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Edward Anderson

1938-1964 • Holy Cross, Iowa

2 schools coached, anchored by Holy Cross.

Edward Anderson's coaching record is 125-94-6, highlighted by seasons at Holy Cross from 1938 to 1964.

Edward Anderson coached 24 seasons, won 56.9%, and posted an average SRS of 1.0. Best season: 1938 Holy Cross. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record
125-94-6
Career win rate
56.9%
Average SRS
1.0
Peak SRS
19.7

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
27 years
Best finish
#9
Consistency
24.7

Primary school anchor

Holy Cross

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 83.5.

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.

Compare Edward Anderson
Overall record
125-94-6

225 countable games, 56.9% win rate.

Holy Cross record
82-60-4

15 countable seasons at Holy Cross.

Full-season record
125-94-6

24 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.

Vs AP Top 25
0-17

17 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-13

13 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-6

6 games using AP ranking at game time.

Postseason / bowl record
0-0

0 scored postseason games in this dataset.

CFP record
0-0

0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.

National titles
0

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 28, 1964. 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.

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Edward Anderson: 1939 IowaEdward Anderson: 1950 Holy Cross
1938Actual season year • SRS range -10.2 to 19.71964

Active comparison point

Edward Anderson • 1938

Selected

1938 Holy Cross

Best season

8-1 • SRS 19.7 • SP Overall —

Win %

88.9%

YoY SRS

—

SP Off / Def

— / —

Finish

#9

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

0-17

Games
17
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-13

Games
13
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-6

Games
6
Win rate
0.0%
View ranked game results17
1964 Regular Week 4Holy CrossSyracuse#7L8-34
1962 Regular Week 10Holy CrossPenn State#9L20-48
1960 Regular Week 5Holy CrossSyracuse#4L6-15
1959 Regular Week 10Holy CrossPenn State#7L0-46
1959 Regular Week 6Holy CrossSyracuse#6L6-42
1958 Regular Week 3Holy CrossPittsburgh#12L0-17
1956 Regular Week 9Holy CrossSyracuse#9L20-41
1948 Regular Week 7IowaNotre Dame#2L12-27
1947 Regular Week 7IowaNotre Dame#2L0-21
1947 Regular Week 4IowaIllinois#11L12-35
1947 Regular Week 3IowaUCLA#16L7-22
1946 Regular Week 8IowaIllinois#5L0-7
1946 Regular Week 7IowaNotre Dame#2L6-41
1946 Regular Week 4IowaMichigan#13L7-14
1941 Regular Week 3IowaMichigan#7L0-6
1940 Regular Week 7IowaMinnesota#1L6-34
1938 Regular Week 5Holy CrossCarnegie Mellon#6L6-7

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Holy Cross

1950-1964 • 15 seasons

Avg SRS -3.8 • Win % 57.5%

Iowa

1946-1949 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 9.4 • Win % 45.8%

Iowa

1939-1942 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 5.5 • Win % 57.4%

Holy Cross

1938-1938 • 1 seasons

Avg SRS 19.7 • Win % 88.9%

Longest tenure
Holy Cross • 15 seasons
Best tenure
Holy Cross • 19.7 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Holy Cross • 88.9%

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.

Edward Anderson

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall
—
Percentile
—

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.

Holy Cross

1950-1964 • 82-60-4

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -3.8Win % 57.5%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Iowa

1946-1949 • 16-19-1

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

Avg SRS 9.4Win % 45.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 2.6 baseline

+1.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

9.4 during vs 0.1 baseline

+9.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Iowa

1939-1942 • 19-14-1

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

Avg SRS 5.5Win % 57.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.8 during vs 2.2 baseline

+2.5

Avg SRS

Higher is better

5.5 during vs 1.3 baseline

+4.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

25.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+25.0%

Holy Cross

1938-1938 • 8-1

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.

Avg SRS 19.7Win % 88.9%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Holy Cross 1938

8-1 • SRS 19.7

Biggest Improvement

Holy Cross 1951

8-2 • 15.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Holy Cross 1963

2-6-1 • SRS -10.2

Biggest Drop

Iowa 1947

3-5-1 • -15.9 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Holy Cross19641055050.0%——-8.4———+1.8+22.2%Season summary
Holy Cross1963926127.8%——-10.2———-2.4-32.2%Season summary
Holy Cross19621064060.0%——-7.8———-4.1-10.0%Season summary
Holy Cross19611073070.0%——-3.7———-0.2+10.0%Season summary
Holy Cross19601064060.0%——-3.5———+6.50.0%Season summary
Holy Cross19591064060.0%——-10.0———-6.9-6.7%Season summary
Holy Cross1958963066.7%——-3.1———-3.9+5.6%Season summary
Holy Cross1957953161.1%——0.8———+6.40.0%Season summary
Holy Cross1956953161.1%——-5.6———+4.4+1.1%Season summary
Holy Cross19551064060.0%——-10.0———-0.6+30.0%Season summary
Holy Cross19541037030.0%——-9.4———-9.4-20.0%Season summary
Holy Cross19531055050.0%——0.0———-5.9-30.0%Season summary
Holy Cross19521082080.0%——5.9———-6.30.0%Season summary
Holy Cross19511082080.0%—#1912.2———+15.7+35.0%Season summary
Holy Cross19501045145.0%——-3.5———-13.8+0.6%Season summary
Iowa1949945044.4%——10.3———+6.40.0%Season summary
Iowa1948945044.4%——3.9———+0.2+5.6%Season summary
Iowa1947935138.9%——3.7———-15.9-16.7%Season summary
Iowa1946954055.6%——19.6———+14.9-4.4%Season summary
Iowa19421064060.0%——4.7———-0.2+22.5%Season summary
Iowa1941835037.5%——4.9———-3.3-12.5%Season summary
Iowa1940844050.0%——8.2———+3.8-31.3%Season summary
Iowa1939861181.3%—#94.4———-15.3-7.6%Season summary
Holy Cross1938981088.9%—#919.7—————Season summary

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