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Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 0-1
1976Independence BowlL 16-20Stats
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.
Just 1-3 against Frank Broyles.
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.
1-11 against his rivals at TCU. Winless in 6 tries against Bill Yeoman.
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.
1-11 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Fred Akers.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
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TCU1977Players 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 (1977-1982) 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.
At least 5 — his 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | R4.26 | Greg Townsend | Defensive End |  Los Angeles Raiders | Estimated |
| 1983 | R6.11 | Darrell Patterson | Linebacker |  New York Giants | Estimated |
| 1980 | R7.05 | Wesley Roberts | Defensive End |  Baltimore Colts | Estimated |
| 1978 | R4.14 | Mike Renfro | Wide Receiver |  Houston Oilers | Estimated |
| 1978 | R7.13 | James Wright | Tight End |  Atlanta Falcons | 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
13th-best TCU tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Followed Jim Shofner (1974–1976) · succeeded by Jim Wacker (1983–1991).
7th-best Tulsa tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Followed Claude Gibson (1970–1972) · succeeded by John Cooper (1977–1984).
| Season | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 3-2 | 6-5 | 8-3 | 7-4 | 7-4-1 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | |
8 NFL Draft picks: Drane Scrivener (1973), Arthur Moore (1973), Jeb Blount (1976), Wes Hamilton (1976), Rick Engles (1976), Greg Fairchild (1976), Steve Largent (1976), Steve August (1977)
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+9.2 pts at Tulsa · #241 of 1290 · top quarter