Ed Cavanaugh
American football player and coach
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| Intro | American football player and coach | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Sports coach | |
| Work field | Sports | |
| Gender |
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| Birth | 24 August 1928 | |
| Age | 96 years |
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Biography
Ed Cavanaugh (born August 24, 1928) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Idaho State University from 1968 to 1971 and at the United States Military Academy from 1980 to 1982, compiling a career college football record of 30–40–2.
Coaching tree
Assistant coaches under Ed Cavanaugh who became NCAA head coaches:
- Mike Sanford: UNLV (2005–2009), Indiana State (2013–2016)
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference) (1968–1970) | |||||||||
| 1968 | Idaho State | 4–5 | 1–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1969 | Idaho State | 5–5 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1970 | Idaho State | 5–5 | 3–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1971 | Idaho State | 6–4 | 2–3 | 5th | |||||
| Idaho State: | 20–19 | 8–10 | |||||||
| Army Cadets (NCAA Division I-A independent) (1980–1982) | |||||||||
| 1980 | Army | 3–7–1 | |||||||
| 1981 | Army | 3–7–1 | |||||||
| 1982 | Army | 4–7 | |||||||
| Army: | 10–21–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 30–40–2 | ||||||||