Vince Di Francesca: coaching record and career

Now

Career arc

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.

Winless in 3 tries against Bud Wilkinson.

One-score games

2-6-1

22.2% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-3

0.0%

The toughest matchup

vs. Bud Wilkinson0-3

3 meetings, 1954–1956

’54 L’55 L’56 L

0% win rate across a real, 3-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

Dynasty

0-1 0.0%

Blue Blood

0-2 0.0%

Power Program

0-1 0.0%

National Program

0-5 0.0%

Regional Program

4-11 26.7%

Building the roster

One numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1954-1956) 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.