Bill McCartney
Bill McCartney went 93–55–5 as a head coach, 1982–1994, at Colorado. His 1990 Colorado team claims the national title. Share
- Record
- 93–55–5 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 1
- National titles
- 1 claimed: 1990
- Hall of Fame
- 2013 inducted
- Best season
- 1990 11–1–1, No. 1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Colorado | 2–8–1 | T–6th | |||
| 1983 | Colorado | 4–7 | T–6th | |||
| 1984 | Colorado | 1–10 | 7th | |||
| 1985 | Colorado | 7–5 | T–3rd | Freedom Bowl L | ||
| 1986 | Colorado | 6–6 | 2nd | Bluebonnet Bowl L | ||
| 1987 | Colorado | 7–4 | 4th | |||
| 1988 | Colorado | 8–4 | 4th | Freedom Bowl L | ||
| 1989 | Colorado | 11–1 | 1st | Orange Bowl L | 4 | |
| 1990 | Colorado | 11–1–1 | 1st | Orange Bowl W | 1 | |
| 1991 | Colorado | 8–3–1 | T–1st | Blockbuster Bowl L | 20 | |
| 1992 | Colorado | 9–2–1 | 2nd | Fiesta Bowl L | 13 | |
| 1993 | Colorado | 8–3–1 | 2nd | Aloha Bowl W | 16 | |
| 1994 | Colorado | 11–1 | 2nd | Fiesta Bowl W | 3 |
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
Rashaan Salaam1994 Heisman- Darian HaganFifth in the 1989 Heisman vote
- Alfred Williams1990 Butkus Award
- Deon Figures1992 Jim Thorpe Award
- Chris Hudson1994 Jim Thorpe Award
- Michael WestbrookNo. 4 pick, 1995
- Barry HeltonConsensus All‑American, 1985 and 1986
- Joe GartenConsensus All‑American, 1989 and 1990
- Keith EnglishConsensus All‑American, 1988
- Tom RouenConsensus All‑American, 1989
- Jay LeeuwenburgConsensus All‑American, 1991
- Charles JohnsonNo. 17 pick, 1994
- Leonard RenfroNo. 24 pick, 1993
- Mike PritchardNo. 13 pick, 1991
- Jim Hansen1992 William V. Campbell Trophy
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 52 | 20–31–1 | 39% |
| Against top-10 teams | 31 | 8–22–1 | 27% |
| Against rivals | 33 | 19–12–2 | 61% |
| Conference games | 91 | 58–29–4 | 66% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 50 | 23–22–5 | 51% |
| At home | 79 | 51–26–2 | 66% |
| On the road | 64 | 39–23–2 | 63% |
| At neutral sites | 10 | 3–6–1 | 35% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 92 | 76–12–4 | 85% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 61 | 17–43–1 | 29% |
His own 153 games on file, 1982–1994, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Osborne 1982–1994 | 3–9–1 | Nebraska | 13 | |
| Pat Jones 1984–1994 | 7–4 | Oklahoma State | 11 | |
| Jim Walden 1982–1994 | 9–0 | Washington State, Iowa State | 9 | |
| Glen Mason 1988–1994 | 7–0 | Kansas | 7 | |
| Barry Switzer 1982–1988 | 0–7 | Oklahoma | 7 | |
| Bill Snyder 1989–1994 | 5–0–1 | Kansas State | 6 | |
| Gary Gibbs 1989–1994 | 5–0–1 | Oklahoma | 6 | |
| Bob Stull 1989–1993 | 5–0 | Missouri | 5 | |
| Leon Fuller 1983–1988 | 4–1 | Colorado State | 5 | |
| Woody Widenhofer 1985–1988 | 4–0 | Missouri | 4 |
Bill McCartney’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kansasseries | 13 | 12–1 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 13 | 11–2 |
| Missouriseries | 13 | 10–3 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 13 | 10–2–1 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 13 | 7–5–1 |
| Oklahomaseries | 13 | 5–7–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 13 | 3–9–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 7 | 6–1 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 1989 Colorado: Bear Bryant Award, Eddie Robinson and Walter Camp Coach
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Colorado’s 1990 staff (head coach) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965–68 | Holy Redeemer HS (MI) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1969–73 | Divine Child HS (MI) high school | Head coach | |
| 1974–76 | Michigan | Defensive ends coach | |
| 1977–81 | Michigan | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1982–94 | Colorado | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bo SchembechlerMichigan
Assistants who became head coaches
- Dale EvansSalem
- Gerry DiNardoVanderbilt, LSU, Indiana, Birmingham Thunderbolts
- Jim CaldwellWake Forest, Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions
- Les MilesOklahoma State, LSU, Kansas
- Ron DickersonTemple, Alabama State, Lambuth
- Ron TaylorNortheast Missouri State, Quincy
- Lou TepperIllinois, Edinboro, IU Pennsylvania
- Ron VanderlindenMaryland
- Gary BarnettNorthwestern, Colorado
- Mike HankwitzArizona, Colorado
- Steve LoganEast Carolina, Hutchinson
- Bob SimmonsOklahoma State
- and 8 more
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Schembechler | Michigan | 1974–81 | 1974–76: defensive ends coach; 1977–81: defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (20)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Evans | Colorado, 1982: defensive coordinator | Salem | |
| Gerry DiNardo | Colorado, 1982: defensive line coach; 1983: offensive line coach; 1984–90: offensive coordinator | Vanderbilt, LSU, Indiana, Birmingham Thunderbolts | |
| Jim Caldwell | Colorado, 1982–84: wide receivers coach | Wake Forest, Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions | |
| Les Miles | Colorado, 1982–86: offensive line coach | Oklahoma State, LSU, Kansas | |
| Ron Dickerson | Colorado, 1982–84: cornerbacks coach | Temple, Alabama State, Lambuth | |
| Ron Taylor | Colorado, 1982: running backs coach; 1983: offensive coordinator | Northeast Missouri State, Quincy | |
| Lou Tepper | Colorado, 1983–85: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 1986–87: assistant head coach | Illinois, Edinboro, IU Pennsylvania | |
| Ron Vanderlinden | Colorado, 1983–91: defensive line coach | Maryland | |
| Gary Barnett | Colorado, 1984–91: running backs coach; 1985–90: quarterbacks and fullbacks coach; 1991: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and fullbacks coach | Northwestern, Colorado | |
| Mike Hankwitz | Colorado, 1985–87: outside linebackers and punters coach; 1988: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers and punters coach; 1989, 1991: defensive coordinator and punters coach; 1990: defensive coordinator and defensive backs and punters coach; 1992–94: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers and punters coach | Arizona, Colorado | |
| Steve Logan | Colorado, 1985–86: running backs coach | East Carolina, Hutchinson | |
| Bob Simmons | Colorado, 1988–91: outside linebackers coach; 1992–94: defensive line coach | Oklahoma State | |
| Brian Cabral | Colorado, 1989: graduate assistant; 1990–94: inside linebackers coach | Colorado | |
| Jon Embree | Colorado, 1991: volunteer assistant coach; 1993–94: tight ends coach | Colorado | |
| Les Steckel | Colorado, 1991: wide receivers coach; 1992: offensive coordinator | Minnesota Vikings | |
| Scott Wachenheim | Colorado, 1991: graduate assistant | VMI | |
| Karl Dorrell | Colorado, 1992–93: wide receivers coach | UCLA, Colorado | |
| David Gibbs | Colorado, 1993–94: graduate assistant | Houston | |
| Elliot Uzelac | Colorado, 1993–94: offensive coordinator | Western Michigan, Navy | |
| Rick Neuheisel | Colorado, 1994: quarterbacks coach and receivers coach | Colorado, Washington, UCLA, Arizona Hotshots, Dallas Renegades |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Clark | Colorado, 1987–88: defensive backs coach | |
| Zaven Yaralian | Colorado, 1988–89: defensive backs coach | |
| Greg Brown | Colorado, 1991–93: defensive backs coach | |
| Chuck Heater | Colorado, 1993: recruiting coordinator; 1994: defensive backs 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.
Films and books
On film
In books
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA). Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.