Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 0-4
1973Tangerine BowlL 7-16
1974Sugar BowlL 10-13
1975Gator BowlL 0-13
1976Sun BowlL 14-37Stats
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.
13-4 against his rivals at Tennessee. Just 2-4 against John Vaught.
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.
10-8 against his rivals at Florida. Winless in 5 tries against Bear Bryant.
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.
23-12 against his rivals. Just 3-7 against Bear Bryant.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
Tennessee→
Florida1970Players 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 (1970-1978) 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 21 — his 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | R7.13 | Don Swafford | Offensive Tackle |  Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| 1978 | R1.03 | Wes Chandler | Wide Receiver |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1978 | R2.10 | Scott Hutchinson | Defensive End |  Buffalo Bills | Estimated |
| 1978 | R4.07 | Terry LeCount | Wide Receiver |  San Francisco 49ers | Estimated |
| 1978 | R5.14 | Earl Carr | Running Back |  St. Louis Cardinals | Estimated |
| 1978 | R5.18 | Willie Wilder | Running Back |  Green Bay Packers | Estimated |
| 1978 | R6.21 | Tony Green | Running Back |  Washington Redskins | Estimated |
| 1976 | R2.01 | Sammy Green | Linebacker |  Seattle Seahawks | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | R2.02 | Jimmy DuBose | Running Back |  Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Estimated |
| 1976 | R4.19 | Mike Smith | Defensive End | Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| 1976 | R6.01 | Alvis Darby | Tight End | Seattle Seahawks | Estimated |
| 1976 | R7.17 | James Richards | Running Back |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 1975 | R1.14 | Glenn Cameron | Linebacker |  Cincinnati Bengals | Estimated |
| 1975 | R2.03 | Ralph Ortega | Linebacker |  Atlanta Falcons | Estimated |
| 1975 | R2.18 | Burton Lawless | Offensive Guard |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1974 | R3.26 | Nat Moore | Wide Receiver |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1974 | R4.18 | Vince Kendrick | Running Back | Atlanta Falcons | Estimated |
| 1974 | R5.09 | Joel Parker | Wide Receiver | New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1973 | R6.13 | Fred Abbott | Linebacker |  Minnesota Vikings | Estimated |
| 1972 | R1.14 | John Reaves | Quarterback | Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| 1971 | R1.20 | Jack Youngblood | Defensive End |  Los Angeles Rams | 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
18th-best Florida tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Followed Ray Graves (1960–1969) · succeeded by Charley Pell (1979–1984).
| Season | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||
| Record | 7-4 | 4-7 | 5-5-1 | 7-5 | 8-4 | 9-3 | 8-4 | 6-4-1 | 4-7 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | L bowl | L bowl | L bowl | L 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
7th-best Tennessee tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Followed Jim McDonald (1963) · succeeded by Bill Battle (1970–1976).
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+9.5 pts at Tennessee · #230 of 1290 · top quarter