Bill Lewis
Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-0
1991Peach BowlW 37-34
Stats
Big games
Pick a job to see its years on their own.
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 at Wyoming. Winless in 3 tries against LaVell Edwards.
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.
1-0 against his rivals at East Carolina. Just 1-2 against Sparky Woods.
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.
0-2 against his rivals at Georgia Tech.
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.
3-3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Bobby Bowden.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
East Carolina→
Georgia Tech1992Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1992-1993) 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
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 4 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | R5.17 | Gary Brown | Offensive Tackle |  Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1994 | R5.18 | Dorsey Levens | Running Back |  Green Bay Packers | Estimated |
| 1993 | R2.07 | Coleman Rudolph | Defensive End |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 1993 | R5.01 | Scott Sisson | Place Kicker |  New England Patriots | 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
Followed Bobby Ross (1987–1991) · succeeded by George O'Leary (1994–2001).
5th-best East Carolina tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed Art Baker (1985–1988) · succeeded by Steve Logan (1992–2002).
| Season | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||
| Record | 5-5-1 | 5-6 | 11-1 | |
| Postseason | — | — | 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 | — | — | — | |
5 NFL Draft picks: Walter Wilson (1990), Junior Robinson (1990), James Singletary (1990), Robert Jones (1992), Jeff Blake (1992)
12th-best Wyoming tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Followed Fred Akers (1975–1976) · succeeded by Pat Dye (1980).
3 NFL Draft picks: Francis Chesley (1978), Ken Fantetti (1979), Danny Pittman (1980)
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+6.6 pts at East Carolina · #326 of 1290 · middle half