Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 5-1
1978Peach BowlW 41-21
TEN1979Astro-Bluebonnet BowlW 27-22
1980Liberty BowlW 28-25Army
1984Cherry BowlW 10-61985Peach BowlW 31-29
1988Sun BowlL 28-29
Stats
Big games
Pick a job to see its years on their own.
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.
1-3 against his rivals at Arizona. Just 1-3 against Frank Kush.
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 at Purdue. Just 1-4 against Bo Schembechler.
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.
8-8 against his rivals at Army. Just 1-7 against Jack Bicknell.
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.
12-13 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Terry Donahue.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
Arizona→
Purdue1977Players 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 (1983-1990) 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
9th-best Army tenure of 17 by the numbers.
Followed Ed Cavanaugh (1980–1982) · succeeded by Bob Sutton (1991–1999).
| Season | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||
| Record | 2-9 | 8-3-1 | 9-3 | 6-5 | 5-6 | 9-3 | 6-5 | 6-5 | |
| Postseason | — | W 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
7th-best Purdue tenure of 21 by the numbers.
Followed Alex Agase (1973–1976) · succeeded by Leon Burtnett (1982–1986).
| Season | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 5-6 | 9-2-1 | 10-2 | 9-3 | 5-6 | |
| Postseason | — | W bowl | W 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 | — | — | — | — | — | |
7 NFL Draft picks: John Skibinski (1978), Keena Turner (1980), Dave Young (1981), Mark Herrmann (1981), Calvin Clark (1981), Bill Kay (1981), Steve Bryant (1982)
10th-best Arizona tenure of 20 by the numbers.
Followed Bob Weber (1969–1972) · succeeded by Tony Mason (1977–1979).
3 NFL Draft picks: Mike Dawson (1976), Theo Bell (1976), Scott Piper (1976)
All-time wins
Wins at programs this site tracks, 1936–present — one consistent count for every coach, not each program’s own historically reported total.
3rd all-time at Army
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+7.8 pts at Arizona · #285 of 1290 · top quarter