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Ted Roof

Ted Roof held Duke at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

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2003–2007 · 1 stint
Duke
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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 careerDUKERegional Programthe building-block levelDuke, 2003: 2-3, Regional Program V2003Duke, 2004: 2-9, Regional Program V2004Duke, 2005: 1-10, Regional Program V2005Duke, 2006: 0-12, Regional Program V2006Duke, 2007: 1-11, Regional Program V2007-1.9One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

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, 5 seasons
−1.9
Regional Program V → Regional Program V.

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 Al Groh.

Rivalry record
0–4
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
2–10
16.7% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–7
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
North Carolina0–40%
The toughest matchup
vs. Al Groh0–4
4 meetings, 2004–2007
’04 L’05 L’06 L’07 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
0–7 0.0%
Power Program
0–11 0.0%
National Program
1–12 7.7%
Regional Program
1–9 10.0%

Coaching career

2003–2007
Dukecaretaker
Regional Program V → Regional Program V
Ted Roof held Duke at Regional Program V for 5 seasons.

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

Succeeded by David Cutcliffe (2008–2021).

1 NFL Draft pick: Andrew Strojny (2004)

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