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Frank Maloney

Followed Ben Schwartzwalder. Frank Maloney held Syracuse at National Program II for 7 seasons.

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1974–1980 · 1 stint
Syracuse
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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 careerSYRACUSENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelSyracuse, 1974: 2-9, National Program II1974Syracuse, 1975: 6-5, National Program III1975Syracuse, 1976: 3-8, National Program III1976Syracuse, 1977: 6-5, National Program III1977Syracuse, 1978: 3-8, National Program III1978Syracuse, 1979: 7-5, National Program III1979Syracuse, 1980: 5-6, National Program III1980-8.0One 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).

Syracuse, 7 seasons
−8.0
National Program II → National Program III.

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.

Winless in 7 tries against Joe Paterno.

One-score games
11–12
47.8% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
The toughest matchup
vs. Joe Paterno0–7
7 meetings, 1974–1980
’74 L’75 L’76 L’77 L’78 L’79 L’80 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
0–18 0.0%
National Program
13–17 43.3%
Regional Program
17–9 65.4%

Coaching career

1974–1980
Syracusecaretaker
National Program II → National Program II
Frank Maloney held Syracuse at National Program II for 7 seasons.

5th-best Syracuse tenure of 14 by the numbers.

Followed Ben Schwartzwalder (1949–1973) · succeeded by Dick MacPherson (1981–1990).

9 NFL Draft picks: Dave Lapham (1974), Ken Sawyer (1974), Tim Moresco (1977), Rich Rosen (1978), Art Monk (1980), Bill Hurley (1980), Craig Wolfley (1980), Jim Collins (1981) + 1 more

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