Doug Scovil

Head coach, San Diego State, 1981 to 1985

College career24-32-3

Program liftNo. 953tied · of 1,290 tenures since 1937

Now

Career arc

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.

Winless in 5 tries against LaVell Edwards.

One-score games

8-11-3

36.4% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-2

0.0%

The toughest matchup

vs. LaVell Edwards0-5

5 meetings, 1981–1985

’81 L’82 L’83 L’84 L’85 L

0% win rate across a real, 5-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-2 0.0%

Power Program

0-6 0.0%

National Program

6-4 60.0%

Regional Program

16-18 47.1%

Building the roster

Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.

1Roster ownership
2The NFL pipeline

Roster ownership

This coach's entire tenure (1981-1985) 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

at least13Drafted

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.

At least 13 — his 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 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.

0 roster-verified · 13 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1986	R2.16	Webster Slaughter	Wide Receiver	Cleveland Browns	Estimated
1986	R4.16	Dan Knight	Offensive Tackle	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1986	R5.20	Vince Warren	Wide Receiver	New York Giants	Estimated
1985	R2.05	Tory Nixon	Defensive Back	Washington Redskins	Estimated
1985	R3.06	James Johnson	Linebacker	Detroit Lions	Estimated
1985	R3.15	Rich Moran	Offensive Guard	Green Bay Packers	Estimated
1984	R3.23	Sean McNanie	Defensive End	Buffalo Bills	Estimated
1983	R3.04	Clinton Sampson	Wide Receiver	Denver Broncos	Estimated

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1983	R3.23	Todd Seabaugh	Linebacker	Pittsburgh Steelers	Estimated
1983	R4.01	Phil Smith	Wide Receiver	Baltimore Colts	Estimated
1983	R4.27	Doug Reed	Defensive End	Los Angeles Rams	Estimated
1982	R2.21	Matt Kofler	Quarterback	Buffalo Bills	Estimated
1982	R2.22	Vernon Dean	Defensive Back	Washington Redskins	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.