J.P. Moran, head coach at South Carolina
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J.P. Moran

J.P. Moran went 15–⁠17–⁠2 as a head coach, 1943–⁠1948, at South Carolina and Niagara.

Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1946–⁠48 at Niagara. They’re marked in the table.

Record
15–⁠17–⁠2 career
Seasons
4
Schools
2
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1943 5–⁠2

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national title
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1943South Carolina5–⁠23rd
1944–⁠45: not a college head coach
1946Niagara *6–⁠23rd
1947Niagara *2–⁠7–⁠13rd
1948Niagara *2–⁠6–⁠13rd

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 gameGamesRecord
Against rivals21–⁠1
Conference games32–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer10–⁠1
At home75–⁠2
As our Elo’s favorite43–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog32–⁠1

His own seven games on file, 1943, 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.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Wake Forestseries11–⁠0
Clemsonseries11–⁠0
Newberryseries11–⁠0
Presbyterianseries11–⁠0
Charleston Coast Guardseries11–⁠0
North Carolinaseries10–⁠1
Fort Benningseries10–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1943South CarolinaHead coach
1946–⁠48NiagaraHead coach
1949Holy CrossLine coach

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

Coaching tree

Worked under

J.P. Moran
Worked under (1)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
Bill OsmanskiHoly Cross1949Line coach

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.