Ed Cavanaugh
Ed Cavanaugh went 30–40–2 as a head coach, 1968–1982, at Idaho State and Army. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1968–71 at Idaho State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 30–40–2 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1982 4–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Idaho State * | 4–5 | 4th | |||
| 1969 | Idaho State * | 5–5 | 3rd | |||
| 1970 | Idaho State * | 5–5 | 2nd | |||
| 1971 | Idaho State * | 6–4 | 5th | |||
| 1972–79: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1980 | Army | 3–7–1 | ||||
| 1981 | Army | 3–7–1 | ||||
| 1982 | Army | 4–7 | ||||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 7 | 1–5–1 | 21% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 5–3–2 | 60% |
| At home | 19 | 8–10–1 | 45% |
| On the road | 11 | 2–9 | 18% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–2–1 | 17% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 4–3–1 | 56% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 25 | 6–18–1 | 26% |
His own 33 games on file, 1980–1982, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Hatfield 1980–1982 | 1–2 | Air Force | 3 | |
| Frank Burns 1980–1982 | 0–3 | Rutgers | 3 |
Ed Cavanaugh’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Harvardseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Air Forceseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Rutgersseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Pittsburghseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Navyseries | 3 | 0–2–1 |
| Princetonseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Holy Crossseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–58 | Kansas State | Assistant coach | |
| 1959–66 | Arizona | Assistant coach | |
| 1967 | Utah State | Assistant coach | |
| 1968–71 | Idaho State | Head coach | |
| 1972–76 | Buffalo Bills NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1977–78 | Miami (FL) | Offensive line coach | |
| 1979 | Army | Offensive line coach | |
| 1980–82 | Army | Head coach | |
| 1986–92 | Rhode Island | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bernard MertesKansas State
- Jim LaRueArizona
- Chuck MillsUtah State
- Lou SabanBuffalo Bills, Miami, Army
Assistants who became head coaches
- Gene DahlquistScottish Claymores
- Tom LovatUtah
- Keith GilbertsonCalifornia, Washington, Idaho
- Al SeagravesElon
- Mike Sanford Sr.UNLV, Indiana State
- Charlie TaaffeThe Citadel, Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Mertes | Kansas State | 1955–58 | Assistant coach | |
| Jim LaRue | Arizona | 1959–66 | Assistant coach | |
| Chuck Mills | Utah State | 1967 | Assistant coach | |
| Lou Saban | Buffalo Bills NFL | 1972–76 | Assistant coach | |
| Lou Saban | Miami | 1977–78 | Offensive line coach | |
| Lou Saban | Army | 1979 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Dahlquist | Idaho State, 1968–70: wide receivers coach | Scottish Claymores | |
| Tom Lovat | Idaho State, 1968–70: offensive line coach | Utah | |
| Keith Gilbertson | Idaho State, 1971: graduate assistant | California, Washington, Idaho | |
| Al Seagraves | Army, 1980–82: assistant coach | Elon | |
| Mike Sanford Sr. | Army, 1980: wide receivers and tight ends coach | UNLV, Indiana State | |
| Charlie Taaffe | Army, 1981–82: quarterbacks and running backs coach | The Citadel, Montreal Alouettes, Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Ted Gill | Idaho State, 1971: graduate assistant |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.