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Frank Maloney
1974-1980 • Syracuse
One defining program at Syracuse.
Frank Maloney coached 7 seasons, won 41.0%, and posted an average SRS of 1.8. Best season: 1979 Syracuse. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 32-46
- Career win rate
- 41.0%
- Average SRS
- 1.8
- Peak SRS
- 8.5
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
- 7
- Career span
- 7 years
- Best finish
- —
- Consistency
- 71.4
Primary school anchor
Syracuse
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 57.6.
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.
Frank Maloney
EliteStrongAverageLean
1974Actual season year • SRS range -5.3 to 8.51980
Active comparison point
Frank Maloney • 1979
1979 Syracuse
Best season7-5 • SRS 8.5 • SP Overall 11.0
Win %
58.3%
YoY SRS
+10.5
SP Off / Def
35.9 / 27.3
Finish
Unranked
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
0-8
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results16
| 1980 Regular Week 10 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #9 | L6-43 |
| 1980 Regular Week 8 | Syracuse | Penn State | #13 | L7-24 |
| 1980 Regular Week 3 | Syracuse | Ohio State | #2 | L21-31 |
| 1979 Regular Week 10 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #12 | L21-28 |
| 1979 Regular Week 2 | Syracuse | Ohio State | #15 | L8-31 |
| 1978 Regular Week 10 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #20 | L17-18 |
| 1978 Regular Week 8 | Syracuse | Penn State | #2 | L15-45 |
| 1978 Regular Week 7 | Syracuse | Maryland | #6 | L9-24 |
| 1978 Regular Week 2 | Syracuse | Florida State | #16 | L0-28 |
| 1977 Regular Week 8 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #13 | L21-28 |
| 1977 Regular Week 7 | Syracuse | Penn State | #10 | L24-31 |
| 1976 Regular Week 9 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #2 | L13-23 |
| 1976 Regular Week 4 | Syracuse | Maryland | #7 | L28-42 |
| 1975 Regular Week 7 | Syracuse | Penn State | #9 | L7-19 |
| 1974 Regular Week 7 | Syracuse | Penn State | #11 | L14-30 |
| 1974 Regular Week 4 | Syracuse | NC State | #13 | L22-28 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Syracuse
1974-1980 • 7 seasons
Avg SRS 1.8 • Win % 41.0%
- Longest tenure
- Syracuse • 7 seasons
- Best tenure
- Syracuse • 1.8 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Syracuse • 41.0%
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.
Frank Maloney sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeFrank Maloney sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Maloney
Above average
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 2.4
- Percentile
- 65th pct
Above average
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.
Syracuse
1974-1980 • 32-46
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 1.8Win % 41.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
4.6 during vs 4.6 baseline
-0.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
1.8 during vs -0.9 baseline
+2.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
2.4 during vs -4.7 baseline
+7.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Syracuse 1979
7-5 • SRS 8.5
Biggest Improvement
Syracuse 1977
6-5 • 12.8 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Syracuse 1979
7-5 • SP Off 35.9
Best Defensive Season
Syracuse 1975
6-5 • SP Def 16.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Syracuse 1976
3-8 • SRS -5.3
Biggest Drop
Syracuse 1978
3-8 • -9.5 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Syracuse | 1980 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 5.8 | 9.0 | 27.6 | 19.4 | -2.7 | -12.9% |
| Syracuse | 1979 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.3% | — | — | 8.5 | 11.0 | 35.9 | 27.3 | +10.5 | +31.1% |
| Syracuse | 1978 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -2.0 | -2.9 | 25.7 | 28.5 | -9.5 | -27.3% |
| Syracuse | 1977 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 7.5 | 7.1 | 27.8 | 22.0 | +12.8 | +27.3% |
| Syracuse | 1976 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.3% | — | — | -5.3 | -10.6 | 17.9 | 27.8 | -7.6 | -27.3% |
| Syracuse | 1975 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | — | — | 2.3 | 6.6 | 22.0 | 16.3 | +6.4 | +36.4% |
| Syracuse | 1974 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -4.1 | -3.2 | 18.9 | 22.2 | — | — |
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