Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 3-3
1992Copper BowlL 28-31
1993Freedom BowlL 21-28
1994Freedom BowlW 16-13
1996Copper BowlL 10-38
1999Las Vegas BowlW 17-16
2001Las Vegas BowlW 10-6
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.
6-7 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 (1990-2002) 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 7 signees (43%) across his 2002–2002 classes on record (his tenure ran 1990–2002), drawn from 3 states in all. Next: CA (3).
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. 3 went in the first round.
At least 19 — the draft class following his 1995 season is missing from this table entirely; and his 1990, 1991, 1992 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.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | R1.08 | Jordan Gross | Offensive Tackle |  Carolina Panthers | Estimated |
| 2003 | R6.14 | Lauvale Sape | Defensive Tackle |  Buffalo Bills | Estimated |
| 2003 | R7.44 | Antwoine Sanders | Defensive Back |  Baltimore Ravens | Estimated |
| 2002 | R3.22 | Cliff Russell | Wide Receiver |  Washington Redskins | Estimated |
| 2002 | R4.34 | Ed Ta'amu | Center |  Minnesota Vikings | Estimated |
| 2001 | R2.29 | Andre Dyson | Defensive Back |  Tennessee Titans | Estimated |
| 2001 | R3.12 | Steve Smith | Wide Receiver | Carolina Panthers | Estimated |
| 2000 | R6.12 | John Frank | Defensive End |  Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | R6.23 | Mike Anderson | Running Back |  Denver Broncos | Estimated |
| 2000 | R7.12 | Richard Seals | Defensive Tackle |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 1999 | R7.16 | Phil Glover | Linebacker | Tennessee Titans | Estimated |
| 1998 | R1.16 | Kevin Dyson | Wide Receiver |  Tennessee Oilers | Estimated |
| 1998 | R6.25 | Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala | Running Back |  Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1995 | R1.20 | Luther Elliss | Defensive Tackle |  Detroit Lions | Estimated |
| 1995 | R5.31 | Lance Scott | Center |  Arizona Cardinals | Estimated |
| 1995 | R7.11 | Curtis Marsh | Wide Receiver |  Jacksonville Jaguars | Estimated |
| 1995 | R7.31 | Bronzell Miller | Defensive End |  St. Louis Rams | Estimated |
| 1994 | R4.02 | Kurt Haws | Tight End | Washington Redskins | Estimated |
| 1994 | R7.07 | Jamal Anderson | Running Back |  Atlanta Falcons | 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.
Builder meaningfully raised a program that wasn't one
7th-best Utah tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Followed Jim Fassel (1985–1989) · succeeded by Urban Meyer (2003–2004).
| Season | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||||
| Record | 4-7 | 7-5 | 6-6 | 7-6 | 10-2 | 7-4 | 8-4 | 6-5 | 7-4 | 9-3 | 4-7 | 8-4 | 5-6 | |
| Postseason | — | — | L bowl | L bowl | W bowl | — | L bowl | — | — | W bowl | — | W 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.
2nd all-time at Utah
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+16.5 pts at Utah · #98 of 1290 · top quarter