Top 25
4-12-4
- Games
- 20
- Win rate
- 30.0%
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Red Dawson
1936-1954 • Pittsburgh, Tulane
2 schools coached, anchored by Tulane.
Red Dawson coached 9 seasons, won 59.4%, and posted an average SRS of 9.9. Best season: 1939 Tulane. The profile was balanced with a mostly steady profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.
- Career record
- 45-30-5
- Career win rate
- 59.4%
- Average SRS
- 9.9
- Peak SRS
- 20.9
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
- 9
- Career span
- 19 years
- Best finish
- #5
- Consistency
- 69.3
Primary school anchor
Tulane
Balanced profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 86.5.
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.
Red Dawson
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Red Dawson: 1952 Pittsburgh
1936Actual season year • SRS range 3.7 to 20.91954
Active comparison point
Red Dawson • 1939
1939 Tulane
Best season8-1-1 • SRS 20.9 • SP Overall —
Win %
85.0%
YoY SRS
+7.4
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#5
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
2-6
- Games
- 8
- Win rate
- 25.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results20
| 1954 Regular Week 8 | Pittsburgh | Ohio State | #2 | L0-26 |
| 1954 Regular Week 7 | Pittsburgh | West Virginia | #7 | W13-10 |
| 1954 Regular Week 5 | Pittsburgh | Navy | #9 | W21-19 |
| 1954 Regular Week 4 | Pittsburgh | Notre Dame | #8 | L0-33 |
| 1954 Regular Week 2 | Pittsburgh | USC | #15 | L7-27 |
| 1953 Regular Week 7 | Pittsburgh | Minnesota | #13 | L14-35 |
| 1953 Regular Week 5 | Pittsburgh | Notre Dame | #1 | L14-23 |
| 1953 Regular Week 3 | Pittsburgh | Oklahoma | #16 | T7-7 |
| 1953 Regular Week 2 | Pittsburgh | West Virginia | #13 | L7-17 |
| 1952 Regular Week 5 | Pittsburgh | Notre Dame | #16 | W22-19 |
| 1952 Regular Week 4 | Pittsburgh | Oklahoma | #6 | L20-49 |
| 1941 Regular Week 7 | Tulane | Vanderbilt | #12 | W34-14 |
| 1941 Regular Week 6 | Tulane | Ole Miss | #15 | L13-20 |
| 1940 Regular Week 5 | Tulane | Fordham | #13 | L7-20 |
| 1940 Regular Week 3 | Tulane | Boston College | #9 | L7-27 |
| 1939 Regular Week 6 | Tulane | North Carolina | #17 | T14-14 |
| 1939 Postseason Week 1 | Tulane | Texas A&M | #1 | L13-14 |
| 1937 Regular Week 6 | Tulane | North Carolina | #18 | L0-13 |
| 1937 Regular Week 4 | Tulane | Auburn | #14 | T0-0 |
| 1936 Regular Week 3 | Tulane | Auburn | #20 | T0-0 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Pittsburgh
1952-1954 • 3 seasons
Avg SRS 5.6 • Win % 45.2%
Tulane
1936-1941 • 6 seasons
Avg SRS 12.1 • Win % 64.4%
- Longest tenure
- Tulane • 6 seasons
- Best tenure
- Tulane • 12.1 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Tulane • 64.4%
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 edgeNot enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Red Dawson
Insufficient sample
- Raw avg SP Overall
- —
- Percentile
- —
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.
Pittsburgh
1952-1954 • 9-11-1
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.6Win % 45.2%
Avg wins
Higher is better
3.0 during vs 3.4 baseline
-0.4
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.6 during vs 1.0 baseline
+4.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline
+0.0%
Tulane
1936-1941 • 36-19-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 12.1Win % 64.4%
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.0 during vs 7.8 baseline
-1.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
12.1 during vs 11.7 baseline
+0.3
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
33.3% during vs 0.0% baseline
+33.3%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Tulane 1939
8-1-1 • SRS 20.9
Biggest Improvement
Tulane 1941
5-4 • 10.3 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Pittsburgh 1954
0-3 • SRS 3.7
Biggest Drop
Tulane 1940
5-5 • -15.9 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Pittsburgh | 1954 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | 3.7 | — | — | — | -0.4 | -38.9% |
| Pittsburgh | 1953 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38.9% | #17 | — | 4.1 | — | — | — | -5.0 | -27.8% |
| Pittsburgh | 1952 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 66.7% | — | — | 9.1 | — | — | — | -6.2 | +11.1% |
| Tulane | 1941 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 55.6% | — | — | 15.3 | — | — | — | +10.3 | +5.6% |
| Tulane | 1940 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 5.0 | — | — | — | -15.9 | -35.0% |
| Tulane | 1939 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 85.0% | — | #5 | 20.9 | — | — | — | +7.4 | +10.0% |
| Tulane | 1938 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | — | #19 | 13.5 | — | — | — | +5.9 | +20.0% |
| Tulane | 1937 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 55.0% | — | — | 7.6 | — | — | — | -2.5 | -10.0% |
| Tulane | 1936 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 65.0% | — | — | 10.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
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