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Swede Larson

1939-1941Navy

One defining program at Navy.

Swede Larson's coaching record is 16-8-3, highlighted by seasons at Navy from 1939 to 1941.

Swede Larson coached 3 seasons, won 64.8%, and posted an average SRS of 6.8. Best season: 1941 Navy. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.

Career record
16-8-3
Career win rate
64.8%
Average SRS
6.8
Peak SRS
16.2

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
#10
Consistency
47.1

Primary school anchor

Navy

Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 76.4.

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Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.

Compare Swede Larson
Overall record
16-8-3

27 countable games, 64.8% win rate.

Navy record
16-8-3

3 countable seasons at Navy.

Full-season record
16-8-3

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

Vs AP Top 25
1-2-1

4 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 10
0-1

1 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs AP Top 5
0-0

0 games using AP ranking at game time.

Vs Army
3-0

Army-Navy Game games in this dataset.

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 29, 1941. 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.

Swede Larson
EliteStrongAverageLean
1939Actual season year • SRS range 0.0 to 16.21941

Active comparison point

Swede Larson1941

Selected

1941 Navy

Best seasonBiggest improvement

7-1-1 • SRS 16.2 • SP Overall

Win %

83.3%

YoY SRS

+12.0

SP Off / Def

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Finish

#10

Comparison context

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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

1-2-1

Games
4
Win rate
37.5%

Top 10

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
View ranked game results4
1941 Regular Week 7NavyPennsylvania#13W13-6
1939 Regular Week 7NavyClemson#14L7-15
1939 Regular Week 6NavyNotre Dame#7L7-14
1939 Regular Week 5NavyDartmouth#20T0-0

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Navy

1939-19413 seasons

Avg SRS 6.8 • Win % 64.8%

Longest tenure
Navy • 3 seasons
Best tenure
Navy • 6.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Navy • 64.8%

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

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Swede Larson

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.

Navy

1939-194116-8-3

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

Avg SRS 6.8Win % 64.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.3 during vs 5.4 baseline

-0.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

6.8 during vs 6.2 baseline

+0.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

during vs baseline

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

33.3% during vs 20.0% baseline

+13.3%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Navy 1941

7-1-1SRS 16.2

Biggest Improvement

Navy 1941

7-1-112.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Navy 1939

3-5-1SRS 0.0

Biggest Drop

Navy 1940

6-2-14.2 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Navy1941971183.3%#1016.2+12.0+11.1%Season summary
Navy1940962172.2%4.2+4.2+33.3%Season summary
Navy1939935138.9%0.0Season summary

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