Robert Dobbs

Head coach, UTEP, 1965 to 1972
Before: Tulsa

College career71-63-4

Program liftNo. 66tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

Pick a job to see its years on their own.

Tulsa1955–60 · 30-28-2UTEP1965–72 · 41-35-2All jobs71-63-4

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.

Just 1-4 against Cliff Speegle.

One-score games

16-10-2

57.1% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Cliff Speegle1-4-1

6 meetings, 1955–1960

’55 L’56 T’57 L’58 W’59 L’60 L

17% win rate across a real, 6-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

Power Program

1-3 25.0%

National Program

12-14 46.2%

Regional Program

10-5 66.7%

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 8 tries against Frank Kush.

One-score games

17-14-2

51.5% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchup

vs. Frank Kush0-8

8 meetings, 1965–1972

’65 L’66 L’67 L’68 L’69 L’70 L’71 L’72 L

0% win rate across a real, 8-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

Power Program

1-11 8.3%

National Program

7-6 53.8%

Regional Program

25-17 59.5%

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.

Just 1-5 against Bill Meek.

One-score games

33-24-4

54.1% · margin ≤8

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Bill Meek1-5

6 meetings, 1955–1972

’55 W’56 L’69 L’70 L’71 L’72 L

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

2-14 12.5%

National Program

19-20 48.7%

Regional Program

35-22 61.4%

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 (1965-1972) 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

at least17Drafted

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. 2 went in the first round.

At least 17 — his 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 seasons predate the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for those seasons.

0 roster-verified · 17 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1973	R2.19	Gary Keithley	Quarterback	St. Louis Cardinals	Estimated
1972	R5.11	Don Croft	Defensive Tackle	Baltimore Colts	Estimated
1971	R7.24	Gene Mack	Linebacker	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
1970	R7.15	Jim Fabish	Defensive Back	San Diego Chargers	Estimated
1970	R7.26	Clyde Glosson	Wide Receiver	Kansas City Chiefs	Estimated
1969	R2.10	Grady Cavness	Defensive Back	Denver Broncos	Estimated
1969	R2.17	Volly Murphy	Wide Receiver	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
1969	R2.20	Eugene Epps	Defensive Back	Washington Redskins	Estimated

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1969	R6.04	Ron Jones	Tight End	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1968	R1.05	Fred Carr	Linebacker	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1968	R1.22	George Daney	Offensive Guard	Kansas City Chiefs	Estimated
1968	R2.06	Charles West	Defensive Back	Minnesota Vikings	Estimated
1968	R2.19	Robert Wallace	Wide Receiver	Chicago Bears	Estimated
1968	R3.12	Billy Stevens	Quarterback	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1968	R6.12	Thurman Randle	Offensive Tackle	Philadelphia Eagles	Estimated
1967	R4.19	Chuck Hughes	Wide Receiver	Philadelphia Eagles	Estimated
1967	R6.16	Bill Wilkerson	Defensive End	Buffalo Bills	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.

Robert Dobbs

Now

Career arc

Stats

Big games

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

The big-game ledger

Building the roster

Roster ownership

The NFL pipeline

Career

Coaching career

All-time wins

Was he good?