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Andy Pilney

Followed Raymond Wolf. Andy Pilney held Tulane at National Program II for 8 seasons.

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1954–1961 · 1 stint
Tulane
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerTULANENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelTulane, 1954: 1-6, National Program II1954Tulane, 1955: 5-4, National Program II1955Tulane, 1956: 6-4, National Program II1956Tulane, 1957: 2-8, National Program II1957Tulane, 1958: 3-7, National Program III1958Tulane, 1959: 3-6, National Program III1959Tulane, 1960: 3-6, National Program III1960Tulane, 1961: 2-8, Regional Program I1961-5.4One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached National Program in his 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).

Tulane, 8 seasons
−5.4
National Program II → Regional Program I.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

0–7 against his rivals. Winless in 7 tries against Bobby Dodd.

Rivalry record
0–7–1
0.0% · 1 rival
One-score games
12–17–5
35.3% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
LSU0–7–10%
The toughest matchup
vs. Bobby Dodd0–7
7 meetings, 1954–1961
’54 L’56 L’57 L’58 L’59 L’60 L’61 L
0% win rate across a real, 7-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
4–27 12.9%
National Program
12–17 41.4%
Regional Program
6–3 66.7%

Coaching career

1954–1961
Tulanecaretaker
National Program II → National Program II
Andy Pilney held Tulane at National Program II for 8 seasons.

5th-best Tulane tenure of 23 by the numbers.

Followed Raymond Wolf (1952–1953) · succeeded by Tommy O'Boyle (1962–1965).

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