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Edward Anderson
1938-1964 • Holy Cross, Iowa
2 schools coached, anchored by Holy Cross.
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.
- 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.
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.
Edward Anderson
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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
1938 Holy Cross
Best season8-1 • 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.
Top 10
0-13
- Games
- 13
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-6
- Games
- 6
- Win rate
- 0.0%
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| 1964 Regular Week 4 | Holy Cross | Syracuse | #7 | L8-34 |
| 1962 Regular Week 10 | Holy Cross | Penn State | #9 | L20-48 |
| 1960 Regular Week 5 | Holy Cross | Syracuse | #4 | L6-15 |
| 1959 Regular Week 10 | Holy Cross | Penn State | #7 | L0-46 |
| 1959 Regular Week 6 | Holy Cross | Syracuse | #6 | L6-42 |
| 1958 Regular Week 3 | Holy Cross | Pittsburgh | #12 | L0-17 |
| 1956 Regular Week 9 | Holy Cross | Syracuse | #9 | L20-41 |
| 1948 Regular Week 7 | Iowa | Notre Dame | #2 | L12-27 |
| 1947 Regular Week 7 | Iowa | Notre Dame | #2 | L0-21 |
| 1947 Regular Week 4 | Iowa | Illinois | #11 | L12-35 |
| 1947 Regular Week 3 | Iowa | UCLA | #16 | L7-22 |
| 1946 Regular Week 8 | Iowa | Illinois | #5 | L0-7 |
| 1946 Regular Week 7 | Iowa | Notre Dame | #2 | L6-41 |
| 1946 Regular Week 4 | Iowa | Michigan | #13 | L7-14 |
| 1941 Regular Week 3 | Iowa | Michigan | #7 | L0-6 |
| 1940 Regular Week 7 | Iowa | Minnesota | #1 | L6-34 |
| 1938 Regular Week 5 | Holy Cross | Carnegie Mellon | #6 | L6-7 |
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 edgeNot 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
Worst 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 Cross | 1964 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -8.4 | — | — | — | +1.8 | +22.2% |
| Holy Cross | 1963 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | -10.2 | — | — | — | -2.4 | -32.2% |
| Holy Cross | 1962 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -7.8 | — | — | — | -4.1 | -10.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1961 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | -3.7 | — | — | — | -0.2 | +10.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1960 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -3.5 | — | — | — | +6.5 | 0.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1959 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -10.0 | — | — | — | -6.9 | -6.7% |
| Holy Cross | 1958 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | -3.1 | — | — | — | -3.9 | +5.6% |
| Holy Cross | 1957 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 0.8 | — | — | — | +6.4 | 0.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1956 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | -5.6 | — | — | — | +4.4 | +1.1% |
| Holy Cross | 1955 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -10.0 | — | — | — | -0.6 | +30.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1954 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30.0% | — | — | -9.4 | — | — | — | -9.4 | -20.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1953 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | -5.9 | -30.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1952 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 5.9 | — | — | — | -6.3 | 0.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1951 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #19 | 12.2 | — | — | — | +15.7 | +35.0% |
| Holy Cross | 1950 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45.0% | — | — | -3.5 | — | — | — | -13.8 | +0.6% |
| Iowa | 1949 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 10.3 | — | — | — | +6.4 | 0.0% |
| Iowa | 1948 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | 3.9 | — | — | — | +0.2 | +5.6% |
| Iowa | 1947 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | — | — | 3.7 | — | — | — | -15.9 | -16.7% |
| Iowa | 1946 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 19.6 | — | — | — | +14.9 | -4.4% |
| Iowa | 1942 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 4.7 | — | — | — | -0.2 | +22.5% |
| Iowa | 1941 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | 4.9 | — | — | — | -3.3 | -12.5% |
| Iowa | 1940 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 8.2 | — | — | — | +3.8 | -31.3% |
| Iowa | 1939 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 81.3% | — | #9 | 4.4 | — | — | — | -15.3 | -7.6% |
| Holy Cross | 1938 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.9% | — | #9 | 19.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
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