Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-0
1998Humanitarian BowlW 42-35
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.
2-2 against his rivals at Idaho. Nobody he faced three or more times there has a winning record against him.
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.
0-4 against his rivals at Nevada. Winless in 4 tries against John Robinson.
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.
2-6 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against John Robinson.
Building the roster
Four numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
Idaho→
Nevada2000Players 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 (2000-2003) 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: 29 of 39 signees (74%) across his 2002–2003 classes on record (his tenure ran 2000–2003), drawn from 6 states in all. Next: AZ (3).
90% of his signees come from CA and its 3 border states (AZ 3, NV 3).
Off this map: 2 signees to the north (WA 2), 1 to the west (AK) and 1 to the east (DC).
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. None can be traced to who brought them in — there’s no roster record for these players here.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | R3.23 | Jorge Cordova | Linebacker |  Jacksonville Jaguars | Estimated |
| 2004 | R5.17 | Maurice Mann | Wide Receiver |  Cincinnati Bengals | Estimated |
| 2003 | R3.07 | Nate Burleson | Wide Receiver |  Minnesota Vikings | 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
9th-best Nevada tenure of 11 by the numbers.
Followed Jeff Tisdel (1996–1999) · succeeded by Chris Ault (2004–2012).
1st-best Idaho tenure of 7 by the numbers.
Followed Dee Andros (1962–1964).
| Season | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 6-5 | 5-6 | 9-3 | 7-4 | |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | |
2 NFL Draft picks: Ryan Phillips (1997), Mao Tosi (2000)
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
-7.9 pts at Nevada · #1142 of 1290 · bottom quarter