Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-0
2001Silicon Valley Football ClassicW 44-35Stats
Big games
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.
1-3 against his rivals.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (2000-2002) 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.
Where he recruits
is his biggest recruiting state: 6 of 15 signees (40%) across his 2000–2002 tenure, drawn from 8 states in all. Next: OH (3).
60% of his signees come from MI and its 3 border states (OH 3).
Off this map: 2 signees to the west (AZ, CA).
The map counts signed recruits across his tenure; the distance figures cover his current roster, transfers and walk-ons included. Two different groups, kept separate on purpose.
The NFL pipeline
The NFL pipeline
players drafted into the NFL off his teams here. None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 2 went in the first round.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | R1.02 | Charles Rogers | Wide Receiver |  Detroit Lions | Estimated |
| 2002 | R1.18 | T.J. Duckett | Running Back |  Atlanta Falcons | Estimated |
| 2002 | R3.23 | Chris Baker | Tight End |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 2002 | R5.09 | Herb Haygood | Wide Receiver |  Denver Broncos | Estimated |
| 2002 | R5.37 | Josh Shaw | Defensive Tackle |  San Francisco 49ers | Estimated |
| 2002 | R6.22 | Craig Jarrett | Punter |  Seattle Seahawks | Estimated |
| 2001 | R7.02 | Renaldo Hill | Defensive Back |  Arizona Cardinals | Estimated |
| 2001 | R7.17 | Siitupe Peko | Offensive Guard | New York Jets | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | R7.39 | T.J. Turner | Linebacker |  New England Patriots | 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.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
8th-best Michigan State tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Followed Nick Saban (1995–1999) · succeeded by Morris Watts (2002).
| Season | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||
| Record | 5-6 | 7-5 | 3-6 | |
| 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 | — | — | — | |
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
-4.1 pts at Michigan State · #953 of 1290 · middle half