Jerry Frei

Head coach, Oregon, 1967 to 1971

College career22-29-2

Program liftNo. 1,040tied · 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.

3-7 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against John Ralston.

Rivalry record

3-7

30.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

10-12-2

41.7% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

2-5

28.6%

Rivalry ledger

Washington3-260%

Oregon State0-50%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. John Ralston0-5

5 meetings, 1967–1971

’67 L’68 L’69 L’70 L’71 L

Performance by opponent class

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Blue Blood

2-4 33.3%

Power Program

1-4 20.0%

National Program

9-15 37.5%

Regional Program

5-5 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 (1967-1971) 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 least7Drafted

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 7 — his 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 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 · 7 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1972	R1.04	Ahmad Rashad	Wide Receiver	St. Louis Cardinals	Estimated
1972	R1.22	Tom Drougas	Offensive Tackle	Baltimore Colts	Estimated
1972	R4.24	Tom Graham	Linebacker	Denver Broncos	Estimated
1971	R7.16	Bob Newland	Wide Receiver	New Orleans Saints	Estimated
1970	R3.12	Andy Maurer	Offensive Guard	Atlanta Falcons	Estimated
1970	R4.12	Jim Evenson	Running Back	Pittsburgh Steelers	Estimated
1968	R1.12	Jim Smith	Defensive Back	Washington Redskins	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.