Bill Doba
Bill Doba went 30–29 as a head coach, 2003–2007, at Washington State. Share
- Record
- 30–29 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 2003 10–3, No. 9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Washington State | 10–3 | 2nd | Holiday Bowl W | 9 | |
| 2004 | Washington State | 5–6 | 7th | |||
| 2005 | Washington State | 4–7 | T–8th | |||
| 2006 | Washington State | 6–6 | T–5th | |||
| 2007 | Washington State | 5–7 | T–7th |
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.
Players he coached
Jerome HarrisonConsensus All‑American, 2005
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 19 | 4–15 | 21% |
| Against top-10 teams | 11 | 2–9 | 18% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 8–2 | 80% |
| Conference games | 42 | 17–25 | 40% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 24 | 10–14 | 42% |
| At home | 29 | 15–14 | 52% |
| On the road | 29 | 14–15 | 48% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 31 | 22–9 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 28 | 8–20 | 29% |
His own 59 games on file, 2003–2007, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Dorrell 2003–2007 | 4–1 | UCLA | 5 | |
| Mike Bellotti 2003–2007 | 2–3 | Oregon | 5 | |
| Mike Riley 2003–2007 | 2–3 | Oregon State | 5 | |
| Pete Carroll 2003–2007 | 0–5 | USC | 5 | |
| Tyrone Willingham 2003–2007 | 2–2 | Notre Dame, Washington | 4 | |
| Dirk Koetter 2003–2006 | 1–3 | Arizona State | 4 | |
| Mike Stoops 2004–2007 | 1–2 | Arizona | 3 | |
| Jeff Tedford 2005–2007 | 0–3 | California | 3 |
Bill Doba’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Idahoseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| UCLAseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Stanfordseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Washingtonseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Oregonseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| USCseries | 5 | 0–5 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962–64 | Goshen HS (IN) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1965–66 | Angola HS (IN) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1968–70 | Goshen HS (IN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1971–76 | Mishawaka HS (IN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1977–82 | Indiana | Assistant coach | |
| 1983–86 | Purdue | Assistant coach | |
| 1987–88 | Citadel | Defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| 1989–90 | Washington State | Linebackers coach | |
| 1991–93 | Washington State | Assistant head coach and linebackers coach | |
| 1994–2002 | Washington State | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2003–07 | Washington State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Lee CorsoIndiana
- Leon BurtnettPurdue
- Charlie TaaffeThe Citadel
- Mike PriceWashington State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Leon BurtnettPurdue
- Robb AkeyIdaho, Oregon State
- Robin PflugradMontana, Phoenix
- Timm RosenbachAdams State
- Cory HallOregon State
- Pete SterbickMcPherson, Colorado School of Mines
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Corso | Indiana | 1977–82 | Assistant coach | |
| Leon Burtnett | Purdue | 1983–86 | Assistant coach | |
| Charlie Taaffe | The Citadel | 1987–88 | Defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Mike Price | Washington State | 1989–2002 | 1989–90: linebackers coach; 1991–93: assistant head coach and linebackers coach; 1994–2002: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Burtnett | Washington State, 2003–07: linebackers coach | Purdue | |
| Robb Akey | Washington State, 2003–06: defensive coordinator | Idaho, Oregon State | |
| Robin Pflugrad | Washington State, 2003–05: tight ends coach, recruiting coordinator and assistant head coach | Montana, Phoenix | |
| Timm Rosenbach | Washington State, 2003–07: quarterbacks coach | Adams State | |
| Cory Hall | Washington State, 2005: graduate assistant | Oregon State | |
| Pete Sterbick | Washington State, 2005–07: graduate assistant | McPherson, Colorado School of Mines |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| George Yarno | Washington State, 2003–07: offensive line coach | |
| Kelly Skipper | Washington State, 2003–06: running backs and special teams coach | |
| Mike Levenseller | Washington State, 2003–07: wide receivers 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Washington State | head coachbonuses up to $255,000 | $656,460 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2006 | Washington State | head coachbonuses up to $255,000 | $599,042 USA Today via Leeds |
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Doba’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 30% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 54% of plays and took 21.4 seconds a play, 2004–2007.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | 15 of 111 14% | 23% | 50% | 18.8 | −0.16 | |
| 2005 7 g | 9 of 54 17% | 31% | 46% | 20.9 | +0.08 | |
| 2006 8 g | 9 of 61 15% | 25% | 56% | 26.0 | 0.00 | |
| 2007 11 g | 23 of 91 25% | 40% | 62% | 21.0 | −0.02 | |
| All 37 g | 56 of 317 18% | 30% | 54% | 21.4 | −0.04 |
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.