Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 42% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Bristol Rovers
Aug 2016 – Jan 2026 · 161 matches
1.19 points per game in League One / League Two (140 matches).
Bristol Rovers with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.27 (317 matches, 11 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −23 below the league average under him, −39 under the others.
Most used
- T. Lockyer11,007' · Elo 1,591
- O. Clarke8,670' · Elo 1,621
- C. Lines8,580' · Elo 1,244
- E. Harrison7,805' · Elo 1,677
- L. Brown7,200' · Elo 1,569
- Stuart Sinclair6,930' · Elo 1,039
- L. Sercombe5,520' · Elo 1,470
- D. Leadbitter5,497' · Elo 1,204
- B. Bodin4,681' · Elo 1,492
- J. Clarke4,590' · Elo 1,343
Barnsley
Aug 2024 – Mar 2025 · 44 matches
1.44 points per game in League One (36 matches).
Barnsley with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.52 (161 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +86 above the league average under him, +75 under the others.
Most used
- M. de Gevigney3,202' · Elo 1,759
- C. O'Keeffe2,968' · Elo 1,817
- J. Earl2,897' · Elo 1,813
- L. Connell2,843' · Elo 1,741
- D. Keillor-Dunn2,841' · Elo 1,882
- J. Russell2,622' · Elo 1,884
- M. Roberts2,614' · Elo 1,536
- A. Phillips2,525' · Elo 1,774
- S. Humphrys2,134' · Elo 1,781
- B. Killip1,890' · Elo 1,796
Cheltenham
Oct 2023 – Apr 2024 · 38 matches
1.23 points per game in League One (35 matches).
Cheltenham with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.08 (103 matches, 3 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −143 below the league average under him, −56 under the others.
Most used
- L. Southwood3,177' · Elo 1,617
- S. Long3,120' · Elo 1,538
- W. Ferry2,667' · Elo 1,677
- C. Davies2,621' · Elo 1,441
- L. Sercombe2,517' · Elo 1,470
- T. Pett2,267' · Elo 1,659
- G. Lloyd2,093' · Elo 1,716
- L. Freestone2,089' · Elo 1,794
- E. Bonds1,858' · Elo 1,764
- T. Bradbury1,631' · Elo 1,562
Port Vale
Aug 2021 – Apr 2023 · 105 matches
1.41 points per game in League Two / League One (90 matches).
Port Vale with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.22 (264 matches, 7 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +12 above the league average under him, −27 under the others.
Most used
- N. Smith8,681' · Elo 1,615
- B. Garrity7,374' · Elo 1,697
- D. Worrall6,448' · Elo 1,157
- T. Pett6,309' · Elo 1,659
- M. Benning4,988' · Elo 1,433
- J. Wilson4,646' · Elo 1,496
- T. Conlon4,605' · Elo 1,528
- A. Stone4,292' · Elo 1,601
- C. Hall4,159' · Elo 1,671
- D. Jones4,097' · Elo 1,532
Walsall
Aug 2019 – Feb 2021 · 76 matches
1.34 points per game in League Two (62 matches).
Walsall with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.17 (140 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −17 below the league average under him, −41 under the others.
Most used
- D. Scarr6,026' · Elo 1,930
- L. Kinsella5,822' · Elo 1,486
- L. Roberts5,427' · Elo 1,895
- J. Clarke4,532' · Elo 1,343
- R. Holden4,420' · Elo 1,581
- W. McDonald4,411' · Elo 1,351
- J. Gordon4,152' · Elo 1,549
- E. Adebayo4,017' · Elo 1,755
- C. Norman3,694' · Elo 1,571
- C. Lavery3,574' · Elo 1,205
Players under Darrell James Clarke
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- Lucas+440
in 22 matches · Port Vale
- E. Harrison+438
in 130 matches · Bristol Rovers
- D. Politic+399
in 41 matches · Port Vale
- B. Bodin+384
in 52 matches · Bristol Rovers
- Stuart Sinclair+360
in 118 matches · Bristol Rovers
Fell most
in 42 matches · Walsall
- J. Sparkes−129
in 32 matches · Bristol Rovers
- B. Moore−117
in 25 matches · Bristol Rovers
- A. Rodman−107
in 8 matches · Bristol Rovers
- L. Southwood−103
in 63 matches · Bristol Rovers
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−68T. Conlon1528
in 5 matches · Oldham
−67S. McLaughlin1753
in 9 matches · Mansfield Town
- −65
in 4 matches · Crawley Town
−64J. Matt1475
in 7 matches · Forest Green
−63Kevin Keith Ellison-1058
in 3 matches · Newport County
Nemeses
+210D. Pratley1403
in 4 matches · Leyton Orient
+196C. Marshall1798
in 3 matches · Huddersfield
+175J. Murphy929
in 4 matches · Tranmere
+150C. MacGillivray1821
in 6 matches · Milton Keynes Dons
+129I. Touray1820
in 7 matches · Stockport County
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −46
John Yems1363
in 4 matches · Crawley Town
- −45
J. Hasselbaink1363
in 4 matches · Burton Albion
- −44
M. Cooper1358
in 6 matches · Barrow
- −38
M. Appleton1536
in 4 matches · Shrewsbury
- −32
John Askey1397
in 4 matches · Port Vale
Nemesis coaches
- +133
G. McCann1757
in 6 matches · Doncaster
- +115
M. Duff1867
in 9 matches · Huddersfield
- +114
A. Revell1840
in 5 matches · Stevenage
- +109
R. Wellens1803
in 6 matches · Leyton Orient
- +91
C. Beech1317
in 4 matches · Carlisle
Playing style
How Darrell James Clarke's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 5 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.10style consistency across 5 clubs
More consistent than 42% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Port Vale100 matches
Walsall61 matches
Barnsley42 matches
Cheltenham37 matches
Bristol Rovers34 matches