Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-3
1995Sun BowlL 18-38
1996Holiday BowlL 21-33
1997Aloha BowlW 51-23
1998Oahu BowlL 25-45Stats
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.
6-6 against his rivals. Just 1-3 against Mike Bellotti.
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 (1993-1998) 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. 2 went in the first round.
At least 21 — the draft class following his 1995 season is missing from this table entirely.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | R3.16 | Brock Huard | Quarterback |  Seattle Seahawks | Estimated |
| 1999 | R7.03 | Tony Coats | Offensive Guard |  Cincinnati Bengals | Estimated |
| 1998 | R2.02 | Jerome Pathon | Wide Receiver |  Indianapolis Colts | Estimated |
| 1998 | R2.05 | Tony Parrish | Defensive Back |  Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| 1998 | R2.10 | Cameron Cleeland | Tight End |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1998 | R3.03 | Olin Kreutz | Center | Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| 1998 | R3.27 | Rashaan Shehee | Running Back |  Kansas City Chiefs | Estimated |
| 1998 | R5.04 | Jeremy Brigham | Tight End |  Oakland Raiders | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | R5.13 | Jerry Jensen | Linebacker |  Carolina Panthers | Estimated |
| 1998 | R5.16 | Benji Olson | Offensive Guard |  Tennessee Oilers | Estimated |
| 1998 | R6.07 | Fred Coleman | Wide Receiver |  Buffalo Bills | Estimated |
| 1998 | R7.47 | Jason Chorak | Defensive End |  St. Louis Rams | Estimated |
| 1997 | R2.13 | Corey Dillon | Running Back | Cincinnati Bengals | Estimated |
| 1997 | R3.09 | Bob Sapp | Offensive Guard | Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| 1997 | R6.03 | John Fiala | Linebacker |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1995 | R1.18 | Napoleon Kaufman | Running Back | Oakland Raiders | Estimated |
| 1995 | R1.27 | Mark Bruener | Tight End |  Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1995 | R4.12 | Eric Bjornson | Wide Receiver |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1995 | R4.34 | Frank Garcia | Center | Carolina Panthers | Estimated |
| 1995 | R5.37 | Andrew Peterson | Offensive Tackle | Carolina Panthers | Estimated |
| 1994 | R5.05 | Pete Pierson | Offensive Tackle |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 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.
Inheritor inherited a power and neither built it higher nor let it collapse
2nd-best Washington tenure of 18 by the numbers.
Followed Don James (1975–1992) · succeeded by Rick Neuheisel (1999–2002).
| Season | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||
| Record | 7-4 | 7-4 | 7-4-1 | 9-3 | 8-4 | 6-6 | |
| Postseason | — | — | L bowl | L bowl | W bowl | L 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.
-6.4 pts at Washington · #1078 of 1290 · bottom quarter