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Clark Shaughnessy

1915-1946 • Chicago, Maryland, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Tulane

5 schools coached, anchored by Chicago.

Clark Shaughnessy coached 24 seasons, won 54.6%, and posted an average SRS of -2.8. Best season: 1940 Stanford. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 8 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
108-89-10
Career win rate
54.6%
Average SRS
-2.8
Peak SRS
19.5

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
24
Career span
32 years
Best finish
#2
Consistency
11.9

Primary school anchor

Chicago

Balanced profile with 5 program stops and a peak score of 83.0.

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.

Clark Shaughnessy
EliteStrongAverageLean
Clark Shaughnessy: 1933 ChicagoClark Shaughnessy: 1940 StanfordClark Shaughnessy: 1942 MarylandClark Shaughnessy: 1943 PittsburghClark Shaughnessy: 1946 Maryland
1915Actual season year • SRS range -25.1 to 19.51946

Active comparison point

Clark Shaughnessy • 1940

Selected

1940 Stanford

Best seasonBiggest improvementNew stop: Stanford

10-0 • SRS 19.5 • SP Overall —

Win %

100.0%

YoY SRS

+44.6

SP Off / Def

— / —

Finish

#2

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.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

4-7

Games
11
Win rate
36.4%

Top 10

1-3

Games
4
Win rate
25.0%

Top 5

0-3

Games
3
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results11
1946 Regular Week 5MarylandNorth Carolina#17L0-33
1945 Regular Week 7PittsburghNotre Dame#5L9-39
1944 Regular Week 8PittsburghArmy#1L7-69
1944 Regular Week 6PittsburghNotre Dame#11L0-58
1943 Regular Week 4PittsburghGreat Lakes Navy#18L0-40
1943 Regular Week 3PittsburghNotre Dame#1L0-41
1941 Regular Week 6StanfordWashington#20W13-7
1941 Regular Week 2StanfordOregon#16W19-15
1940 Regular Week 5StanfordSanta Clara#16W7-6
1940 Postseason Week 1StanfordNebraska#7W21-13
1938 Regular Week 4ChicagoMichigan#18L7-45

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Maryland

1946-1946 • 1 seasons

Avg SRS -6.8 • Win % 33.3%

Pittsburgh

1943-1945 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS -2.8 • Win % 37.0%

Maryland

1942-1942 • 1 seasons

Avg SRS -9.3 • Win % 77.8%

Stanford

1940-1941 • 2 seasons

Avg SRS 16.6 • Win % 84.2%

Chicago

1933-1939 • 7 seasons

Avg SRS -8.0 • Win % 34.5%

Tulane

1922-1926 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS 0.9 • Win % 68.5%

Tulane

1919-1920 • 2 seasons

Avg SRS -2.0 • Win % 72.2%

Tulane

1915-1917 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS -6.7 • Win % 56.3%

Longest tenure
Chicago • 7 seasons
Best tenure
Stanford • 16.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Stanford • 84.2%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Clark Shaughnessy

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall
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Percentile
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Insufficient sample

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.

Maryland

1946-1946 • 3-6

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -6.8Win % 33.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.0 during vs 4.2 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.8 during vs -14.0 baseline

+7.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Pittsburgh

1943-1945 • 10-17

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -2.8Win % 37.0%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.3 during vs 4.4 baseline

-1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.8 during vs 6.2 baseline

-9.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 20.0% baseline

-20.0%

Maryland

1942-1942 • 7-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -9.3Win % 77.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

7.0 during vs 3.4 baseline

+3.6

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-9.3 during vs -12.1 baseline

+2.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Stanford

1940-1941 • 16-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 16.6Win % 84.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

8.0 during vs 3.6 baseline

+4.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

16.6 during vs 6.5 baseline

+10.1

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

50.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+50.0%

Chicago

1933-1939 • 17-34-4

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -8.0Win % 34.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.4 during vs 3.2 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-8.0 during vs -3.5 baseline

-4.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Tulane

1922-1926 • 30-13-3

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 0.9Win % 68.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 5.3 baseline

+0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

0.9 during vs -3.4 baseline

+4.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Tulane

1919-1920 • 12-4-2

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -2.0Win % 72.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 4.0 baseline

+2.0

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-2.0 during vs -12.8 baseline

+10.8

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Tulane

1915-1917 • 13-10-1

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -6.7Win % 56.3%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.3 during vs 3.2 baseline

+1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-6.7 during vs -19.7 baseline

+13.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Stanford 1940

10-0 • SRS 19.5

Biggest Improvement

Stanford 1940

10-0 • 44.6 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Chicago 1939

2-6 • SRS -25.1

Biggest Drop

Maryland 1942

7-2 • -22.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Maryland1946936033.3%——-6.8———-8.0+3.3%
Pittsburgh19451037030.0%——1.2———+3.0-14.4%
Pittsburgh1944945044.4%——-1.8———+6.1+6.9%
Pittsburgh1943835037.5%——-7.9———+1.4-40.3%
Maryland1942972077.8%——-9.3———-22.9+11.1%
Stanford1941963066.7%——13.6———-5.9-33.3%
Stanford1940101000100.0%—#219.5———+44.6+75.0%
Chicago1939826025.0%——-25.1———-4.9+6.3%
Chicago1938816118.8%——-20.2———-9.4+4.5%
Chicago1937716014.3%——-10.8———+1.1-17.0%
Chicago1936825131.3%——-11.9———-9.7-18.8%
Chicago1935844050.0%——-2.2———-7.90.0%
Chicago1934844050.0%——5.7———-2.60.0%
Chicago1933833250.0%——8.3———+9.2+11.1%
Tulane1926935138.9%——-0.9———-13.8-56.1%
Tulane19251090195.0%——12.9———+7.2+6.1%
Tulane1924981088.9%——5.7———+12.4+23.9%
Tulane19231063165.0%——-6.7———-0.3+15.0%
Tulane1922844050.0%——-6.4———-7.5-22.2%
Tulane1920962172.2%——1.1———+6.20.0%
Tulane1919962172.2%——-5.1———-6.8+9.7%
Tulane1917853062.5%——1.7———+9.0+6.3%
Tulane1916843156.3%——-7.3———+7.3+6.3%
Tulane1915844050.0%——-14.6—————

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