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.
12-2 against his rivals. Just 1-4 against Rick Rasnick.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1995-2003) 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.
Where he recruits
is his biggest recruiting state: 19 of 40 signees (48%) across his 2002–2003 classes on record (his tenure ran 1995–2003), drawn from 10 states in all. Next: MI (5).
68% of his signees come from OH and its 5 border states (MI 5, PA 3).
Off this map: 4 signees to the west (CA 3, OR) and 4 to the south (FL 4).
The map counts signed recruits across his tenure; the distance figures cover his current roster, transfers and walk-ons included. Two different groups, kept separate on purpose.
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.
At least 3 — the draft class following his 1995 season is missing from this table entirely.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | R5.16 | Jake Schifino | Wide Receiver |  Tennessee Titans | Estimated |
| 2001 | R3.22 | Dwight Smith | Defensive Back |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Estimated |
| 1997 | R3.13 | Jason Taylor | Defensive End |  Miami Dolphins | 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.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
4th-best Akron tenure of 9 by the numbers.
Followed Gerry Faust (1987–1994) · succeeded by J.D. Brookhart (2004–2009).
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.
1st all-time at Akron
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+3.5 pts at Akron · #468 of 1290 · middle half