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.
26-8 against his rivals. Just 1-6 against Darrell Royal.
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 (1947-1963) 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. 9 went in the first round.
At least 29 — his 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | R1.12 | Estimated | |||
| 1961 | R4.49 | Estimated | |||
| 1961 | R6.75 | Estimated | |||
| 1960 | R2.19 | Estimated | |||
| 1959 | R1.04 | Estimated | |||
| 1959 | R2.16 | Estimated | |||
| 1958 | R2.18 | Estimated | |||
| 1958 | R3.31 | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | R1.10 | Estimated | |||
| 1957 | R3.31 | Estimated | |||
| 1957 | R5.49 | Estimated | |||
| 1957 | R6.62 | Estimated | |||
| 1957 | R7.71 | Estimated | |||
| 1956 | R4.41 | Estimated | |||
| 1956 | R6.64 | Estimated | |||
| 1955 | R1.02 | Estimated | |||
| 1955 | R1.12 | Estimated | |||
| 1955 | R3.28 | Estimated | |||
| 1954 | R2.16 | Estimated | |||
| 1953 | R1.02 | Estimated | |||
| 1953 | R2.20 | Estimated | |||
| 1953 | R3.24 | Estimated | |||
| 1953 | R4.36 | Estimated | |||
| 1952 | R2.14 | Estimated | |||
| 1951 | R1.04 | Estimated | |||
| 1950 | R1.06 | Estimated | |||
| 1950 | R1.12 | Estimated | |||
| 1950 | R7.76 | Estimated | |||
| 1949 | R7.57 | 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.
Transformer raised the program into the sport's top tier, or higher within it
2nd-best Oklahoma tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed Jim Tatum (1946) · succeeded by Gomer Jones (1964–1965).
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.
3rd all-time at Oklahoma
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+43.6 pts at Oklahoma · #7 of 1290 · top quarter