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Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 0-1
1998Sun BowlL 19-28
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 Pittsburgh.
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.
3-3 against his rivals at USC. Winless in 3 tries against Mike Bellotti.
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.
4-6 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Mike Bellotti.
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 (1998-2000) 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: 3 of 3 signees (100%) across his 2000–2000 classes on record (his tenure ran 1998–2000), drawn from 1 state in all.
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. None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here. 2 went in the first round.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | R4.27 | Markus Steele | Linebacker |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 2001 | R5.08 | Zeke Moreno | Linebacker |  San Diego Chargers | Estimated |
| 2001 | R7.21 | Ennis Davis | Defensive Tackle |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 2000 | R1.29 | R. Jay Soward | Wide Receiver |  Jacksonville Jaguars | Estimated |
| 2000 | R2.06 | Travis Claridge | Offensive Tackle |  Atlanta Falcons | Estimated |
| 2000 | R5.14 | Windrell Hayes | Wide Receiver |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 2000 | R5.37 | Chad Morton | Running Back | New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 2000 | R6.27 | David Gibson | Defensive Back |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | R1.09 | Chris Claiborne | Linebacker |  Detroit Lions | Estimated |
| 1999 | R3.01 | Daylon McCutcheon | Defensive Back |  Cleveland Browns | Estimated |
| 1999 | R4.13 | Larry Parker | Wide Receiver |  Kansas City Chiefs | Estimated |
| 1999 | R6.15 | Rashard Cook | Defensive Back |  Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| 1999 | R7.12 | Billy Miller | Wide Receiver |  Denver Broncos | 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.
Inheritor inherited a power and neither built it higher nor let it collapse · Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
11th-best USC tenure of 17 by the numbers.
Followed John Robinson (1993–1997) · succeeded by Pete Carroll (2001–2009).
| Season | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||
| Record | 8-5 | 6-6 | 5-7 | |
| 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 | — | — | — | |
7th-best Pittsburgh tenure of 23 by the numbers.
Followed Mike Gottfried (1986–1989) · succeeded by Johnny Majors (1993–1996).
8 NFL Draft picks: Mark Gunn (1991), Curvin Richards (1991), Sean Gilbert (1992), Steve Israel (1992), Ricardo McDonald (1992), Jeff Christy (1992), Keith Hamilton (1992), Dave Moore (1992)
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
-5.2 pts at USC · #1017 of 1290 · bottom quarter