Ed Cavanaugh

Ed Cavanaugh
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1928-08-24) August 24, 1928
Playing career
Position(s)	Guard
Head coaching record
Overall	.431

Ed Cavanaugh (born August 24, 1928) is a former American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Idaho State University in Pocatello from 1968 through 1971, and at the United States Military Academy from 1980 to 1982, compiling a career college football record of .431.

Cavanaugh played college football at Duke University; he was a guard and graduated in 1951.

In his third season at Idaho State in 1970, the university opened the indoor Minidome (now Holt Arena).

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) (1968–1971)
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
†Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game.