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Edward Doherty

Edward Doherty held Holy Cross at Regional Program IV for 5 seasons.

The journeyman
49–63
1947–1975 · 3 stints
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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 careerARIZONA STATEARIZONAHOLY CROSSRegional Programthe building-block levelArizona State, 1947: 4-7, Regional Program IV1947Arizona State, 1948: 5-5, Regional Program IV1948Arizona State, 1949: 7-3, Regional Program IV1949Arizona State, 1950: 9-2, Regional Program II1950+10.4Arizona, 1957: 1-8, Regional Program II1957Arizona, 1958: 3-7, Regional Program III1958-5.8Holy Cross, 1971: 4-6, Regional Program IV1971Holy Cross, 1972: 5-4, Regional Program IV1972Holy Cross, 1973: 5-6, Regional Program IV1973Holy Cross, 1974: 5-5, Regional Program IV1974Holy Cross, 1975: 1-10, Regional Program V1975-0.8One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Arizona State, 4 seasons
+10.4
Regional Program IV → Regional Program II.
Arizona, 2 seasons
−5.8
Regional Program II → Regional Program III.
Holy Cross, 5 seasons
−0.8
Regional Program IV → Regional Program V.

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.

2–4 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Joseph Yukica.

Rivalry record
2–4
33.3% · 2 rivals
One-score games
7–12–2
33.3% · margin ≤8
Rivalry ledger
Arizona2–250%
Arizona State0–20%
The toughest matchup
vs. Joseph Yukica0–5
5 meetings, 1971–1975
’71 L’72 L’73 L’74 L’75 L
0% win rate across a real, 5-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
Power Program
0–2 0.0%
National Program
2–22 8.3%
Regional Program
23–21 52.3%

Coaching career

1971–1975
Holy Crosscaretaker
Regional Program IV → Regional Program IV
Edward Doherty held Holy Cross at Regional Program IV for 5 seasons.

3rd-best Holy Cross tenure of 4 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Neil Wheelwright (1976–1980).

1 NFL Draft pick: Bill Adams (1972)

20–31
1957–1958
Arizonacaretaker
National Program III → Regional Program II
Edward Doherty slid Arizona from National Program III to Regional Program II in 2 seasons.

19th-best Arizona tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Warren Woodson (1952–1956) · succeeded by Jim LaRue (1959–1966).

4–15
1947–1950
Arizona Statecaretakerborderline
Regional Program IV → Regional Program II
Edward Doherty moved Arizona State from Regional Program IV to Regional Program II in 4 seasons.

15th-best Arizona State tenure of 19 by the numbers.

Followed Steve Coutchie (1946–1946) · succeeded by Larry Siemering (1951–1951).

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