John Bunting
John Bunting went 65–59–2 as a head coach, 1988–2006, at Glassboro State, Rowan and North Carolina. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1988–91 at Glassboro State; 1992 at Rowan. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 65–59–2 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2001 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Glassboro State * | 5–5 | 4th | |||
| 1989 | Glassboro State * | 5–3–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1990 | Glassboro State * | 7–3 | T–4th | |||
| 1991 | Glassboro State * | 9–2 | 1st | NCAA Division III First Round L | ||
| 1992 | Rowan * | 12–1 | 1st | NCAA Division III Semifinal L | ||
| 1993–00: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2001 | North Carolina | 8–5 | 3rd | Peach Bowl W | ||
| 2002 | North Carolina | 3–9 | 8th | |||
| 2003 | North Carolina | 2–10 | 9th | |||
| 2004 | North Carolina | 6–6 | T–3rd | Continental Tire Bowl L | ||
| 2005 | North Carolina | 5–6 | 4th (Coastal) | |||
| 2006 | North Carolina | 3–9 | 5th (Coastal) | |||
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.
Players he coached
Ryan SimsNo. 6 pick, 2002
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 | 24 | 3–21 | 13% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against rivals | 23 | 13–10 | 57% |
| Conference games | 48 | 18–30 | 38% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 31 | 17–14 | 55% |
| At home | 37 | 16–21 | 43% |
| On the road | 32 | 10–22 | 31% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 16 | 11–5 | 69% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 56 | 16–40 | 29% |
His own 72 games on file, 2001–2006, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Amato 2001–2006 | 4–2 | NC State | 6 | |
| Al Groh 2001–2006 | 2–4 | Virginia | 6 | |
| Jim Grobe 2001–2006 | 2–3 | Wake Forest | 5 | |
| Chan Gailey 2002–2006 | 1–4 | Georgia Tech | 5 | |
| Ted Roof 2003–2006 | 3–1 | Duke | 4 | |
| Bobby Bowden 2001–2004 | 1–3 | Florida State | 4 | |
| Tommy Bowden 2001–2006 | 1–3 | Clemson | 4 | |
| Ralph Friedgen 2001–2005 | 0–4 | Maryland | 4 | |
| Larry Coker 2004–2006 | 1–2 | Miami | 3 | |
| Frank Beamer 2004–2006 | 0–3 | Virginia Tech | 3 |
John Bunting’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dukeseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| NC Stateseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Virginiaseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Georgia Techseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Wake Forestseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Florida Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Clemsonseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Marylandseries | 4 | 0–4 |
Other roles
- Team captain, North Carolina 1971
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Baltimore Stars USFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 1986 | Brown | Defensive ends coach | |
| 1987 | Glassboro State | Defensive line coach | |
| 1988–92 | Glassboro State / Rowan | Head coach | |
| 1993–94 | Kansas City Chiefs NFL | Defensive ends coach | |
| 1995–96 | Kansas City Chiefs NFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 1997 | St. Louis Rams NFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 1998–99 | St. Louis Rams NFL | Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2000 | New Orleans Saints NFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 2001–06 | North Carolina | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jim MoraBaltimore Stars
- John RosenbergBrown
Assistants who became head coaches
- Gary TranquillNavy
- Gunter BrewerNortheast Mississippi
- Jon TenutaGeorgia Tech
- Robbie CaldwellVanderbilt
- Jim FlemingSacred Heart, Rhode Island
- John GutekunstMinnesota
- Dave BrockDelaware
- Arthur SmithAtlanta Falcons
- Chad ScottWest Virginia
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mora | Baltimore Stars pro | 1985 | Linebackers coach | |
| John Rosenberg | Brown | 1986 | Defensive ends coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Tranquill | North Carolina, 2001–05: offensive coordinator | Navy | |
| Gunter Brewer | North Carolina, 2001–04: wide receivers coach | Northeast Mississippi | |
| Jon Tenuta | North Carolina, 2001: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Georgia Tech | |
| Robbie Caldwell | North Carolina, 2001: offensive line coach | Vanderbilt | |
| Jim Fleming | North Carolina, 2002: defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator; 2003: defensive backs coach | Sacred Heart, Rhode Island | |
| John Gutekunst | North Carolina, 2004: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2005–06: assistant head coach and tight ends coach | Minnesota | |
| Dave Brock | North Carolina, 2005: wide receivers coach; 2006: assistant head coach | Delaware | |
| Arthur Smith | North Carolina, 2006: graduate assistant | Atlanta Falcons | |
| Chad Scott | North Carolina, 2006: graduate assistant | West Virginia |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Huxtable | North Carolina, 2001: special teams coordinator and linebackers coach; 2002–03: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Jamie Bryant | North Carolina, 2001: graduate assistant | |
| Hal Hunter | North Carolina, 2002–05: offensive line coach | |
| Matt House | North Carolina, 2003–04: defensive assistant | |
| John Dunn | North Carolina, 2004: senior analyst; 2005: offensive quality control; 2006: graduate assistant | |
| Marvin Sanders | North Carolina, 2004–06: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Dwayne Ledford | North Carolina, 2005: assistant strength and conditioning coach | |
| Tommy Thigpen | North Carolina, 2005–06: linebackers coach | |
| Frank Cignetti Jr. | North Carolina, 2006: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | North Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $43,334 | $311,200 USA Today via Leeds |
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Bunting’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 30% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 25.4 seconds a play, 2004–2006.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 12 g | 15 of 86 17% | 33% | 45% | 23.1 | +0.06 | |
| 2005 11 g | 17 of 102 17% | 33% | 51% | 25.6 | −0.17 | |
| 2006 12 g | 13 of 88 15% | 25% | 50% | 27.6 | −0.12 | |
| All 35 g | 45 of 276 16% | 30% | 49% | 25.4 | −0.07 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.