Top 25
8-27
- Games
- 35
- Win rate
- 22.9%
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Ben Schwartzwalder
1949-1973 • Syracuse
One defining program at Syracuse.
Ben Schwartzwalder coached 25 seasons, won 62.5%, and posted an average SRS of 7.0. Best season: 1959 Syracuse. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 153-91-3
- Career win rate
- 62.5%
- Average SRS
- 7.0
- Peak SRS
- 27.0
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
- 25
- Career span
- 25 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 28.2
Primary school anchor
Syracuse
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 94.5.
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.
Ben Schwartzwalder
EliteStrongAverageLean
1949Actual season year • SRS range -8.8 to 27.01973
Active comparison point
Ben Schwartzwalder • 1959
1959 Syracuse
Best season11-0 • SRS 27.0 • SP Overall —
Win %
100.0%
YoY SRS
+12.6
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#1
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
4-18
- Games
- 22
- Win rate
- 18.2%
Top 5
1-8
- Games
- 9
- Win rate
- 11.1%
View ranked game results35
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #20 | L14-28 |
| 1973 Regular Week 8 | Syracuse | Penn State | #5 | L6-49 |
| 1973 Regular Week 3 | Syracuse | Bowling Green | #20 | L14-41 |
| 1972 Regular Week 7 | Syracuse | Penn State | #12 | L0-17 |
| 1971 Regular Week 6 | Syracuse | Penn State | #9 | L0-31 |
| 1969 Regular Week 11 | Syracuse | West Virginia | #19 | L10-13 |
| 1969 Regular Week 6 | Syracuse | Penn State | #8 | L14-15 |
| 1968 Regular Week 13 | Syracuse | Penn State | #3 | L12-30 |
| 1968 Regular Week 7 | Syracuse | California | #11 | L0-43 |
| 1968 Regular Week 4 | Syracuse | UCLA | #9 | W20-7 |
| 1966 Regular Week 3 | Syracuse | UCLA | #2 | L12-31 |
| 1964 Postseason Week 1 | Syracuse | LSU | #7 | L10-13 |
| 1963 Regular Week 8 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #8 | L27-35 |
| 1962 Regular Week 3 | Syracuse | Army | #10 | L2-9 |
| 1961 Regular Week 4 | Syracuse | Maryland | #10 | L21-22 |
| 1960 Regular Week 8 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #14 | L0-10 |
| 1960 Regular Week 4 | Syracuse | Kansas | #10 | W14-7 |
| 1959 Regular Week 9 | Syracuse | Penn State | #10 | W20-18 |
| 1959 Postseason Week 1 | Syracuse | Texas | #4 | W23-14 |
| 1958 Postseason Week 1 | Syracuse | Oklahoma | #5 | L6-21 |
| 1956 Regular Week 3 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #7 | L7-14 |
| 1956 Postseason Week 1 | Syracuse | TCU | #14 | L27-28 |
| 1955 Regular Week 10 | Syracuse | West Virginia | #13 | W20-13 |
| 1955 Regular Week 7 | Syracuse | Holy Cross | #13 | W49-9 |
| 1955 Regular Week 6 | Syracuse | Maryland | #2 | L13-34 |
| 1955 Regular Week 5 | Syracuse | Army | #18 | W13-0 |
| 1955 Regular Week 2 | Syracuse | Pittsburgh | #7 | L12-22 |
| 1954 Regular Week 3 | Syracuse | Penn State | #10 | L0-13 |
| 1953 Regular Week 6 | Syracuse | Illinois | #4 | L13-20 |
| 1952 Regular Week 7 | Syracuse | Holy Cross | #20 | W20-19 |
| 1952 Regular Week 6 | Syracuse | Michigan State | #1 | L7-48 |
| 1952 Postseason Week 1 | Syracuse | Alabama | #9 | L6-61 |
| 1951 Regular Week 5 | Syracuse | Illinois | #4 | L20-41 |
| 1951 Regular Week 3 | Syracuse | Cornell | #17 | L14-21 |
| 1950 Regular Week 4 | Syracuse | Cornell | #17 | L7-26 |
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
1949-1973 • 25 seasons
Avg SRS 7.0 • Win % 62.5%
- Longest tenure
- Syracuse • 25 seasons
- Best tenure
- Syracuse • 7.0 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Syracuse • 62.5%
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.
Ben Schwartzwalder sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBen Schwartzwalder sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Ben Schwartzwalder
Mixed
- Raw avg SP Overall
- -4.7
- Percentile
- 43th pct
Mixed
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
1949-1973 • 153-91-3
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 7.0Win % 62.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.1 during vs 2.2 baseline
+3.9
Avg SRS
Higher is better
7.0 during vs -12.2 baseline
+19.1
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
-4.7 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
24.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+24.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Syracuse 1959
11-0 • SRS 27.0
Biggest Improvement
Syracuse 1958
8-2 • 13.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Syracuse 1970
6-4 • SP Off 28.1
Best Defensive Season
Syracuse 1971
5-5-1 • SP Def 19.0
Setbacks
Worst Season
Syracuse 1973
2-9 • SRS -8.8
Biggest Drop
Syracuse 1954
4-4 • -15.1 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Syracuse | 1973 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 18.2% | — | — | -8.8 | -12.5 | 17.0 | 28.4 | -2.4 | -27.3% |
| Syracuse | 1972 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -6.4 | -9.8 | 15.1 | 24.5 | -9.9 | -4.5% |
| Syracuse | 1971 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | #13 | — | 3.5 | 3.2 | 21.6 | 19.0 | -0.2 | -10.0% |
| Syracuse | 1970 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 3.7 | 0.5 | 28.1 | 28.1 | +0.1 | +10.0% |
| Syracuse | 1969 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 3.6 | — | — | — | -4.9 | -10.0% |
| Syracuse | 1968 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | #19 | — | 8.5 | — | — | — | +1.8 | -20.0% |
| Syracuse | 1967 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 6.7 | — | — | — | -5.2 | +7.3% |
| Syracuse | 1966 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #7 | — | 11.9 | — | — | — | -0.5 | +2.7% |
| Syracuse | 1965 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | — | 12.4 | — | — | — | -1.6 | +6.4% |
| Syracuse | 1964 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #9 | — | 14.0 | — | — | — | -1.9 | -16.4% |
| Syracuse | 1963 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | — | 15.9 | — | — | — | +5.1 | +30.0% |
| Syracuse | 1962 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 10.8 | — | — | — | -3.7 | -22.7% |
| Syracuse | 1961 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 72.7% | #10 | #14 | 14.5 | — | — | — | -1.0 | -5.1% |
| Syracuse | 1960 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | #1 | #19 | 15.5 | — | — | — | -11.5 | -22.2% |
| Syracuse | 1959 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #20 | #1 | 27.0 | — | — | — | +12.6 | +20.0% |
| Syracuse | 1958 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% | — | #9 | 14.4 | — | — | — | +13.1 | +18.9% |
| Syracuse | 1957 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 1.3 | — | — | — | -11.8 | -16.7% |
| Syracuse | 1956 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 77.8% | — | #8 | 13.1 | — | — | — | +6.2 | +15.3% |
| Syracuse | 1955 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.5% | — | — | 6.9 | — | — | — | +12.4 | +12.5% |
| Syracuse | 1954 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | -5.5 | — | — | — | -15.1 | -11.1% |
| Syracuse | 1953 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 61.1% | — | — | 9.6 | — | — | — | +3.3 | -8.9% |
| Syracuse | 1952 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 70.0% | — | #14 | 6.3 | — | — | — | +6.2 | +14.4% |
| Syracuse | 1951 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | -0.4 | +5.6% |
| Syracuse | 1950 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 0.5 | — | — | — | +5.3 | +5.6% |
| Syracuse | 1949 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.4% | — | — | -4.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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