Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-5-1
1970Sun BowlL 9-17
1972Sun BowlL 28-32
TEN1973Gator BowlW 28-19
1974Peach BowlT 6-6
South Carolina
1975Tangerine BowlL 7-20MIZ1979Hall of Fame ClassicL 14-24
1980Gator BowlL 9-37Stats
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.
3-1 against his rivals at West Virginia. Winless in 4 tries against Joe Paterno.
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.
7-5 against his rivals at Texas Tech. Just 1-4 against Darrell Royal.
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.
4-10 against his rivals at South Carolina. Just 2-5 against Vince Dooley.
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.
14-16 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Joe Paterno.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
West Virginia→
Texas Tech1970Texas Tech→
South Carolina1975Players 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 (1975-1981) 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. 3 went in the first round.
At least 7 — his 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | R6.21 | DeWayne Chivers | Tight End |  Buffalo Bills | Estimated |
| 1981 | R1.01 | George Rogers | Running Back |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1981 | R1.14 | Willie Scott | Tight End |  Kansas City Chiefs | Estimated |
| 1979 | R1.25 | Rick Sanford | Defensive Back |  New England Patriots | Estimated |
| 1977 | R5.12 | Clarence Williams | Running Back |  San Diego Chargers | Estimated |
| 1977 | R5.13 | Steve Courson | Offensive Guard |  Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1977 | R7.28 | Kevin Long | Running Back |  New York Jets | 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
7th-best South Carolina tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Followed Paul Dietzel (1966–1974) · succeeded by Richard Bell (1982).
| Season | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||
| Record | 7-5 | 6-5 | 5-7 | 5-5-1 | 8-4 | 8-4 | 6-6 | |
| Postseason | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
11th-best Texas Tech tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed J.T. King (1961–1969) · succeeded by Steve Sloan (1975–1977).
| Season | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 8-4 | 4-7 | 8-4 | 11-1 | 6-4-2 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | — | L bowl | W 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 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2 NFL Draft picks: Andre Tillman (1974), Lawrence Williams (1975)
11th-best West Virginia tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Followed Gene Corum (1960–1965) · succeeded by Bobby Bowden (1970–1975).
1 NFL Draft pick: Garrett Ford (1968)
All-time wins
Wins at programs this site tracks, 1936–present — one consistent count for every coach, not each program’s own historically reported total.
3rd all-time at South Carolina
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+10.6 pts at South Carolina · #201 of 1290 · top quarter