Sam Robertson

Head coach, Louisiana, 1980 to 1985

College career29-34-2

Program liftNo. 704tied · 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. Just 1-3 against Jim Carmody.

Rivalry record

1-4

20.0% · 1 rival

One-score games

14-15-2

45.2% · margin ≤8

Against Blue Bloods or better

0-1

0.0%

Rivalry ledger

UL Monroe1-420%

The toughest matchup

vs. Jim Carmody1-3

4 meetings, 1982–1985

’82 L’83 L’84 W’85 L

25% win rate across a real, 4-meeting series — short of the bar this site uses before badging a series “Nemesis.” Shown here as the toughest matchup on record, not an algorithmic crown.

Performance by opponent class

Blue Blood

0-1 0.0%

Power Program

0-2 0.0%

National Program

8-8 50.0%

Regional Program

10-12 45.5%

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 (1980-1985) 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 least1Drafted

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 1 — his 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 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 · 1 estimated

Most recent picks first

Year	Pick	Player	Pos	NFL team	Note
1985	R7.22	Charles Bennett	Defensive End	Chicago Bears	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.