Randy Edsall
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Randy Edsall is an American football coach best known for building the University of Connecticut’s program into a competitive FBS team and leading it to multiple bowl appearances.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Randy Edsall canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8418009 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Edsall Context triple: [Big East Coach of the Year, winner, Randy Edsall]
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A.
Gary Williams
Gary Williams is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Maryland Terrapins to the 2002 NCAA national championship.
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B.
Dan Hurley
Dan Hurley is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Connecticut (UConn) men’s basketball team to multiple NCAA championships.
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C.
Dave Riley
Dave Riley was an American bassist best known for his work with the influential noise rock band Big Black in the 1980s.
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D.
Bo Ryan
Bo Ryan is an American basketball coach best known for his successful tenure leading the University of Wisconsin men's basketball program, where he built a nationally respected, defense-oriented team.
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E.
Tad Martin
Tad Martin is a popular and long-running fictional character from the American soap opera "All My Children," known for his complex romantic entanglements and dramatic personal history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Edsall Target entity description: Randy Edsall is an American football coach best known for building the University of Connecticut’s program into a competitive FBS team and leading it to multiple bowl appearances.
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A.
Gary Williams
Gary Williams is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Maryland Terrapins to the 2002 NCAA national championship.
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B.
Dan Hurley
Dan Hurley is an American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of Connecticut (UConn) men’s basketball team to multiple NCAA championships.
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C.
Dave Riley
Dave Riley was an American bassist best known for his work with the influential noise rock band Big Black in the 1980s.
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D.
Bo Ryan
Bo Ryan is an American basketball coach best known for his successful tenure leading the University of Wisconsin men's basketball program, where he built a nationally respected, defense-oriented team.
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E.
Tad Martin
Tad Martin is a popular and long-running fictional character from the American soap opera "All My Children," known for his complex romantic entanglements and dramatic personal history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American football coach
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Syracuse University ⓘ |
| collegeCoachAt |
Boston College
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Georgia Tech ⓘ
linked to:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Syracuse University ⓘ University of Connecticut ⓘ University of Maryland, College Park ⓘ
linked to:
University of Maryland
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| collegePlayerAt | Syracuse University ⓘ |
| conferenceTitleWon | Big East Conference football championship with UConn ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-08-27 ⓘ |
| endTimeAsHeadCoachAtMaryland | 2015 ⓘ |
| endTimeAsHeadCoachAtUConnFirstStint | 2010 ⓘ |
| endTimeAsHeadCoachAtUConnSecondStint | 2021 ⓘ |
| familyName | Edsall ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | college football coaching ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Randy ⓘ |
| headCoachOf |
University of Connecticut Huskies football team
ⓘ
linked to:
UConn Huskies
University of Maryland Terrapins football team ⓘ
linked to:
Maryland Terrapins football
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| highSchoolAttended | Glen Rock High School ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| ledTeamToBowlGame |
Fiesta Bowl
ⓘ
International Bowl ⓘ Meineke Car Care Bowl ⓘ
linked to:
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
Motor City Bowl ⓘ
linked to:
Quick Lane Bowl
PapaJohns.com Bowl ⓘ
linked to:
GoDaddy.com Bowl
|
| name | Randy Edsall ⓘ |
| nflCoachAt | Jacksonville Jaguars ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | led University of Connecticut football to multiple bowl appearances ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing UConn into a competitive FBS program
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transitioning UConn football from Division I-AA to FBS ⓘ |
| notableWork | building the University of Connecticut football program into an FBS competitor ⓘ |
| occupation |
American football coach
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American football player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
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| playedForCollegeTeam | Syracuse Orange football ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | defensive back ⓘ |
| residence |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| role |
defensive backs coach for Jacksonville Jaguars
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defensive coordinator at University of Connecticut (first stint as assistant) ⓘ |
| sport | American football ⓘ |
| startTimeAsHeadCoachAtMaryland | 2011 ⓘ |
| startTimeAsHeadCoachAtUConn | 1999 ⓘ |
| startTimeAsHeadCoachAtUConnSecondStint | 2017 ⓘ |
| teamCoachedLevel |
NCAA Division I FBS
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linked to:
Football Bowl Subdivision
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Randy Edsall Description of subject: Randy Edsall is an American football coach best known for building the University of Connecticut’s program into a competitive FBS team and leading it to multiple bowl appearances.
Referenced by (3)
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