Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 1-3
1997Humanitarian BowlW 35-19
2000Motor City BowlL 14-25
2001Motor City BowlL 16-23
2002New Orleans BowlL 19-24
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.
7-10 against his rivals. Just 2-5 against Jeff Bower.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1994-2003) 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.
Where he recruits
is his biggest recruiting state: 14 of 41 signees (34%) across his 2002–2003 classes on record (his tenure ran 1994–2003), drawn from 12 states in all. Next: CA (6).
54% of his signees come from OH and its 5 border states (KY 6, PA 2).
The map counts signed recruits across his tenure; the distance figures cover his current roster, transfers and walk-ons included. Two different groups, kept separate on purpose.
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.
At least 13 — the draft class following his 1995 season is missing from this table entirely.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | R3.03 | Antwan Peek | Linebacker |  Houston Texans | Estimated |
| 2003 | R5.24 | Jon Olinger | Wide Receiver |  Atlanta Falcons | Estimated |
| 2003 | R7.06 | Blue Adams | Defensive Back |  Detroit Lions | Estimated |
| 2002 | R7.01 | LaVar Glover | Defensive Back |  Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 2001 | R6.23 | Mario Monds | Defensive Tackle |  Washington Redskins | Estimated |
| 1999 | R6.35 | Chad Plummer | Wide Receiver |  Denver Broncos | Estimated |
| 1998 | R2.13 | Artrell Hawkins | Defensive Back |  Cincinnati Bengals | Estimated |
| 1998 | R3.18 | Brad Jackson | Linebacker |  Miami Dolphins | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | R4.19 | Jason Fabini | Offensive Tackle |  New York Jets | Estimated |
| 1998 | R6.28 | Derrick Ransom | Defensive Tackle |  Kansas City Chiefs | Estimated |
| 1998 | R7.48 | Rodrick Monroe | Tight End |  Dallas Cowboys | Estimated |
| 1997 | R5.06 | Sam Garnes | Defensive Back |  New York Giants | Estimated |
| 1997 | R6.20 | Robert Tate | Wide Receiver |  Minnesota Vikings | 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.
Builder meaningfully raised a program that wasn't one
13th-best Cincinnati tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Followed Tim Murphy (1989–1993) · succeeded by Mark Dantonio (2004–2006).
| Season | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||
| Record | 2-8-1 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 8-4 | 2-9 | 3-8 | 7-5 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 5-7 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | W bowl | — | — | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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 Cincinnati
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+14.2 pts at Cincinnati · #132 of 1290 · top quarter