Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 2-3
1994Liberty BowlL 0-30
1995Liberty BowlW 19-13
1999Mobile Alabama BowlL 14-28
2000Galleryfurniture.com BowlW 40-27
2001GMAC BowlL 61-64
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.
2-1 against his rivals. Just 1-5 against Frank Beamer.
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 (1992-2002) 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: 8 of 14 signees (57%) across his 2002–2002 classes on record (his tenure ran 1992–2002), drawn from 5 states in all. Next: FL (2).
86% of his signees come from NC and its 4 border states (VA 2, GA 1, TN 1).
Off this map: 1 signee to the south (FL).
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.
At least 9 — the draft class following his 1995 season is missing from this table entirely; and his 1992 season predates the modern 7-round draft, so this table’s pre-1994 pick counts are a floor, not a full count, for that season.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | R4.10 | David Garrard | Quarterback |  Jacksonville Jaguars | Estimated |
| 2002 | R7.30 | Leonard Henry | Running Back |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1999 | R5.20 | Roderick Coleman | Linebacker |  Oakland Raiders | Estimated |
| 1999 | R6.32 | Troy Smith | Wide Receiver |  Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| 1998 | R3.21 | Larry Shannon | Wide Receiver |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1997 | R5.01 | Lamont Burns | Offensive Guard |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 1994 | R6.04 | Bernard Carter | Linebacker |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Estimated |
| 1994 | R7.08 | Carlester Crumpler | Tight End |  Seattle Seahawks | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | R6.08 | Tom Scott | Offensive Tackle |  Cincinnati Bengals | 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.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
4th-best East Carolina tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed Bill Lewis (1989–1991) · succeeded by John Thompson (2003–2004).
| Season | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||
| Record | 5-6 | 2-9 | 7-5 | 9-3 | 8-3 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 9-3 | 8-4 | 6-6 | 4-8 | |
| Postseason | — | — | L bowl | W bowl | — | — | — | L bowl | W 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 East Carolina
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+1.7 pts at East Carolina · #562 of 1290 · middle half