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Career arc
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.
7-6 against his rivals at Western Michigan. Winless in 4 tries against Herb Deromedi.
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 Navy. Winless in 3 tries against Dick MacPherson.
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.
8-11 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Dick Crum.
Building the roster
One numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
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
16th-best Navy tenure of 18 by the numbers.
Followed Gary Tranquill (1982–1986) · succeeded by George Chaump (1990–1994).
5th-best Western Michigan tenure of 10 by the numbers.
Followed Bill Doolittle (1964–1974) · succeeded by Jack Harbaugh (1982–1986).
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+1.0 pts at Western Michigan · #613 of 1290 · middle half