Jim Strong

Head coach, UNLV, 1990 to 1993

College career17-27

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.

0-5 against his rivals. Nobody he faced three or more times has a winning record against him.

Rivalry record

0-5

0.0% · 2 rivals

One-score games

6-4

60.0% · margin ≤8

Rivalry ledger

Nevada0-40%

Hawai'i0-10%

Closest series

vs. Jim Hess2-2

4 meetings, 1990–1993

’90 W’91 W’92 L’93 L

Performance by opponent class

Power Program

0-2 0.0%

National Program

1-7 12.5%

Regional Program

9-11 45.0%

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 (1990-1993) 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 — his 1990, 1991, 1992 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
1994	R6.23	Jerry Reynolds	Offensive Tackle	Cincinnati Bengals	Estimated
1993	R5.23	Lonnie Palelei	Offensive Guard	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.