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6-10-1
- Games
- 17
- Win rate
- 38.2%
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Jeff Cravath
1929-1950 • Denver, San Francisco, USC
3 schools coached, anchored by USC.
Jeff Cravath coached 13 seasons, won 62.3%, and posted an average SRS of 4.0. Best season: 1947 USC. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 3 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 74-43-9
- Career win rate
- 62.3%
- Average SRS
- 4.0
- Peak SRS
- 20.2
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
- 13
- Career span
- 22 years
- Best finish
- #7
- Consistency
- 2.2
Primary school anchor
USC
Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 84.9.
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.
Jeff Cravath
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Jeff Cravath: 1941 San FranciscoJeff Cravath: 1942 USC
1929Actual season year • SRS range -22.6 to 20.21950
Active comparison point
Jeff Cravath • 1947
1947 USC
Best season7-2-1 • SRS 20.2 • SP Overall —
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+9.1
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#8
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
1-8
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 11.1%
Top 5
0-5
- Games
- 5
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results17
| 1950 Regular Week 5 | USC | California | #5 | L7-13 |
| 1949 Regular Week 6 | USC | California | #4 | L10-16 |
| 1949 Regular Week 5 | USC | Ohio State | #11 | T13-13 |
| 1948 Regular Week 8 | USC | California | #5 | L7-13 |
| 1948 Regular Week 6 | USC | Oregon | #15 | L7-8 |
| 1947 Regular Week 7 | USC | California | #9 | W39-14 |
| 1947 Postseason Week 1 | USC | Michigan | #2 | L0-49 |
| 1945 Postseason Week 1 | USC | Alabama | #2 | L14-34 |
| 1944 Postseason Week 1 | USC | Tennessee | #12 | W25-0 |
| 1943 Regular Week 7 | USC | Pacific | #13 | W6-0 |
| 1943 Regular Week 4 | USC | California | #20 | W7-0 |
| 1943 Postseason Week 1 | USC | Washington | #12 | W29-0 |
| 1942 Regular Week 7 | USC | Stanford | #12 | L6-14 |
| 1942 Regular Week 6 | USC | Washington State | #12 | W26-12 |
| 1942 Regular Week 5 | USC | Ohio State | #10 | L12-28 |
| 1941 Regular Week 5 | San Francisco | Stanford | #6 | L26-42 |
| 1941 Regular Week 2 | San Francisco | Santa Clara | #8 | L7-32 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
USC
1942-1950 • 9 seasons
Avg SRS 11.6 • Win % 64.4%
San Francisco
1941-1941 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS -7.0 • Win % 60.0%
Denver
1929-1931 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -15.5 • Win % 55.8%
- Longest tenure
- USC • 9 seasons
- Best tenure
- USC • 11.6 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- USC • 64.4%
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.
Jeff Cravath
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.
USC
1942-1950 • 54-28-8
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 11.6Win % 64.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 5.2 baseline
+0.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
11.6 during vs 10.4 baseline
+1.2
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 40.0% baseline
-6.7%
San Francisco
1941-1941 • 6-4
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-stint seasons for this program.
Avg SRS -7.0Win % 60.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.
Denver
1929-1931 • 14-11-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (4 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS -15.5Win % 55.8%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.7 during vs 3.5 baseline
+1.2
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-15.5 during vs -20.1 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%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
USC 1947
7-2-1 • SRS 20.2
Biggest Improvement
Denver 1930
5-4 • 17.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Denver 1929
5-1-1 • SRS -22.6
Biggest Drop
USC 1950
2-5-2 • -22.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| USC | 1950 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 33.3% | #12 | — | -3.0 | — | — | — | -22.1 | -27.8% |
| USC | 1949 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 19.1 | — | — | — | +6.7 | -3.9% |
| USC | 1948 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 12.4 | — | — | — | -7.8 | -10.0% |
| USC | 1947 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | #8 | 20.2 | — | — | — | +9.1 | +15.0% |
| USC | 1946 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 11.1 | — | — | — | +6.7 | -3.6% |
| USC | 1945 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | — | #11 | 4.4 | — | — | — | -14.4 | -26.4% |
| USC | 1944 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 90.0% | — | #7 | 18.8 | — | — | — | +1.8 | +10.0% |
| USC | 1943 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 17.0 | — | — | — | +12.3 | +30.0% |
| USC | 1942 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | — | — | 4.7 | — | — | — | +11.7 | -10.0% |
| San Francisco | 1941 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | -7.0 | — | — | — | +11.4 | +20.0% |
| Denver | 1931 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -18.4 | — | — | — | -13.0 | -15.6% |
| Denver | 1930 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -5.4 | — | — | — | +17.2 | -23.0% |
| Denver | 1929 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 78.6% | — | — | -22.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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