Bill Blankenship
Bill Blankenship went 24–27 as a head coach, 2011–2014, at Tulsa. Share
- Record
- 24–27 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2012 11–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tulsa | 8–5 | 2nd | Armed Forces Bowl L | ||
| 2012 | Tulsa | 11–3 | 1st | Liberty Bowl W | 25 | |
| 2013 | Tulsa | 3–9 | 6th | |||
| 2014 | Tulsa | 2–10 | T–8th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Conference games | 32 | 18–14 | 56% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 9–7 | 56% |
| At home | 24 | 13–11 | 54% |
| On the road | 24 | 9–15 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 33 | 22–11 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 18 | 2–16 | 11% |
His own 51 games on file, 2011–2014, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George O’Leary 2011–2014 | 3–1 | UCF | 4 | |
| David Bailiff 2011–2013 | 2–1 | Rice | 3 | |
| Doc Holliday 2011–2013 | 2–1 | Marshall | 3 | |
| Curtis Johnson 2012–2014 | 2–1 | Tulane | 3 | |
| Paul Rhoads 2012–2013 | 1–2 | Iowa State | 3 | |
| Bob Stoops 2011–2014 | 0–3 | Oklahoma | 3 |
Bill Blankenship’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| UCFseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Tulaneseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| UTEPseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Riceseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Marshallseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| SMUseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Houstonseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–89 | Spiro HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1990–91 | Edmond Memorial HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1992–2005 | Union HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 2007 | Tulsa | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2008 | Tulsa | Special teams coach | |
| 2009–10 | Tulsa | Special teams and running backs coach | |
| 2011–14 | Tulsa | Head coach | |
| 2016 | Fayetteville HS (AR) high school | Head coach | |
| 2017–23 | Owasso HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 2025–present | Owasso HS (OK) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Todd GrahamTulsa
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brent GuyUtah State
- Denver JohnsonMurray State, Illinois State, Missouri Southern
- Scott DowningSterling, Northern Colorado
- Van MaloneHampton
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Graham | Tulsa | 2007–10 | 2007: wide receivers coach; 2008: special teams coach; 2009–10: special teams and running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Guy | Tulsa, 2011–14: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Utah State | |
| Denver Johnson | Tulsa, 2011–14: offensive line coach | Murray State, Illinois State, Missouri Southern | |
| Scott Downing | Tulsa, 2011–14: assistant head coach and special teams and tight ends coach | Sterling, Northern Colorado | |
| Van Malone | Tulsa, 2011: defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator | Hampton |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Peterson | Tulsa, 2011–13: offensive coordinator | |
| Holmon Wiggins | Tulsa, 2011: running backs coach | |
| Jason Semore | Tulsa, 2011: outside linebackers coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Blankenship’s teams went for it on 24% of fourth downs and on 35% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 46% of plays and took 20.3 seconds a play, 2011–2014.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 12 g | 13 of 86 15% | 22% | 47% | 20.1 | 0.00 | |
| 2012 14 g | 37 of 135 27% | 41% | 41% | 20.1 | −0.04 | |
| 2013 12 g | 30 of 123 24% | 33% | 47% | 17.4 | −0.14 | |
| 2014 11 g | 27 of 107 25% | 39% | 51% | 24.1 | 0.00 | |
| All 49 g | 107 of 451 24% | 35% | 46% | 20.3 | −0.05 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.