Coach Profile
1910-1939 • Clemson, Maryland, Richmond, South Carolina
4 schools coached, anchored by Richmond.
Frank Dobson coached 15 seasons, won 48.4%, and posted an average SRS of -12.6. Best season: 1922 Richmond. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Richmond
Balanced profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 39.2.
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.
Active comparison point
6-2-1 • SRS 1.8 • SP Overall —
Win %
72.2%
YoY SRS
+16.2
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
Unranked
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Maryland
1936-1939 • 4 seasons
Avg SRS -7.6 • Win % 46.2%
Richmond
1921-1933 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS -14.8 • Win % 49.2%
South Carolina
1918-1918 • 1 seasons
Avg SRS — • Win % 62.5%
Clemson
1910-1912 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS -14.1 • Win % 47.9%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Not enough data to compare.
Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Dobson
Insufficient sample
Insufficient sample
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1936-1939 • 18-21
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.5 during vs 6.0 baseline
-1.5
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-7.6 during vs -5.2 baseline
-2.4
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1921-1933 • 27-28-5
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
1918-1918 • 2-1-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
2.0 during vs 3.8 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
— during vs -15.9 baseline
—
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
1910-1912 • 11-12-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.7 during vs 3.6 baseline
+0.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
-14.1 during vs -7.7 baseline
-6.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
High Points
Best Season
Richmond 1922
6-2-1 • SRS 1.8
Biggest Improvement
Richmond 1922
6-2-1 • 16.2 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Richmond 1924
2-6-1 • SRS -27.7
Biggest Drop
Richmond 1923
3-5 • -20.3 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Maryland | 1939 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -7.5 | — | — | — | +12.1 | 0.0% |
| Maryland | 1938 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.2% | — | — | -19.6 | — | — | — | -20.1 | -57.8% |
| Maryland | 1937 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — | +4.2 | +25.4% |
| Maryland | 1936 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | -3.7 | — | — | — | +10.0 | -1.0% |
| Richmond | 1933 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | -13.7 | — | — | — | -4.3 | -6.9% |
| Richmond | 1932 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 62.5% | — | — | -9.4 | — | — | — | +12.6 | +29.2% |
| Richmond | 1925 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 33.3% | — | — | -22.0 | — | — | — | +5.7 | +5.6% |
| Richmond | 1924 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27.8% | — | — | -27.7 | — | — | — | -9.2 | -9.7% |
| Richmond | 1923 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | -18.5 | — | — | — | -20.3 | -34.7% |
| Richmond | 1922 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 72.2% | — | — | 1.8 | — | — | — | +16.2 | +16.0% |
| Richmond | 1921 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56.3% | — | — | -14.4 | — | — | — | — | -6.3% |
| South Carolina | 1918 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +12.5% |
| Clemson | 1912 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -20.6 | — | — | — | -4.6 | +12.5% |
| Clemson | 1911 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 37.5% | — | — | -16.0 | — | — | — | -10.4 | -18.8% |
| Clemson | 1910 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 56.3% | — | — | -5.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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