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Thomas Cahill

1966-1973Army

One defining stop at Army.

Thomas Cahill coached 8 seasons, won 50.6%, and posted an average SRS of -1.2. Best season: 1968 Army. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

40-39-2

Career Win %

50.6%

Seasons

8

Career Span

8 years

Average SRS

-1.2

Peak SRS

14.6

Best Finish

Consistency

24.4

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

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Thomas Cahill
EliteStrongAverageLean
1966Actual season year • SRS range -18.5 to 14.61973

Active comparison point

Thomas Cahill1968

Selected

1968 Army

Best seasonBiggest improvement

7-3 • SRS 14.6 • SP Overall

Win %

70.0%

YoY SRS

+11.0

SP Off / Def

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Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Army

1966-19738 seasons

Avg SRS -1.2 • Win % 50.6%

Longest Tenure

Army • 8 seasons

Best Tenure

Army • -1.2 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Army • 50.6%

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.

Thomas Cahill sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Thomas Cahill sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Thomas Cahill

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -9.8

28th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Army

1966-197340-39-2

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

Avg SRS -1.2Win % 50.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.0 during vs 5.4 baseline

-0.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.2 during vs 3.9 baseline

-5.2

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-9.8 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

Army 1968

7-3SRS 14.6

Biggest Improvement

Army 1968

7-311.0 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Army 1972

6-4SP Off 25.7

Best Defensive Season

Army 1971

6-4SP Def 24.7

Setbacks

Worst Season

Army 1973

0-10SRS -18.5

Biggest Drop

Army 1973

0-10-14.6 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

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

Army19731001000.0%-18.5-24.515.637.5-14.6-60.0%
Army19721064060.0%-3.9-2.425.728.2-0.20.0%
Army19711064060.0%-3.7-7.417.524.7+0.2+46.4%
Army19701119113.6%-3.9-5.121.126.4-4.7-31.4%
Army19691045145.0%0.8-13.8-25.0%
Army19681073070.0%14.6+11.0-10.0%
Army19671082080.0%3.6+2.50.0%
Army19661082080.0%1.1

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