Dave Kragthorpe

Head coach, Oregon State, 1985 to 1990

College career17-48-2

Program liftNo. 446tied · 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.

1-5 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Larry Smith.

Rivalry record

1-5

16.7% · 1 rival

One-score games

9-5-2

56.2% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Oregon1-517%

The toughest matchup

vs. Larry Smith0-6

6 meetings, 1985–1990

’85 L’86 L’87 L’88 L’89 L’90 L

0% win rate across a real, 6-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

3-21 12.5%

National Program

5-19 20.8%

Regional Program

6-6 50.0%

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 (1985-1990) 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 least4Drafted

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.

At least 4 — the draft class following his 1987 season is missing from this table entirely; and his 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990 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 · 4 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1991	R2.08	Esera Tuaolo	Defensive Tackle	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1990	R5.08	Pat Chaffey	Running Back	Chicago Bears	Estimated
1989	R3.27	Erik Wilhelm	Quarterback	Cincinnati Bengals	Estimated
1989	R6.04	Robb Thomas	Wide Receiver	Kansas City Chiefs	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.