Jack Christiansen

Head coach, Stanford, 1972 to 1976

College career30-22-3

Program liftNo. 1,090tied · 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.

3-2 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bo Schembechler.

Rivalry record

3-2

60.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

15-8-3

57.7% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

1-4

20.0%

Rivalry ledger

California3-260%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bo Schembechler0-3-1

4 meetings, 1973–1976

’73 L’74 L’75 T’76 L

0% win rate across a real, 4-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

Blue Blood

1-4 20.0%

Power Program

0-11 0.0%

National Program

15-3 83.3%

Regional Program

13-4 76.5%

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 (1972-1976) 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 least10Drafted

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 10 — his 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 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 · 10 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1977	R3.06	Tony Hill	Wide Receiver	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
1977	R4.13	Duncan McColl	Defensive End	Washington Redskins	Estimated
1977	R5.01	Mike Michel	Place Kicker	Miami Dolphins	Estimated
1975	R4.12	Pat Donovan	Defensive End	Dallas Cowboys	Estimated
1974	R4.09	Mike Boryla	Quarterback	Cincinnati Bengals	Estimated
1974	R5.16	Jim Ferguson	Defensive Back	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
1974	R6.15	John Winesberry	Wide Receiver	Denver Broncos	Estimated
1974	R7.19	Rod Garcia	Place Kicker	Oakland Raiders	Estimated

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1973	R4.08	Jim Merlo	Linebacker	New Orleans Saints	Estimated
1973	R7.09	Mike Askea	Offensive Tackle	Denver Broncos	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.