Gary Tranquill

Head coach, Navy, 1982 to 1986

College career20-34-1

Program liftNo. 1,014tied · 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.

3-7 against his rivals. Just 1-4 against Dick MacPherson.

Rivalry record

3-7

30.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

5-12-1

27.8% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-6

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

Air Force0-50%

Army3-260%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Dick MacPherson1-4

5 meetings, 1982–1986

’82 W’83 L’84 L’85 L’86 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-6 0.0%

Power Program

2-5 28.6%

National Program

2-11 15.4%

Regional Program

8-9 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 (1982-1986) 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 least1Drafted

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 1 — his 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 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 · 1 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1986	R4.26	Napoleon McCallum	Running Back	Los Angeles Raiders	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.