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Career arc
Bowls and playoffs: 0-2
1977Independence BowlL 14-24Tulane
1980Hall of Fame ClassicL 15-34Stats
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.
2-6 against his rivals at Kansas State. Just 1-5 against Bob Devaney.
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.
2-2 against his rivals at Louisville. Just 1-4 against Richard Williamson.
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.
2-1 against his rivals at Tulane. Winless in 3 tries against Bobby Collins.
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.
6-9 against his rivals. Winless in 5 tries against Bobby Collins.
Building the roster
Three numbers on how he actually stocks a roster, from signing day to draft day.
Followed him here
Kansas State→
Louisville1975Louisville→
Tulane1980Players who transferred from his old program to his new one through the portal in the same year he made the move. Name-matching across data sources misses some, so every count is a floor, not an exact number.
Roster ownership
Roster ownership
This coach's entire tenure (1980-1982) 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 4 — his 1980, 1981, 1982 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | R4.19 | Lionel Washington | Defensive Back |  St. Louis Cardinals | Estimated |
| 1982 | R3.27 | Rodney Holman | Tight End |  Cincinnati Bengals | Estimated |
| 1982 | R6.03 | Marvin Lewis | Running Back |  New Orleans Saints | Estimated |
| 1982 | R7.01 | Jeff Roberts | Linebacker |  New England Patriots | 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 · Steady no large move in either direction on our stature ladder
10th-best Tulane tenure of 23 by the numbers.
Followed Larry Smith (1976–1979) · succeeded by Wally English (1983–1984).
| Season | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||
| Record | 7-5 | 6-5 | 4-7 | |
| Postseason | 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 | — | — | — | |
14th-best Louisville tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Followed Tom Alley (1973–1974) · succeeded by Bob Weber (1980–1984).
| Season | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 1-10 | 4-7 | 7-4-1 | 7-4 | 4-6-1 | |
| Postseason | — | — | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | |
2 NFL Draft picks: Dwayne Woodruff (1979), Otis Wilson (1980)
7th-best Kansas State tenure of 18 by the numbers.
Followed Doug Weaver (1960–1966) · succeeded by Ellis Rainsberger (1975–1977).
14 NFL Draft picks: Corny Davis (1969), Lynn Larson (1970), Manuel Barrera (1970), Mack Herron (1970), Clarence Scott (1971), Lynn Dickey (1971), Mike Montgomery (1971), Dean Shaternick (1971) + 6 more
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.
3rd all-time at Kansas State
Was he good?
Only one of the usual three angles is measurable for this era — raised the program.
+14.1 pts at Kansas State · #134 of 1290 · top quarter