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Frank Maloney, head coach at Syracuse
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Frank Maloney

Frank Maloney went 32–⁠46 as a head coach, 1974–⁠1980, at Syracuse.

Record
32–⁠46 career
Seasons
7
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1979 7–⁠5

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1549 in 1979
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1974Syracuse2–⁠9
1975Syracuse6–⁠5
1976Syracuse3–⁠8
1977Syracuse6–⁠5
1978Syracuse3–⁠8
1979Syracuse7–⁠5Independence Bowl W
1980Syracuse5–⁠6

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.

Players he coached

Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams161–⁠15
Against top-10 teams70–⁠7
Against rivals309–⁠21
Bowls and playoffs11–⁠0
Decided by 8 points or fewer2412–⁠12
At home3618–⁠18
On the road3610–⁠26
At neutral sites64–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite2318–⁠5
As our Elo’s underdog5514–⁠41

His own 78 games on file, 1974–⁠1980, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
George Welsh 1974–⁠19804–⁠3Navy7
Joe Paterno 1974–⁠19800–⁠7Penn State7
Jerry Claiborne 1974–⁠19780–⁠5Maryland5
Frank Cignetti 1976–⁠19793–⁠1West Virginia4
Joseph Yukica 1974–⁠19772–⁠2Boston College4
Jackie Sherrill 1977–⁠19800–⁠4Pittsburgh4
Wayne Hardin 1976–⁠19802–⁠1Temple3
Bobby Bowden 1974–⁠19781–⁠2West Virginia, Florida State3
Ed Chlebek 1978–⁠19801–⁠2Boston College3
Johnny Majors 1974–⁠19760–⁠3Pittsburgh3

Frank Maloney’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
West Virginiaseries75–⁠2
Navyseries74–⁠3
Boston Collegeseries73–⁠4
Penn Stateseries70–⁠7
Pittsburghseries70–⁠7
Marylandseries50–⁠5
Oregon Stateseries32–⁠1
Templeseries32–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1968–⁠73MichiganAssistant coach
1974–⁠80SyracuseHead coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

Frank Maloney

Assistants who became head coaches

Worked under (2)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Bump ElliottMichigan1968Assistant coach
Bo SchembechlerMichigan1969–⁠73Assistant coach
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Bob SuttonSyracuse, 1974: linebackers coachArmy
Paul SchudelSyracuse, 1974: offensive coordinatorBall State, Central Connecticut
Steve SzaboSyracuse, 1974–⁠76: defensive line coachEdinboro
Tom CoughlinSyracuse, 1974–⁠75: quarterbacks coach; 1976–⁠80: offensive coordinatorBoston College, RIT, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants
Dennis FryzelSyracuse, 1977: defensive coordinatorTampa
Nick SabanSyracuse, 1977: outside linebackers coachToledo, Michigan State, LSU, Alabama, Miami Dolphins
Dennis FitzgeraldSyracuse, 1978–⁠80: defensive coordinatorKent State
George O’LearySyracuse, 1980: assistant head coach and defensive line coachGeorgia Tech, UCF
Randy EdsallSyracuse, 1980: graduate assistantUConn, Maryland

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.