David Lee, head coach at UTEP
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David Lee

David Lee went 11–⁠41–⁠1 as a head coach, 1989–⁠1993, at UTEP.

Record
11–⁠41–⁠1 career
Seasons
5
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1991 4–⁠7–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1407 in 1991
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1989UTEP2–⁠108th
1990UTEP3–⁠89th
1991UTEP4–⁠7–⁠1T–6th
1992UTEP1–⁠1010th
1993UTEP coached seven of 12 games1–⁠6

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 gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams70–⁠7
Against top-10 teams20–⁠2
Against rivals95–⁠4
Conference games355–⁠29–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer236–⁠16–⁠1
At home267–⁠19
On the road274–⁠22–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite158–⁠7
As our Elo’s underdog383–⁠34–⁠1

His own 53 games on file, 1989–⁠1993, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Bob Wagner 1989–⁠19932–⁠3Hawai’i5
Jim Hess 1990–⁠19932–⁠2New Mexico State4
Ron McBride 1990–⁠19931–⁠3Utah4
Al Luginbill 1989–⁠19920–⁠4San Diego State4
Earle Bruce 1989–⁠19920–⁠4Colorado State4
Fisher DeBerry 1989–⁠19920–⁠4Air Force4
LaVell Edwards 1989–⁠19920–⁠4BYU4
Mike Sheppard 1989–⁠19912–⁠1New Mexico3

David Lee’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
New Mexico Stateseries53–⁠2
Hawai’iseries52–⁠3
Utahseries51–⁠4
New Mexicoseries42–⁠2
San Diego Stateseries40–⁠4
Colorado Stateseries40–⁠4
BYUseries40–⁠4
Air Forceseries40–⁠4

Other roles

From each season’s Wikipedia article.

Career

YearsTeamJob
1975–⁠76Tennessee–MartinQuarterbacks and wide receivers coach
1977VanderbiltQuarterbacks coach
1978–⁠82Ole MissQuarterbacks coach
1983New MexicoOffensive coordinator
1984–⁠87ArkansasQuarterbacks coach and fullbacks coach
1988ArkansasOffensive coordinator
1989–⁠93UTEPHead coach
1994–⁠2000RiceOffensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach
2001–⁠02ArkansasQuarterbacks coach
2003–⁠04Dallas Cowboys NFLOffensive quality control coach
2005–⁠06Dallas Cowboys NFLQuarterbacks coach
2007ArkansasOffensive coordinator
2008–⁠10Miami Dolphins NFLQuarterbacks coach
2011Ole MissOffensive coordinator
2012Buffalo Bills NFLQuarterbacks coach
2013–⁠14New York Jets NFLQuarterbacks coach
2015–⁠16Buffalo Bills NFLQuarterbacks coach
2017Cleveland Browns NFLQuarterbacks coach
2019Memphis Express AAFQuarterbacks coach

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

David Lee

Assistants who became head coaches

Worked under (11)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
George MacIntyreUT Martin1975–⁠76Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach
Fred PancoastVanderbilt1977Quarterbacks coach
Steve SloanOle Miss1978–⁠82Quarterbacks coach
Joe Lee DunnNew Mexico1983Offensive coordinator
Ken HatfieldArkansas1984–⁠881984–⁠87: quarterbacks coach and fullbacks coach; 1988: offensive coordinator
Ken HatfieldRice1994–⁠2000Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach
Houston NuttArkansas2001–⁠072001–⁠02: quarterbacks coach; 2007: offensive coordinator
Bill ParcellsDallas Cowboys NFL2003–⁠062003–⁠04: offensive quality control coach; 2005–⁠06: quarterbacks coach
Reggie HerringArkansas2007Offensive coordinator
Houston NuttOle Miss2011Offensive coordinator
Chan GaileyBuffalo Bills NFL2012Quarterbacks coach
Rex RyanNew York Jets NFL2013–⁠14Quarterbacks coach
Rex RyanBuffalo Bills NFL2015–⁠16Quarterbacks coach
Hue JacksonCleveland Browns NFL2017Quarterbacks coach
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Andy McCollumUTEP, 1989–⁠93: assistant coachMiddle Tennessee, Sewanee
David CulleyUTEP, 1989–⁠90: offensive coordinator and running backs and wide receivers coachHouston Texans
Jeff McInerneyUTEP, 1989: linebackers coach and recruiting coordinatorCentral Connecticut
Charlie BaileyUTEP, 1990–⁠91, 1993: defensive coordinatorMemphis, UTEP
Pete KuharchekUTEP, 1991: linebackers coach; 1993: defensive backs coachRhein Fire
Sean KuglerUTEP, 1993: graduate assistantUTEP
Other assistants under him (4)
CoachWith him
Dave DunkelbergerUTEP, 1989: defensive coordinator
John BondUTEP, 1991–⁠93: quarterbacks coach
Johnnie Mac HollingerUTEP, 1991–⁠93: offensive coordinator
Mike TollesonUTEP, 1992: 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.