Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 3-2
1983Independence BowlL 3-9
1986Independence BowlW 20-17
1989Liberty BowlW 42-29
1990Gator BowlL 3-35
1992Liberty BowlW 13-0Stats
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.
0-1 against his rivals at Louisiana 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.
19-13 against his rivals at Ole Miss. Winless in 7 tries against Ken Hatfield.
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.
19-14 against his rivals. Winless in 7 tries against Ken Hatfield.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1983-1993) 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. 4 went in the first round.
At least 15 — the draft class following his 1987 season is missing from this table entirely; and his 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | R1.20 | Tim Bowens | Defensive Tackle |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1994 | R4.28 | Dewayne Dotson | Linebacker |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1993 | R5.21 | Everett Lindsay | Offensive Tackle |  Minnesota Vikings | Estimated |
| 1992 | R3.23 | Tyji Armstrong | Tight End |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Estimated |
| 1991 | R1.20 | Kelvin Pritchett | Defensive Tackle | Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1991 | R4.09 | Randy Baldwin | Running Back | Minnesota Vikings | Estimated |
| 1990 | R1.18 | Tony Bennett | Linebacker |  Green Bay Packers | Estimated |
| 1989 | R2.28 | Wesley Walls | Tight End |  San Francisco 49ers | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | R7.14 | Stevon Moore | Defensive Back |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 1987 | R7.23 | Bill Smith | Punter | Green Bay Packers | Estimated |
| 1985 | R1.18 | Freddie Joe Nunn | Defensive End |  St. Louis Cardinals | Estimated |
| 1985 | R3.23 | Tim Moffett | Wide Receiver |  Los Angeles Raiders | Estimated |
| 1985 | R5.17 | Lee Davis | Defensive Back |  Cincinnati Bengals | Estimated |
| 1985 | R7.05 | James Harbour | Wide Receiver |  Indianapolis Colts | Estimated |
| 1984 | R2.18 | Andre Townsend | Defensive End |  Denver Broncos | 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
13th-best Ole Miss tenure of 17 by the numbers.
Followed Steve Sloan (1978–1982) · succeeded by Joe Lee Dunn (1994).
| Season | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||
| Record | 6-6 | 4-6-1 | 4-6-1 | 8-3-1 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 8-4 | 9-3 | 5-6 | 9-3 | 5-6 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | — | — | W bowl | — | — | W bowl | L 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Followed Larry Beightol (1979) · succeeded by Joe Peace (1988–1995).
2 NFL Draft picks: Johnny Robinson (1981), Ed Jackson (1982)
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 Ole Miss
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+2.6 pts at Ole Miss · #518 of 1290 · middle half