Dave Roberts
Dave Roberts went 67–68–3 as a head coach, 1984–1998, at Western Kentucky, Northeast Louisiana and Baylor. Share
10 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1984–88 at Western Kentucky; 1989–93 at Northeast Louisiana. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 67–68–3 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1997 2–9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Western Kentucky * | 2–9 | ||||
| 1985 | Western Kentucky * | 4–7 | ||||
| 1986 | Western Kentucky * | 4–6–1 | ||||
| 1987 | Western Kentucky * | 7–4 | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | |||
| 1988 | Western Kentucky * | 9–4 | NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal L | |||
| 1989 | Northeast Louisiana * | 4–6–1 | 4th | |||
| 1990 | Northeast Louisiana * | 7–5 | 1st | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | ||
| 1991 | Northeast Louisiana * | 7–3–1 | 3rd | |||
| 1992 | Northeast Louisiana * | 10–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal L | ||
| 1993 | Northeast Louisiana * | 9–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | ||
| 1994–96: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1997 | Baylor | 2–9 | 6th (South) | |||
| 1998 | Baylor | 2–9 | 6th (South) | |||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Conference games | 16 | 2–14 | 13% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| At home | 10 | 3–7 | 30% |
| On the road | 12 | 1–11 | 8% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 19 | 3–16 | 16% |
His own 22 games on file, 1997–1998, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Texasseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Oklahomaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Texas Techseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| NC Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Kansasseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Eastern Kentucky | Assistant coach | |
| 1973–78 | Davidson | Assistant coach | |
| 1978–83 | Vanderbilt | Assistant coach | |
| 1984–88 | Western Kentucky | Head coach | |
| 1989–93 | Northeast Louisiana | Head coach | |
| 1994–96 | Notre Dame | Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 1997–98 | Baylor | Head coach | |
| 1999–2004 | South Carolina | Assistant coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dave FaggDavidson
- Ed FarrellDavidson
- Fred PancoastVanderbilt
- George MacIntyreVanderbilt
- Lou HoltzNotre Dame, South Carolina
Assistants who became head coaches
- Don PowersThe Citadel
- Norman JosephBelhaven, Louisiana Christian, Mississippi College
- Andy McCollumMiddle Tennessee, Sewanee
- Trooper TaylorDuke
- Eddie WilliamsonVMI
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Fagg | Davidson | 1973 | Assistant coach | |
| Ed Farrell | Davidson | 1974–76 | Assistant coach | |
| Fred Pancoast | Vanderbilt | 1978 | Assistant coach | |
| George MacIntyre | Vanderbilt | 1979–83 | Assistant coach | |
| Lou Holtz | Notre Dame | 1994–96 | Offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Lou Holtz | South Carolina | 1999–2004 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Powers | Western Kentucky, 1984: defensive coordinator | The Citadel | |
| Norman Joseph | UL Monroe, 1990–93: offensive coordinator | Belhaven, Louisiana Christian, Mississippi College | |
| Andy McCollum | Baylor, 1997–98: linebackers coach | Middle Tennessee, Sewanee | |
| Trooper Taylor | Baylor, 1997: graduate assistant and defensive backs and wide receivers coach | Duke | |
| Eddie Williamson | Baylor, 1998: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | VMI |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Darryl Drake | Western Kentucky, 1984: graduate assistant; 1985–88: wide receivers coach; Baylor, 1997: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Dave Huxtable | Western Kentucky, 1985–88: linebackers coach | |
| Rob Ryan | Western Kentucky, 1987: graduate assistant | |
| Mike Cassity | Baylor, 1997–98: defensive coordinator |
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.