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Harvey Harman

1931-1955Pennsylvania, Rutgers

2 schools coached, anchored by Rutgers.

Harvey Harman's coaching record is 79-60-3, highlighted by seasons at Rutgers from 1931 to 1955.

Harvey Harman coached 17 seasons, won 56.7%, and posted an average SRS of -3.5. Best season: 1936 Pennsylvania. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
79-60-3
Career win rate
56.7%
Average SRS
-3.5
Peak SRS
8.0

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
17
Career span
25 years
Best finish
#10
Consistency
22.5

Primary school anchor

Rutgers

Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 56.5.

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Records fans search first

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

Compare Harvey Harman
Overall record
79-60-3

142 countable games, 56.7% win rate.

Rutgers record
48-37-1

10 countable seasons at Rutgers.

Full-season record
79-60-3

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

Vs AP Top 25
0-2

2 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.

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 19, 1955. 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.

Harvey Harman
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Harvey Harman: 1946 Rutgers
1931Actual season year • SRS range -22.4 to 8.01955

Active comparison point

Harvey Harman1936

Selected

1936 Pennsylvania

Best season

7-1 • SRS 8.0 • SP Overall

Win %

87.5%

YoY SRS

+2.9

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

0-2

Games
2
Win rate
0.0%

Top 10

0-1

Games
1
Win rate
0.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games
0
Win rate
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1950 Regular Week 7RutgersLehigh#19L18-21
1937 Regular Week 4PennsylvaniaYale#6L7-27

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Rutgers

1946-195510 seasons

Avg SRS -6.6 • Win % 56.4%

Pennsylvania

1931-19377 seasons

Avg SRS 1.0 • Win % 57.1%

Longest tenure
Rutgers • 10 seasons
Best tenure
Pennsylvania • 1.0 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Pennsylvania • 57.1%

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
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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.

Rutgers

1946-195548-37-1

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

Avg SRS -6.6Win % 56.4%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Pennsylvania

1931-193731-23-2

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

Avg SRS 1.0Win % 57.1%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Pennsylvania 1936

7-1SRS 8.0

Biggest Improvement

Rutgers 1954

3-69.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Lowest SRS Season

Rutgers 1955

3-5SRS -22.4

Biggest Drop

Pennsylvania 1933

2-4-1-15.8 SRS

Season-by-season results

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

Rutgers1955835037.5%-22.4-11.1+4.2%Season summary
Rutgers1954936033.3%-11.3+9.9+8.3%Season summary
Rutgers1953826025.0%-21.2-13.1-25.0%Season summary
Rutgers1952944150.0%-8.1-2.60.0%Season summary
Rutgers1951844050.0%-5.5+1.20.0%Season summary
Rutgers1950844050.0%-6.7-4.5-16.7%Season summary
Rutgers1949963066.7%-2.2-1.4-11.1%Season summary
Rutgers1948972077.8%-0.8-6.0-11.1%Season summary
Rutgers1947981088.9%5.2-1.8+11.1%Season summary
Rutgers1946972077.8%7.0+8.7+46.5%Season summary
Pennsylvania1937825131.3%-1.7-9.7-56.3%Season summary
Pennsylvania1936871087.5%#108.0+2.9+37.5%Season summary
Pennsylvania1935844050.0%5.1+6.70.0%Season summary
Pennsylvania1934844050.0%-1.6+7.8+14.3%Season summary
Pennsylvania1933724135.7%-9.4-15.8-39.3%Season summary
Pennsylvania1932862075.0%6.4+6.0+8.3%Season summary
Pennsylvania1931963066.7%0.4Season summary

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