Top 25
0-10
- Games
- 10
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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Frank Cignetti
1976-1979 • West Virginia
One defining program at West Virginia.
Frank Cignetti's coaching record is 17-27, highlighted by seasons at West Virginia from 1976 to 1979.
Frank Cignetti coached 4 seasons, won 38.6%, and posted an average SRS of -0.4. Best season: 1977 West Virginia. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 17-27
- Career win rate
- 38.6%
- Average SRS
- -0.4
- Peak SRS
- 5.6
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 48.8
Primary school anchor
West Virginia
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 49.3.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 17-27
- West Virginia record
- 17-27
- Full-season record
- 17-27
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-6
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs Pittsburgh
- 0-4
- Postseason / bowl record
- 0-0
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
44 countable games, 38.6% win rate.
4 countable seasons at West Virginia.
4 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
6 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
Backyard Brawl games in this dataset.
0 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Nov 17, 1979. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Frank Cignetti
EliteStrongAverageLean
1976Actual season year • SRS range -11.4 to 5.61979
Active comparison point
Frank Cignetti • 1977
1977 West Virginia
Best season5-6 • SRS 5.6 • SP Overall 6.4
Win %
45.5%
YoY SRS
+0.9
SP Off / Def
30.5 / 25.8
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results10
| 1979 Regular Week 11 | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | #11 | L17-24 |
| 1979 Regular Week 9 | West Virginia | Penn State | #19 | L6-31 |
| 1979 Regular Week 4 | West Virginia | NC State | #16 | L14-38 |
| 1978 Regular Week 11 | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | #18 | L7-52 |
| 1978 Regular Week 9 | West Virginia | Penn State | #2 | L21-49 |
| 1978 Regular Week 3 | West Virginia | Oklahoma | #3 | L10-52 |
| 1977 Regular Week 10 | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | #10 | L3-44 |
| 1977 Regular Week 8 | West Virginia | Penn State | #9 | L28-49 |
| 1976 Regular Week 11 | West Virginia | Pittsburgh | #1 | L16-24 |
| 1976 Regular Week 3 | West Virginia | Maryland | #8 | L3-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
West Virginia
1976-1979 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -0.4 • Win % 38.6%
- Longest tenure
- West Virginia • 4 seasons
- Best tenure
- West Virginia • -0.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- West Virginia • 38.6%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Frank Cignetti sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFrank Cignetti sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Cignetti
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 0.3
- Percentile
- 58th pct
Above average
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
West Virginia
1976-1979 • 17-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -0.4Win % 38.6%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.3 during vs 6.8 baseline
-2.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-0.4 during vs 6.0 baseline
-6.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
0.3 during vs 9.2 baseline
-8.9
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
-20.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
West Virginia 1977
5-6 • SRS 5.6
Biggest Improvement
West Virginia 1979
5-6 • 11.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
West Virginia 1977
5-6 • SP Off 30.5
Best Defensive Season
West Virginia 1976
5-6 • SP Def 17.2
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
West Virginia 1978
2-9 • SRS -11.4
Biggest Drop
West Virginia 1978
2-9 • -17.0 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| West Virginia | 1979 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -0.4 | 1.0 | 26.2 | 25.5 | +11.0 | +27.3% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 1978 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -11.4 | -14.8 | 23.3 | 35.4 | -17.0 | -27.3% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 5.6 | 6.4 | 30.5 | 25.8 | +0.9 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| West Virginia | 1976 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 4.7 | 8.5 | 24.7 | 17.2 | — | — | Season summary |
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Statistical comps
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Open profile →Doug Marrone
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4
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Best finish Unranked • Volatility 5.6
Open profile →Brian Newberry
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.8
Avg SRS -1.2 • Peak SRS 5.7 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.4
Open profile →Roy Kramer
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.3
Avg SRS -0.6 • Peak SRS 8.1 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 8.0
Open profile →Dick Anderson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.8
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