Top 25
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Back to Coaches
Defense-FirstDefense-FirstSteady Profile
Coach Profile
Ed Cavanaugh
1980-1982 • Army
One defining program at Army.
Ed Cavanaugh coached 3 seasons, won 33.3%, and posted an average SRS of -9.8. Best season: 1980 Army. The profile was defense-first with a very steady week-to-week shape. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 10-21-2
- Career win rate
- 33.3%
- Average SRS
- -9.8
- Peak SRS
- -5.8
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
- 3
- Career span
- 3 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 91.9
Primary school anchor
Army
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 22.4.
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.
Ed Cavanaugh
EliteStrongAverageLean
1980Actual season year • SRS range -13.1 to -5.81982
Active comparison point
Ed Cavanaugh • 1980
1980 Army
Best season3-7-1 • SRS -5.8 • SP Overall -4.7
Win %
31.8%
YoY SRS
—
SP Off / Def
25.4 / 30.0
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
0-4
- Games
- 4
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-2
- Games
- 2
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results5
| 1982 Regular Week 11 | Army | Pittsburgh | #8 | L6-24 |
| 1982 Regular Week 4 | Army | North Carolina | #11 | L8-62 |
| 1981 Regular Week 11 | Army | Pittsburgh | #1 | L0-48 |
| 1980 Regular Week 12 | Army | Pittsburgh | #6 | L7-45 |
| 1980 Regular Week 8 | Army | Notre Dame | #4 | L3-30 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Army
1980-1982 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -9.8 • Win % 33.3%
- Longest tenure
- Army • 3 seasons
- Best tenure
- Army • -9.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Army • 33.3%
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.
Ed Cavanaugh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeEd Cavanaugh sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ed Cavanaugh
Lower end
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -9.7
- Percentile
- 28th pct
Lower end
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.
Army
1980-1982 • 10-21-2
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -9.8Win % 33.3%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.3 during vs 4.0 baseline
-0.7
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-9.8 during vs -8.1 baseline
-1.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-9.7 during vs -13.1 baseline
+3.4
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Army 1980
3-7-1 • SRS -5.8
Biggest Improvement
Army 1982
4-7 • -2.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Army 1980
3-7-1 • SP Off 25.4
Best Defensive Season
Army 1981
3-7-1 • SP Def 20.6
Setbacks
Worst Season
Army 1982
4-7 • SRS -13.1
Biggest Drop
Army 1981
3-7-1 • -4.8 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Army | 1982 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 36.4% | — | — | -13.1 | -18.1 | 14.9 | 32.6 | -2.5 | +4.5% |
| Army | 1981 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -10.6 | -6.2 | 14.9 | 20.6 | -4.8 | 0.0% |
| Army | 1980 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 31.8% | — | — | -5.8 | -4.7 | 25.4 | 30.0 | — | — |
Similar coaches
Related profiles are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
KC Keeler
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.0
Avg SRS -8.8 • Peak SRS -6.2 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.2
Open profile →Jim Shofner
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.4
Avg SRS -10.2 • Peak SRS -4.8 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.9
Open profile →Dennis Fitzgerald
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 2.0
Avg SRS -7.9 • Peak SRS -3.5 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.1
Open profile →Jay Hopson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 0.8
Avg SRS -9.0 • Peak SRS -4.9 • 5 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.4
Open profile →Greg Robinson
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.1
Avg SRS -8.8 • Peak SRS -2.6 • 4 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.8
Open profile →Roy Lester
same defense-first identity • avg SRS within 1.1
Avg SRS -11.0 • Peak SRS -4.5 • 3 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 4.6
Open profile →