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Frank Cavanaugh

1903-1932Boston College, Dartmouth, Fordham, Holy Cross

4 schools coached, anchored by Dartmouth.

Frank Cavanaugh coached 14 seasons, won 73.0%, and posted an average SRS of 12.4. Best season: 1914 Dartmouth. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

Career record
86-29-9
Career win rate
73.0%
Average SRS
12.4
Peak SRS
28.3

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
14
Career span
30 years
Best finish
Consistency
22.3

Primary school anchor

Dartmouth

Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 95.7.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Frank Cavanaugh
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Frank Cavanaugh: 1912 DartmouthFrank Cavanaugh: 1919 Boston CollegeFrank Cavanaugh: 1928 Fordham
1903Actual season year • SRS range -8.4 to 28.31932

Active comparison point

Frank Cavanaugh1914

Selected

1914 Dartmouth

Best season

8-1 • SRS 28.3 • SP Overall

Win %

88.9%

YoY SRS

+6.2

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Fordham

1928-19325 seasons

Avg SRS 10.9 • Win % 75.0%

Boston College

1919-19191 seasons

Avg SRS 7.8 • Win % 62.5%

Dartmouth

1912-19165 seasons

Avg SRS 20.6 • Win % 80.7%

Holy Cross

1903-19053 seasons

Avg SRS 2.9 • Win % 60.7%

Longest tenure
Fordham • 5 seasons
Best tenure
Dartmouth • 20.6 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Dartmouth • 80.7%

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

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Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

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Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

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Raw avg SP Overall
Percentile

Insufficient sample

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Fordham

1928-193231-9-4

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

Avg SRS 10.9Win % 75.0%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Boston College

1919-19195-3

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

Avg SRS 7.8Win % 62.5%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Dartmouth

1912-191634-7-3

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

Avg SRS 20.6Win % 80.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Holy Cross

1903-190516-10-2

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

Avg SRS 2.9Win % 60.7%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Dartmouth 1914

8-1SRS 28.3

Biggest Improvement

Dartmouth 1912

7-230.2 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Holy Cross 1905

6-3SRS -8.4

Biggest Drop

Holy Cross 1905

6-3-15.5 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Fordham1932862075.0%11.4-3.8-2.8%
Fordham1931961277.8%15.2+5.5-11.1%
Fordham1930981088.9%9.7-6.50.0%
Fordham1929970288.9%16.2+14.3+44.4%
Fordham1928945044.4%1.9-5.9-18.1%
Boston College1919853062.5%7.8-9.7-4.2%
Dartmouth1916952266.7%17.5+4.2-16.7%
Dartmouth1915971183.3%13.3-15.0-5.6%
Dartmouth1914981088.9%28.3+6.2+1.4%
Dartmouth1913871087.5%22.1+0.3+9.7%
Dartmouth1912972077.8%21.8+30.2+11.1%
Holy Cross1905963066.7%-8.4-15.5+33.3%
Holy Cross1904925233.3%7.1-2.9-46.7%
Holy Cross19031082080.0%10.0

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