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Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-0
1998Las Vegas BowlW 20-13Stats
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.
5-1 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Bobby Bowden.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1998-2000) 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. None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 1 went in the first round.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | R2.04 | Alge Crumpler | Tight End |  Atlanta Falcons | Estimated |
| 2001 | R3.08 | Sedrick Hodge | Linebacker |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 2001 | R4.15 | Brandon Spoon | Linebacker |  Buffalo Bills | Estimated |
| 2001 | R7.05 | Dauntae' Finger | Tight End |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Estimated |
| 2000 | R4.23 | Deon Dyer | Running Back |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1999 | R1.20 | Ebenezer Ekuban | Defensive End |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1999 | R2.10 | Dre' Bly | Defensive Back |  St. Louis Rams | Estimated |
| 1999 | R2.17 | Russell Davis | Defensive Tackle |  Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | R4.24 | Keith Newman | Linebacker | Buffalo Bills | Estimated |
| 1999 | R4.35 | Na Brown | Wide Receiver |  Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| 1999 | R7.09 | Mike Pringley | Defensive End |  Detroit Lions | 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
5th-best North Carolina tenure of 17 by the numbers.
Followed Mack Brown (1988–1997) · succeeded by John Bunting (2001–2006).
| Season | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||
| Record | 7-5 | 3-8 | 6-5 | |
| 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.
-5.7 pts at North Carolina · #1045 of 1290 · bottom quarter