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Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 0-1
1984Astro-Bluebonnet BowlL 14-31Stats
Big games
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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.
6-10 against his rivals at TCU. Winless in 6 tries against Jackie Sherrill.
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 at Minnesota. Winless in 3 tries against Bill Mallory.
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.
9-17 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Jackie Sherrill.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
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Minnesota1992Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1992-1996) 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.
Career
Coaching career
The arc of his career is on Now.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
14th-best Minnesota tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed John Gutekunst (1986–1991) · succeeded by Glen Mason (1997–2006).
12th-best TCU tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Followed F. Dry (1977–1982) · succeeded by Pat Sullivan (1992–1997).
| Season | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||
| Record | 1-8-2 | 8-4 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 4-7 | 4-7 | 5-6 | 7-4 | |
| Postseason | — | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
10 NFL Draft picks: Kyle Clifton (1984), Robert Lyles (1984), Sean Thomas (1985), James Maness (1985), Kenneth Davis (1986), Mitchell Benson (1989), Stanley Petry (1989), Fred Washington (1990) + 2 more
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+5.6 pts at TCU · #364 of 1290 · middle half