Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 4-6
Miami (OH)’73WColorado’75L’76LNorthern Illinois’83WIndiana’86L’87L’88W’90L’91W’93L
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1975Astro-Bluebonnet BowlL 21-38
1976Orange BowlL 10-27Northern Illinois
1983California BowlW 20-13Indiana
1986All-American BowlL 13-27
1987Peach BowlL 22-27
1988Liberty BowlW 34-10
1990Peach BowlL 23-27
BAY1991Copper BowlW 24-0
1993Independence BowlL 20-45
Stats
Big games
Pick a job to see its years on their own.
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.
7-3 against his rivals at Miami (OH). Just 1-2 against Jack Murphy.
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.
0-5 against his rivals at Colorado. Winless in 5 tries against Tom Osborne.
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.
2-6 against his rivals at Northern Illinois. Just 1-3 against Dwight Wallace.
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.
7-6 against his rivals at Indiana. Winless in 4 tries against Joe Paterno.
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.
16-20 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Tom Osborne.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
Miami (OH)→
Colorado1974
Northern Illinois→
Indiana1984Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1984-1996) predates 2021, when transfer-portal tracking begins in this database. Portal usage cannot be measured for this tenure at all -- this is not the same as '0% portal'.
“His own” means the player arrived while he was head coach; “inherited” means a predecessor brought him in.
The NFL pipeline
The NFL pipeline
players drafted into the NFL off his teams here (a floor — see the note below). None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 3 went in the first round.
At least 14 — the draft class following his 1987, 1995 seasons are missing from this table entirely; and his 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | R2.02 | Nathan Davis | Defensive End |  Atlanta Falcons | Estimated |
| 1997 | R6.04 | Steve Lee | Running Back |  Baltimore Ravens | Estimated |
| 1995 | R2.21 | Andrew Greene | Offensive Guard |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1995 | R5.27 | Lance Brown | Defensive Back |  Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1994 | R1.24 | Thomas Lewis | Wide Receiver |  New York Giants | Estimated |
| 1993 | R3.28 | Mike Middleton | Defensive Back |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1992 | R1.21 | Vaughn Dunbar | Running Back |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1992 | R4.03 | Shawn Harper | Offensive Guard |  Los Angeles Rams | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | R2.01 | Mike Dumas | Defensive Back |  Houston Oilers | Estimated |
| 1991 | R6.07 | Nolan Harrison | Defensive Tackle |  Los Angeles Raiders | Estimated |
| 1990 | R2.06 | Anthony Thompson | Running Back |  Phoenix Cardinals | Estimated |
| 1990 | R5.05 | Ian Beckles | Offensive Guard |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Estimated |
| 1987 | R3.20 | Leonard Bell | Defensive Back | Cincinnati Bengals | Estimated |
| 1985 | R1.09 | Kevin Allen | Offensive Tackle |  Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
A pick counts toward his tenure when the player’s final college season was one he coached, a checkable rule rather than a claim about who developed the player. A blank note means the player is on a verified roster and arrived on his watch. “Estimated” means no roster record, so the final season is assumed to be the year before the draft.
Career
Coaching career
The arc of his career is on Now.
Builder meaningfully raised a program that wasn't one · Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
5th-best Indiana tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Followed Sam Wyche (1983) · succeeded by Cam Cameron (1997–2001).
| Season | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||||
| Record | 0-11 | 4-7 | 6-6 | 8-4 | 8-3-1 | 5-6 | 6-5-1 | 7-4-1 | 5-6 | 8-4 | 6-5 | 2-9 | 3-8 | |
| Postseason | — | — | L bowl | L bowl | W bowl | — | L bowl | W bowl | — | L bowl | — | — | — | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script | ||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
9th-best Northern Illinois tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Followed Pat Culpepper (1976–1979) · succeeded by Lee Corso (1984).
| Season | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 7-4 | 3-8 | 5-5 | 10-2 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | W bowl | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | |
4th-best Colorado tenure of 20 by the numbers.
Followed Eddie Crowder (1963–1973) · succeeded by Chuck Fairbanks (1979–1981).
| Season | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 5-6 | 9-3 | 8-4 | 7-3-1 | 6-5 | |
| Postseason | — | L bowl | L bowl | — | — | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | |
24 NFL Draft picks: Rod Perry (1975), Harvey Goodman (1975), Doug Payton (1975), Wayne Mattingly (1975), Pete Brock (1976), Troy Archer (1976), Mark Koncar (1976), Steve Young (1976) + 16 more
4th-best Miami (OH) tenure of 14 by the numbers.
Followed Bo Schembechler (1963–1968) · succeeded by Dick Crum (1974–1977).
| Season | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 7-3 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 11-0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | W bowl | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | |
1 NFL Draft pick: Gary Arthur (1970)
All-time wins
Wins at programs this site tracks, 1936–present — one consistent count for every coach, not each program’s own historically reported total.
1st all-time at Indiana
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+15.7 pts at Indiana · #107 of 1290 · top quarter