Bob Valesente
Bob Valesente went 4–17–1 as a head coach, 1986–1987, at Kansas. Share
- Record
- 4–17–1 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1986 3–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Kansas | 3–8 | 8th | |||
| 1987 | Kansas | 1–9–1 | 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.
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 | 6 | 0–5–1 | 8% |
| Conference games | 14 | 0–13–1 | 4% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 2–3–1 | 42% |
| At home | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| On the road | 9 | 0–8–1 | 6% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 0–11–1 | 4% |
His own 22 games on file, 1986–1987, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinoisseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Coloradoseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Missouriseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Nebraskaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Oklahomaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 2 | 0–1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964–74 | Cornell | Assistant coach | |
| 1975–76 | Cincinnati | Assistant coach | |
| 1977–79 | Arizona | Assistant coach | |
| 1980–81 | Mississippi State | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1982–83 | Baltimore Colts NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1984–85 | Kansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1986–87 | Kansas | Head coach | |
| 1988 | Maryland | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1989 | Pittsburgh | Defensive coordinator and assistant head coach | |
| 1990–91 | Pittsburgh Steelers NFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 1992–94 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 1995–98 | Green Bay Packers NFL | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1999 | Carolina Panthers NFL | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2001–03 | Frankfurt Galaxy NFL Europe | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2014–17 | Equipe de France de Football Américain | Defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Tom HarpCornell
- Jack MusickCornell
- Tony MasonCincinnati, Arizona
- Emory BellardMississippi State
- Mike GottfriedKansas, Pittsburgh
- Joe KrivakMaryland
- Paul HackettPittsburgh
- Doug GraberFrankfurt Galaxy
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jan QuarlessEastern Michigan, Southern Illinois, Bowling Green, Northwestern, Wake Forest
- Lou WestIndiana State
- Steve HagenWartburg
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Harp | Cornell | 1964–65 | Assistant coach | |
| Jack Musick | Cornell | 1966–74 | Assistant coach | |
| Tony Mason | Cincinnati | 1975–76 | Assistant coach | |
| Tony Mason | Arizona | 1977–79 | Assistant coach | |
| Emory Bellard | Mississippi State | 1980–81 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Gottfried | Kansas | 1984–85 | Assistant coach | |
| Joe Krivak | Maryland | 1988 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Paul Hackett | Pittsburgh | 1989 | Defensive coordinator and assistant head coach | |
| Mike Gottfried | Pittsburgh | 1989 | Defensive coordinator and assistant head coach | |
| Doug Graber | Frankfurt Galaxy pro | 2001–03 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Quarless | Kansas, 1986–87: offensive line coach | Eastern Michigan, Southern Illinois, Bowling Green, Northwestern, Wake Forest | |
| Lou West | Kansas, 1986–87: defensive backs coach | Indiana State | |
| Steve Hagen | Kansas, 1986: graduate assistant | Wartburg |
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.