Jim Lambright
Jim Lambright went 44–25–1 as a head coach, 1993–1998, at Washington. Share
- Record
- 44–25–1 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1996 9–3, No. 16
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Washington | 7–4 | 4th | |||
| 1994 | Washington | 7–4 | 5th | |||
| 1995 | Washington | 7–4–1 | T–1st | Sun Bowl L | ||
| 1996 | Washington | 9–3 | 2nd | Holiday Bowl L | 16 | |
| 1997 | Washington | 8–4 | 4th | Aloha Bowl W | 18 | |
| 1998 | Washington | 6–6 | T–5th | Oahu Bowl L |
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
Benji OlsonConsensus All‑American, 1996- Napoleon KaufmanNo. 18 pick, 1995
- Mark BruenerNo. 27 pick, 1995
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 | 28 | 10–17–1 | 38% |
| Against top-10 teams | 8 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 6–6 | 50% |
| Conference games | 48 | 31–16–1 | 66% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 20 | 10–9–1 | 53% |
| At home | 36 | 27–8–1 | 76% |
| On the road | 30 | 16–14 | 53% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 49 | 36–12–1 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 21 | 8–13 | 38% |
His own 70 games on file, 1993–1998, 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.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Snyder 1993–1998 | 4–2 | Arizona State | 6 | |
| Mike Price 1993–1998 | 4–2 | Washington State | 6 | |
| John Robinson 1993–1997 | 2–2–1 | USC | 5 | |
| Jerry Pettibone 1993–1996 | 4–0 | Oregon State | 4 | |
| Dick Tomey 1995–1998 | 3–1 | Arizona | 4 | |
| Mike Bellotti 1995–1998 | 1–3 | Oregon | 4 | |
| John Ralston 1993–1996 | 3–0 | San José State | 3 | |
| LaVell Edwards 1996–1998 | 3–0 | BYU | 3 | |
| Terry Donahue 1993–1995 | 2–1 | UCLA | 3 | |
| John Cooper 1993–1995 | 1–2 | Ohio State | 3 |
Jim Lambright’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon Stateseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Washington Stateseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| UCLAseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| USCseries | 6 | 2–3–1 |
| Oregonseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Californiaseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Arizonaseries | 4 | 3–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Washington’s 1991 staff (defensive coordinator) · 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 | Fife HS (WA) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1966–68 | Shoreline CC | Assistant coach | |
| 1969–77 | Washington | Assistant coach | |
| 1978–92 | Washington | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1993–98 | Washington | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chris TormeyIdaho, Nevada, Washington
- Jeff WoodruffEastern Michigan
- Scott LinehanSt. Louis Rams
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Owens | Washington | 1969–74 | Assistant coach | |
| Don James | Washington | 1975–92 | 1975–77: assistant coach; 1978–92: defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Tormey | Washington, 1993–94: defensive coordinator | Idaho, Nevada, Washington | |
| Jeff Woodruff | Washington, 1993: offensive coordinator | Eastern Michigan | |
| Scott Linehan | Washington, 1996–98: offensive coordinator | St. Louis Rams |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Randy Hart | Washington, 1993–94: defensive line coach; 1995–98: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Bill Diedrick | Washington, 1994–95: offensive coordinator | |
| Phil Elmassian | Washington, 1995: assistant coach | |
| Ikaika Malloe | Washington, 1997–98: graduate assistant |
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.