1939-1953 • Boston College, Notre Dame
2 schools coached, anchored by Notre Dame.
Frank Leahy coached 13 seasons, won 86.4%, and posted an average SRS of 22.6. Best season: 1946 Notre Dame. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. 2 stops shaped the career arc.
Career Record
107-13-9
Career Win %
86.4%
Seasons
13
Career Span
15 years
Average SRS
22.6
Peak SRS
38.3
Best Finish
#1
Consistency
19.8
Higher = steadier
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
8-0-1 • SRS 38.3 • SP Overall —
Win %
94.4%
YoY SRS
+4.6
SP Off / Def
— / —
Finish
#1
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Notre Dame
1941-1953 • 11 seasons
Avg SRS 23.6 • Win % 85.5%
Boston College
1939-1940 • 2 seasons
Avg SRS 17.3 • Win % 90.9%
Longest Tenure
Notre Dame • 11 seasons
Best Tenure
Notre Dame • 23.6 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Boston College • 90.9%
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.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
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Not enough data to compare.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Frank Leahy
Insufficient sample
Raw avg SP Overall: —
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Insufficient sample
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1941-1953 • 87-11-9
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
7.9 during vs 6.8 baseline
+1.1
Avg SRS
Higher is better
23.6 during vs 12.9 baseline
+10.7
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
— during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
81.8% during vs 80.0% baseline
+1.8%
1939-1940 • 20-2
Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.
High Points
Best Season
Notre Dame 1946
8-0-1 • SRS 38.3
Biggest Improvement
Notre Dame 1943
9-1 • 15.1 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Unavailable
Best Defensive Season
Unavailable
Setbacks
Worst Season
Notre Dame 1950
4-4-1 • SRS 3.0
Biggest Drop
Notre Dame 1950
4-4-1 • -31.1 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Notre Dame | 1953 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | #1 | #2 | 25.7 | — | — | — | +4.0 | +20.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1952 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #10 | #3 | 21.7 | — | — | — | +5.5 | 0.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1951 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 75.0% | #14 | — | 16.2 | — | — | — | +13.2 | +25.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1950 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 50.0% | #1 | — | 3.0 | — | — | — | -31.1 | -50.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1949 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #1 | 34.1 | — | — | — | +12.3 | +5.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1948 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 95.0% | — | #2 | 21.8 | — | — | — | -7.4 | -5.0% |
| Notre Dame | 1947 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #1 | 29.2 | — | — | — | -9.1 | +5.6% |
| Notre Dame | 1946 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | #1 | 38.3 | — | — | — | +4.6 | +4.4% |
| Notre Dame | 1943 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90.0% | — | #1 | 33.7 | — | — | — | +15.1 | +17.3% |
| Notre Dame | 1942 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 72.7% | — | #6 | 18.6 | — | — | — | +1.0 | -21.7% |
| Notre Dame | 1941 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 94.4% | — | #3 | 17.6 | — | — | — | -0.9 | -5.6% |
| Boston College | 1940 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | — | #5 | 18.5 | — | — | — | +2.5 | +18.2% |
| Boston College | 1939 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.8% | — | #11 | 16.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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