Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 0-1
1970Gator BowlL 28-35
Stats
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.
50-10 against his rivals at Ole Miss. Winless in 4 tries against Bill Edwards.
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.
1-2 against his rivals at Ole Miss.
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.
51-12 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Bill Edwards.
Building the roster
Two numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1947-1973) 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. 5 went in the first round.
At least 54 — his 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | R4.21 | Norris Weese | Quarterback |  Los Angeles Rams | Estimated |
| 1974 | R7.06 | Butch Veazey | Tight End |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 1971 | R1.02 | Archie Manning | Quarterback |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1971 | R4.10 | Wimpy Winther | Center | New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1971 | R4.25 | Buddy Mitchell | Offensive Tackle |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1971 | R5.24 | Fred Brister | Linebacker |  Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1971 | R6.21 | Dennis Coleman | Linebacker |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1971 | R6.24 | Wyck Neely | Defensive Back |  Philadelphia Eagles | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | R7.08 | Worthy McClure | Offensive Tackle | Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1970 | R5.02 | Glenn Cannon | Defensive Back | New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1970 | R7.25 | Hap Farber | Linebacker |  Minnesota Vikings | Estimated |
| 1968 | R2.08 | James Keyes | Linebacker | Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1968 | R2.22 | Mac Haik | Wide Receiver | Houston Oilers | Estimated |
| 1968 | R3.07 | Jim Urbanek | Offensive Tackle | Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| 1968 | R3.20 | Robert Vaughn | Offensive Tackle | Denver Broncos | Estimated |
| 1968 | R4.20 | Dan Sartin | Offensive Tackle | New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1968 | R4.23 | Alan Bush | Offensive Guard |  Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| 1968 | R7.14 | Jerry Richardson | Linebacker |  San Francisco 49ers | Estimated |
| 1967 | R5.17 | Gerald Warfield | Running Back |  Oakland Raiders | Estimated |
| 1967 | R6.12 | Doug Cunningham | Running Back |  San Francisco 49ers | Estimated |
| 1966 | R1.11 | Estimated | |||
| 1966 | R3.30 | Estimated | |||
| 1966 | R4.50 | Estimated | |||
| 1965 | R3.37 | Estimated | |||
| 1965 | R5.58 | Estimated | |||
| 1965 | R5.61 | Estimated | |||
| 1965 | R5.67 | Estimated | |||
| 1964 | R4.42 | Estimated | |||
| 1963 | R1.03 | Estimated | |||
| 1963 | R3.39 | Estimated | |||
| 1963 | R4.46 | Estimated | |||
| 1962 | R3.35 | Estimated | |||
| 1962 | R4.53 | Estimated | |||
| 1962 | R5.57 | Estimated | |||
| 1962 | R5.64 | Estimated | |||
| 1962 | R6.74 | Estimated | |||
| 1961 | R1.10 | Estimated | |||
| 1961 | R5.64 | Estimated | |||
| 1960 | R2.22 | Estimated | |||
| 1960 | R4.37 | Estimated | |||
| 1960 | R6.63 | Estimated | |||
| 1960 | R6.65 | Estimated | |||
| 1959 | R5.56 | Estimated | |||
| 1958 | R5.49 | Estimated | |||
| 1958 | R6.67 | Estimated | |||
| 1957 | R7.74 | Estimated | |||
| 1956 | R2.24 | Estimated | |||
| 1954 | R1.10 | Estimated | |||
| 1953 | R6.65 | Estimated | |||
| 1952 | R5.46 | Estimated | |||
| 1951 | R6.58 | Estimated | |||
| 1950 | R2.22 | Estimated | |||
| 1949 | R5.42 | Estimated | |||
| 1948 | R6.33 | 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.
Transformer raised the program into the sport's top tier, or higher within it
1st-best Ole Miss tenure of 17 by the numbers.
Followed Red Drew (1946) · succeeded by Billy Kinard (1971–1972) · returned in 1973 · succeeded by Ken Cooper (1974–1977).
| Season | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1973 | Trend |
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| Record & result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 9-2 | 8-1 | 4-5-1 | 5-5 | 6-3-1 | 8-1-2 | 7-2-1 | 9-2 | 10-1 | 7-3 | 9-1-1 | 9-2 | 10-1 | 10-0-1 | 9-2 | 10-0 | 7-1-2 | 5-5-1 | 7-4 | 8-3 | 6-4-1 | 7-3-1 | 8-3 | 7-4 | 5-3 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | L bowl | — | |
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| 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.
1st all-time at Ole Miss
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+43.5 pts at Ole Miss · #8 of 1290 · top quarter