Red Parker

Head coach, 1966–1976

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

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Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

1973–1976ClemsonHead Coach

1966–1972The CitadelHead Coach

As head coach

Rating—Peak51Career43

1966–1976 · 11 seasonsRecord 56-59National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)

Rating 51: 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 51: best five-season stretch, 1972–1976 at The Citadel and Clemson (22-31).
Career 43 (#490 since 1936): total accomplishment over 11 seasons (56-59), 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
1976	Clemson	3-6-2	#56	+0.12 SD
1975	Clemson	2-9	#105	-1.08 SD
1974	Clemson	7-4	#39	+0.43 SD
1973	Clemson	5-6	#70	-0.32 SD
1972	The Citadel	5-6	#91	-1.02 SD
1971	The Citadel	8-3	#85	-0.76 SD
1970	The Citadel	5-6	#98	-1.33 SD
1969	The Citadel	7-3	#104	-1.47 SD
1968	The Citadel	5-5	#90	-1.11 SD
1967	The Citadel	5-5	#99	-1.52 SD
1966	The Citadel	4-6	#103	-2.21 SD

Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).