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Career arc
Stats
Big games
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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.
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.
1-5 against his rivals at Wisconsin. Winless in 3 tries against Bo Schembechler.
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.
1-5 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Bo Schembechler.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
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Wisconsin1987Players 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 (1987-1989) 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.
Career
Coaching career
The arc of his career is on Now.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
12th-best Wisconsin tenure of 14 by the numbers.
Followed Jim Hilles (1986) · succeeded by Barry Alvarez (1990–2005).
Followed John Cooper (1977–1984) · succeeded by George Henshaw (1987).
3 NFL Draft picks: David Alexander (1987), Steve Gage (1987), Chris Pike (1987)
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
-10.6 pts at Wisconsin · #1226 of 1290 · bottom quarter