence
Doug Scovil
Head coach, 1966–1985
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
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Programs2
Stints2
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
1966–1969PacificHead Coach
As head coach
Rating—Peak61Career58
1966–1985 · 9 seasonsRecord 45-51National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 61: 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 61: best five-season stretch, 1967–1982 at Pacific and San Diego State (30-22).
- Career 58 (#366 since 1936): total accomplishment over 9 seasons (45-51), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | San Diego State | 5-6-1 | #47 | +0.21 SD |
| 1984 | San Diego State | 4-7-1 | #64 | -0.11 SD |
| 1983 | San Diego State | 2-9-1 | #89 | -1.02 SD |
| 1982 | San Diego State | 7-5 | #52 | +0.01 SD |
| 1981 | San Diego State | 6-5 | #52 | +0.18 SD |
| 1969 | Pacific | 7-3 | #36 | +0.25 SD |
| 1968 | Pacific | 6-4 | #63 | -0.22 SD |
| 1967 | Pacific | 4-5 | #59 | -0.10 SD |
| 1966 | Pacific | 4-7 | #102 | -1.98 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).