Now
Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 2-5
1986Independence BowlL 17-20
1989All-American BowlW 49-21
1993John Hancock BowlL 10-41
1994Cotton Bowl ClassicL 14-55
1995Copper BowlW 55-41
1996Alamo BowlL 0-27
1998Independence BowlL 18-35Stats
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.
19-15 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Tom Osborne.
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 (1986-1999) 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.
At least 14 — the draft class following his 1987, 1995 seasons are missing from this table entirely; and his 1986, 1988, 1989, 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.
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | R5.01 | Anthony Malbrough | Defensive Back |  Cleveland Browns | Estimated |
| 2000 | R5.27 | Sammy Morris | Running Back |  Buffalo Bills | Estimated |
| 1999 | R2.27 | Montae Reagor | Defensive End |  Denver Broncos | Estimated |
| 1999 | R5.34 | Darwin Brown | Defensive Back | Denver Broncos | Estimated |
| 1998 | R7.36 | Tony Darden | Defensive Back |  Minnesota Vikings | Estimated |
| 1997 | R2.11 | Byron Hanspard | Running Back |  Atlanta Falcons | Estimated |
| 1994 | R3.26 | Bam Morris | Running Back |  Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1994 | R6.09 | Lloyd Hill | Wide Receiver |  Chicago Bears | Estimated |
| Year | Pick | Player | Pos | NFL team | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | R6.15 | Derrell Mitchell | Wide Receiver |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1991 | R4.05 | Sammy Walker | Defensive Back | Pittsburgh Steelers | Estimated |
| 1990 | R5.11 | James Gray | Running Back | New England Patriots | Estimated |
| 1989 | R2.23 | Billy Joe Tolliver | Quarterback |  San Diego Chargers | Estimated |
| 1987 | R2.05 | Roland Mitchell | Defensive Back | Buffalo Bills | Estimated |
| 1987 | R5.05 | Timmy Smith | Running Back |  Washington Redskins | 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.
Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
9th-best Texas Tech tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed Jerry Moore (1981–1985) · succeeded by Mike Leach (2000–2009).
| Season | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||||||
| Record | 0-1 | 6-4-1 | 5-6 | 9-3 | 4-7 | 6-5 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-6 | 9-3 | 7-5 | 6-5 | 7-5 | 6-5 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | — | — | W bowl | — | — | — | L bowl | L bowl | W 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 Texas Tech
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+10.3 pts at Texas Tech · #209 of 1290 · top quarter