Jim Fassel

Head coach, Utah, 1985 to 1989

College career25-33

Program liftNo. 1,054tied · 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.

1-4 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Fisher DeBerry.

Rivalry record

1-4

20.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

12-9

57.1% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

BYU1-420%

The toughest matchupNemesis

vs. Fisher DeBerry0-5

5 meetings, 1985–1989

’85 L’86 L’87 L’88 L’89 L

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

1-7 12.5%

National Program

4-12 25.0%

Regional Program

16-13 55.2%

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 (1985-1989) 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.

The NFL pipeline

at least2Drafted

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 2 — the draft class following his 1987 season is missing from this table entirely; and his 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989 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 · 2 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1990	R4.12	Scott Mitchell	Quarterback	Miami Dolphins	Estimated
1986	R5.12	Erroll Tucker	Defensive Back	Pittsburgh Steelers	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.