Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 0-2
1989California BowlL 6-27
1993Las Vegas BowlL 33-42Stats
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.
4-0 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Gary Blackney.
Building the roster
One numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1985-1994) 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
4th-best Ball State tenure of 10 by the numbers.
Followed Dwight Wallace (1978–1984) · succeeded by Bill Lynch (1995–2002).
| Season | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||
| Record | 4-7 | 6-5 | 4-7 | 8-3 | 7-3-2 | 7-4 | 6-5 | 5-6 | 8-3-1 | 5-5-1 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | L 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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 Ball State
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+0.4 pts at Ball State · #658 of 1290 · middle half