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Coach Profile

Edward Doherty

1947-1975 • Arizona, Arizona State, Holy Cross, Xavier

4 schools coached, anchored by Holy Cross.

Edward Doherty coached 14 seasons, won 45.2%, and posted an average SRS of -15.6. Best season: 1950 Arizona State. The profile was defense-first with a swing-heavy profile. 4 stops shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 64-78-3
Career win rate: 45.2%
Average SRS: -15.6
Peak SRS: 3.6

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: 29 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 52.0

Primary school anchor

Holy Cross

Defense-First profile with 4 program stops and a peak score of 43.1.

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.

Edward Doherty

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Edward Doherty: 1957 ArizonaEdward Doherty: 1959 XavierEdward Doherty: 1971 Holy Cross

1947Actual season year • SRS range -21.8 to 3.61975

Active comparison point

Edward Doherty • 1950

Selected

1950 Arizona State

Best seasonBiggest improvement

9-2 • SRS 3.6 • SP Overall —

Win %

81.8%

YoY SRS

+16.1

SP Off / Def

— / —

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Holy Cross

1971-1975 • 5 seasons

Avg SRS -15.5 • Win % 39.6%

Xavier

1959-1961 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS -16.1 • Win % 50.0%

Arizona

1957-1958 • 2 seasons

Avg SRS -21.8 • Win % 22.5%

Arizona State

1947-1950 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS -12.2 • Win % 59.5%

Longest tenure: Holy Cross • 5 seasons
Best tenure: Arizona State • -12.2 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Arizona State • 59.5%

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.

Edward Doherty sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Edward Doherty sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Edward Doherty

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -8.9
Percentile: 30th pct

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.

Holy Cross

1971-1975 • 20-31-2

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

Avg SRS -15.5Win % 39.6%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Xavier

1959-1961 • 15-15

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

Avg SRS -16.1Win % 50.0%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Arizona

1957-1958 • 4-15-1

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

Avg SRS -21.8Win % 22.5%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 5.2 baseline

-3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-21.8 during vs -3.2 baseline

-18.6

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Arizona State

1947-1950 • 25-17

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

Avg SRS -12.2Win % 59.5%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Arizona State 1950

9-2 • SRS 3.6

Biggest Improvement

Arizona State 1950

9-2 • 16.1 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Holy Cross 1971

4-6 • SP Off 25.2

Best Defensive Season

Holy Cross 1974

5-5-1 • SP Def 23.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

Arizona 1957

1-8-1 • SRS -21.8

Biggest Drop

Arizona 1957

1-8-1 • -25.4 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	1975	11	1	10	0	9.1%	—	—	-20.8	-16.4	12.7	29.0	-7.2	-40.9%
Holy Cross	1974	11	5	5	1	50.0%	—	—	-13.6	-4.5	19.0	23.5	+2.3	+4.5%
Holy Cross	1973	11	5	6	0	45.5%	—	—	-15.9	-14.4	17.9	31.1	-5.8	-9.6%
Holy Cross	1972	10	5	4	1	55.0%	—	—	-10.1	-7.4	18.6	25.7	+6.9	+15.0%
Holy Cross	1971	10	4	6	0	40.0%	—	—	-17.0	-1.6	25.2	26.9	-5.8	-20.0%
Xavier	1961	10	6	4	0	60.0%	—	—	-11.2	—	—	—	+9.2	+10.0%
Xavier	1960	10	5	5	0	50.0%	—	—	-20.4	—	—	—	-3.6	+10.0%
Xavier	1959	10	4	6	0	40.0%	—	—	-16.8	—	—	—	+5.0	+10.0%
Arizona	1958	10	3	7	0	30.0%	—	—	-21.8	—	—	—	0.0	+15.0%
Arizona	1957	10	1	8	1	15.0%	—	—	-21.8	—	—	—	-25.4	-66.8%
Arizona State	1950	11	9	2	0	81.8%	—	—	3.6	—	—	—	+16.1	+11.8%
Arizona State	1949	10	7	3	0	70.0%	—	—	-12.5	—	—	—	+8.3	+20.0%
Arizona State	1948	10	5	5	0	50.0%	—	—	-20.8	—	—	—	-1.7	+13.6%
Arizona State	1947	11	4	7	0	36.4%	—	—	-19.1	—	—	—	—	—