John Blake

Head coach, Oklahoma, 1996 to 1998

College career12-22

Program liftNo. 1,266tied · 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.

2-4 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against R.C. Slocum.

Rivalry record

2-4

33.3% · 2 rivals

One-score games

7-7

50.0% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-2

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Texas1-233%

Oklahoma State1-233%

The toughest matchup

vs. R.C. Slocum0-3

3 meetings, 1996–1998

’96 L’97 L’98 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-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

Dynasty

0-2 0.0%

Power Program

2-6 25.0%

National Program

4-8 33.3%

Regional Program

6-6 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 (1996-1998) 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

9Drafted

players drafted into the NFL off his teams here. None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.

0 roster-verified · 9 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1999	R2.29	Jermaine Fazande	Running Back	San Diego Chargers	Estimated
1999	R5.26	De'Mond Parker	Running Back	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1999	R6.04	Kelly Gregg	Defensive Tackle	Cincinnati Bengals	Estimated
1998	R2.18	Stephen Alexander	Tight End	Washington Redskins	Estimated
1998	R5.01	Martin Chase	Defensive Tackle	Baltimore Ravens	Estimated
1998	R5.29	Travian Smith	Linebacker	Oakland Raiders	Estimated
1998	R6.11	Sammy Williams	Offensive Tackle	Baltimore Ravens	Estimated
1997	R5.19	Barron Tanner	Defensive Tackle	Miami Dolphins	Estimated

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1997	R6.36	Rod Manuel	Defensive End	Pittsburgh Steelers	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.