Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-0
1987California BowlW 30-27Stats
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.
7-9 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Dennis Stolz.
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 (1983-1992) 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
4th-best Eastern Michigan tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Followed Bob LaPointe (1982) · succeeded by Jan Quarless (1992).
| Season | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||
| Record | 1-10 | 2-7-2 | 4-7 | 6-5 | 10-2 | 6-3-1 | 7-3-1 | 2-9 | 3-7-1 | 0-4 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | W 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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.
2nd all-time at Eastern Michigan
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+5.5 pts at Eastern Michigan · #368 of 1290 · middle half