Bump Elliott

Head coach, Michigan, 1959 to 1968

College career51-42-2

Program liftNo. 745tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

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.

5-14 against his rivals. Just 1-5 against Jack Mollenkopf.

Rivalry record

5-14-1

25.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

16-18-2

44.4% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

2-9

18.2%

Rivalry ledger

Michigan State2-7-120%

Ohio State3-730%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Jack Mollenkopf1-5

6 meetings, 1961–1966

’61 W’62 L’63 L’64 L’65 L’66 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

2-9 18.2%

Power Program

19-22 46.3%

National Program

22-8 73.3%

Regional Program

8-3 72.7%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1959-1968) 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

at least20Drafted

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 20 — his 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 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.

0 roster-verified · 20 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1969	R1.20	Ron Johnson	Running Back	Cleveland Browns	Estimated
1969	R3.16	Tom Stincic	Linebacker	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
1968	R5.12	Rocky Rosema	Linebacker	St. Louis Cardinals	Estimated
1968	R7.04	Ray Phillips	Offensive Guard	New Orleans Saints	Estimated
1967	R1.20	Jim Detwiler	Running Back	Baltimore Colts	Estimated
1967	R2.19	Richard Volk	Defensive Back	Baltimore Colts	Estimated
1967	R3.09	Frank Nunley	Linebacker	San Francisco 49ers	Estimated
1967	R3.25	John Rowser	Defensive Back	Green Bay Packers	Estimated

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1967	R4.03	Carl Ward	Running Back	Cleveland Browns	Estimated
1966	R1.02				Estimated
1966	R5.68				Estimated
1966	R5.70				Estimated
1965	R3.32				Estimated
1965	R5.62				Estimated
1965	R6.70				Estimated
1964	R3.39				Estimated
1964	R4.50				Estimated
1962	R2.20				Estimated
1962	R5.62				Estimated
1962	R5.69				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.