Now
Career arc
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.
1-1 against his rivals at New Mexico.
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 California. Winless in 4 tries against John McKay.
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.
Winless in 5 tries against Jerry Claiborne.
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 5 tries against Jerry Claiborne.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
New Mexico→
California1960California→
William & Mary1964Players 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 (1964-1968) 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
2nd-best William & Mary tenure of 4 by the numbers.
Succeeded by Lou Holtz (1969–1971).
16th-best California tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Followed Pete Elliott (1957–1959) · succeeded by Ray Willsey (1964–1971).
Followed Dick Clausen (1956–1957) · succeeded by Bill Weeks (1960–1967).
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+3.9 pts at William & Mary · #440 of 1290 · middle half