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Marchy Schwartz

Followed Clark Shaughnessy. Marchy Schwartz held Stanford at Power Program II for 6 seasons.

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1942–1950 · 1 stint
Stanford
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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 careerSTANFORDPower Programperennial contenderNational Programrespectable, streakyStanford, 1942: 6-4, Power Program II1942Stanford, 1946: 6-3, Power Program III1946Stanford, 1947: 0-9, National Program I1947Stanford, 1948: 4-6, National Program I1948Stanford, 1949: 7-3, National Program I1949Stanford, 1950: 5-3, National Program I1950-10.5One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Stanford, 6 seasons
−10.5
Power Program II → National 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.

2–4 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Pappy Waldorf.

Rivalry record
2–4–1
28.6% · 2 rivals
One-score games
2–12–3
11.8% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–3
0.0%
Rivalry ledger
California2–3–133%
Notre Dame0–10%
The toughest matchup
vs. Pappy Waldorf0–3–1
4 meetings, 1947–1950
’47 L’48 L’49 L’50 T
0% win rate across a real, 4-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
0–3 0.0%
Power Program
4–6 40.0%
National Program
10–15 40.0%
Regional Program
2–1 66.7%

Coaching career

1942–1950
Stanfordcaretaker
Power Program II → Power Program II
Marchy Schwartz held Stanford at Power Program II for 6 seasons.

4th-best Stanford tenure of 20 by the numbers.

Followed Clark Shaughnessy (1940–1941) · succeeded by Chuck Taylor (1951–1957).

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