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Dick Harlow

1915-1947 • Colgate, Harvard, Penn State

3 schools coached, anchored by Colgate.

Dick Harlow coached 13 seasons, won 65.3%, and posted an average SRS of 9.1. Best season: 1915 Penn State. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 4 stints shaped the career arc.

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Career record: 71-36-7
Career win rate: 65.3%
Average SRS: 9.1
Peak SRS: 21.9

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: 13
Career span: 33 years
Best finish: —
Consistency: 12.3

Primary school anchor

Colgate

Balanced profile with 3 program stops and a peak score of 88.4.

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.

Dick Harlow

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Dick Harlow: 1922 ColgateDick Harlow: 1937 Harvard

1915Actual season year • SRS range -9.8 to 21.91947

Active comparison point

Dick Harlow • 1915

Selected

1915 Penn State

Best season

7-2 • SRS 21.9 • SP Overall —

Win %

77.8%

YoY SRS

—

SP Off / Def

— / —

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.

Poll source

AP Top 25Coaches Poll

Ranking timing

Time of gameSeason final

Top 25

0-5

Games: 5
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 10

0-3

Games: 3
Win rate: 0.0%

Top 5

0-0

Games: 0
Win rate: —

View ranked game results5


1947 Regular Week 5	Harvard	Virginia	#10	L0-47
1940 Regular Week 5	Harvard	Michigan	#6	L0-26
1938 Regular Week 6	Harvard	Dartmouth	#13	L7-13
1938 Regular Week 4	Harvard	Cornell	#20	L0-20
1937 Regular Week 6	Harvard	Dartmouth	#6	L2-20

Tenure map

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

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

Harvard

1946-1947 • 2 seasons

Avg SRS -2.8 • Win % 61.1%

Harvard

1937-1940 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 4.9 • Win % 56.3%

Colgate

1922-1925 • 4 seasons

Avg SRS 11.6 • Win % 70.8%

Penn State

1915-1917 • 3 seasons

Avg SRS 19.3 • Win % 71.4%

Longest tenure: Harvard • 4 seasons
Best tenure: Penn State • 19.3 SRS
Best tenure win rate: Penn State • 71.4%

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.

Not enough data to compare.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Not enough data to compare.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Dick Harlow

Insufficient sample

Raw avg SP Overall: —
Percentile: —

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.

Harvard

1946-1947 • 11-7

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

Avg SRS -2.8Win % 61.1%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Harvard

1937-1940 • 16-12-4

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

Avg SRS 4.9Win % 56.3%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Colgate

1922-1925 • 24-9-3

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

Avg SRS 11.6Win % 70.8%

No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Penn State

1915-1917 • 20-8

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

Avg SRS 19.3Win % 71.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

6.7 during vs 5.6 baseline

+1.1

Avg SRS

Higher is better

19.3 during vs 16.0 baseline

+3.4

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

— during vs — baseline

—

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Penn State 1915

7-2 • SRS 21.9

Biggest Improvement

Colgate 1925

7-0-2 • 23.9 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Unavailable

Best Defensive Season

Unavailable

Setbacks

Worst Season

Harvard 1947

4-5 • SRS -9.8

Biggest Drop

Harvard 1939

4-4 • -14.2 SRS

Season-by-season results

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


Harvard	1947	9	4	5	0	44.4%	—	—	-9.8	—	—	—	-14.0	-33.3%
Harvard	1946	9	7	2	0	77.8%	—	—	4.2	—	—	—	-1.1	+21.5%
Harvard	1940	8	3	2	3	56.3%	—	—	5.3	—	—	—	+12.0	+6.3%
Harvard	1939	8	4	4	0	50.0%	—	—	-6.7	—	—	—	-14.2	0.0%
Harvard	1938	8	4	4	0	50.0%	—	—	7.5	—	—	—	-5.9	-18.8%
Harvard	1937	8	5	2	1	68.8%	—	—	13.4	—	—	—	-7.6	-20.1%
Colgate	1925	9	7	0	2	88.9%	—	—	21.0	—	—	—	+23.9	+33.3%
Colgate	1924	9	5	4	0	55.6%	—	—	-2.9	—	—	—	-13.6	-16.7%
Colgate	1923	9	6	2	1	72.2%	—	—	10.7	—	—	—	-6.7	+5.6%
Colgate	1922	9	6	3	0	66.7%	—	—	17.4	—	—	—	+0.8	+11.1%
Penn State	1917	9	5	4	0	55.6%	—	—	16.6	—	—	—	-2.9	-24.4%
Penn State	1916	10	8	2	0	80.0%	—	—	19.5	—	—	—	-2.4	+2.2%
Penn State	1915	9	7	2	0	77.8%	—	—	21.9	—	—	—	—	—

Best finish Unranked • Volatility 7.1

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