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Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-1
1987Aloha BowlL 16-20
1988All-American BowlW 14-10Stats
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.
3-5 against his rivals. Just 1-3 against Vince Dooley.
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 (1985-1989) 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. 6 went in the first round.
At least 15 — the draft class following his 1987 season is missing from this table entirely; and his 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | R1.12 | Trace Armstrong | Defensive End |  Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| 1989 | R1.23 | David Williams | Offensive Tackle |  Houston Oilers | Estimated |
| 1989 | R1.25 | Louis Oliver | Defensive Back |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1989 | R3.12 | Rhondy Weston | Defensive End |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1989 | R5.13 | Jeff Roth | Defensive Tackle | Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1987 | R1.27 | Ricky Nattiel | Wide Receiver |  Denver Broncos | Estimated |
| 1987 | R2.27 | Adrian White | Defensive Back |  New York Giants | Estimated |
| 1987 | R3.12 | Jeff Zimmerman | Offensive Guard | Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | R6.09 | Ron Moten | Linebacker |  Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| 1986 | R1.15 | John L Williams | Running Back |  Seattle Seahawks | Estimated |
| 1986 | R1.27 | Neal Anderson | Running Back |  Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| 1986 | R2.21 | Alonzo Johnson | Linebacker | Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| 1986 | R5.11 | Ray Criswell | Punter | Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| 1986 | R5.21 | Patrick Miller | Linebacker |  San Francisco 49ers | Estimated |
| 1986 | R7.21 | Ray McDonald | Wide Receiver |  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
11th-best Florida tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Followed Charley Pell (1979–1984) · succeeded by Gary Darnell (1989).
| Season | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 9-1-1 | 6-5 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 4-1 | |
| Postseason | — | — | L bowl | 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.
-0.1 pts at Florida · #689 of 1290 · middle half