Mike Bellotti
Mike Bellotti went 137–80–2 as a head coach, 1984–2008, at Chico State and Oregon. Share
Five seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1984–88 at Chico State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 137–80–2 career
- Seasons
- 19
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 3 seasons
- Hall of Fame
- 2014 inducted
- Best season
- 2001 11–1, No. 2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Chico State * | 4–5–1 | 4th | |||
| 1985 | Chico State * | 4–4–1 | 2nd | |||
| 1986 | Chico State * | 7–3 | 2nd | |||
| 1987 | Chico State * | 3–6 | 2nd | |||
| 1988 | Chico State * | 3–7 | T–2nd | |||
| 1989–94: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1995 | Oregon | 9–3 | 3rd | Cotton Bowl L | 18 | |
| 1996 | Oregon | 6–5 | T–5th | |||
| 1997 | Oregon | 7–5 | T–7th | Las Vegas Bowl W | ||
| 1998 | Oregon | 8–4 | T–3rd | Aloha Bowl L | ||
| 1999 | Oregon | 9–3 | T–2nd | Sun Bowl W | 19 | |
| 2000 | Oregon | 10–2 | T–1st | Holiday Bowl W | 7 | |
| 2001 | Oregon | 11–1 | 1st | Fiesta Bowl W | 2 | |
| 2002 | Oregon | 7–6 | 8th | Seattle Bowl L | ||
| 2003 | Oregon | 8–5 | T–3rd | Sun Bowl L | ||
| 2004 | Oregon | 5–6 | T–5th | |||
| 2005 | Oregon | 10–2 | 2nd | Holiday Bowl L | 12 | |
| 2006 | Oregon | 7–6 | T–5th | Las Vegas Bowl L | ||
| 2007 | Oregon | 9–4 | T–4th | Sun Bowl W | 23 | |
| 2008 | Oregon | 10–3 | T–2nd | Holiday Bowl W | 10 | |
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
Alex MoldenNo. 11 pick, 1996
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 | 49 | 25–24 | 51% |
| Against top-10 teams | 19 | 7–12 | 37% |
| Against rivals | 49 | 30–19 | 61% |
| Conference games | 115 | 72–43 | 63% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 12 | 6–6 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 71 | 49–22 | 69% |
| At home | 87 | 68–19 | 78% |
| On the road | 72 | 42–30 | 58% |
| At neutral sites | 12 | 6–6 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 119 | 95–24 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 52 | 21–31 | 40% |
His own 171 games on file, 1995–2008, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Willingham 1995–2008 | 5–4 | Stanford, Washington | 9 | |
| Mike Price 1995–2002 | 5–3 | Washington State | 8 | |
| Mike Riley 1997–2008 | 4–4 | Oregon State | 8 | |
| Bob Toledo 1996–2002 | 3–4 | UCLA | 7 | |
| Dick Tomey 1995–2000 | 5–1 | Arizona | 6 | |
| Dennis Erickson 1999–2008 | 4–2 | Oregon State, Arizona State | 6 | |
| Bruce Snyder 1995–2000 | 3–3 | Arizona State | 6 | |
| Dirk Koetter 2001–2006 | 3–3 | Arizona State | 6 | |
| Rick Neuheisel 1995–2008 | 2–4 | Colorado, Washington, UCLA | 6 | |
| Pete Carroll 2001–2008 | 2–4 | USC | 6 |
Mike Bellotti’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arizonaseries | 14 | 11–3 |
| Washington Stateseries | 14 | 9–5 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 14 | 8–6 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 14 | 8–6 |
| Washingtonseries | 13 | 9–4 |
| UCLAseries | 13 | 7–6 |
| Stanfordseries | 12 | 8–4 |
| Californiaseries | 11 | 7–4 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973–76 | UC Davis | Assistant coach | |
| 1977–78 | Cal State Hayward | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1979 | Weber State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1980–83 | Cal State Hayward | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1984–88 | Chico State | Head coach | |
| 1989–94 | Oregon | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1995–2008 | Oregon | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Rich BrooksOregon
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chris PetersenBoise State, Washington
- Dirk KoetterBoise State, Arizona State, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Rich StublerToronto Argonauts
- Mark HelfrichOregon
- Robin RossWestern Washington
- Bob FosterUC Davis
- Bob GregoryBoise State, Washington
- Jeff TedfordCalifornia, Fresno State, BC Lions
- Gary CrowtonLouisiana Tech, BYU
- Robin PflugradMontana, Phoenix
- Chip KellyOregon, UCLA, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Brooks | Oregon | 1989–94 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (11)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Petersen | Oregon, 1995–2000: wide receivers coach | Boise State, Washington | |
| Dirk Koetter | Oregon, 1996–97: offensive coordinator | Boise State, Arizona State, Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Rich Stubler | Oregon, 1996–97: defensive coordinator | Toronto Argonauts | |
| Mark Helfrich | Oregon, 1997: graduate assistant | Oregon | |
| Robin Ross | Oregon, 1997–98: defensive line and linebackers coach; 2001–04: special teams coordinator and tight ends coach | Western Washington | |
| Bob Foster | Oregon, 1998–99: defensive coordinator | UC Davis | |
| Bob Gregory | Oregon, 1998–2000: defensive backs coach | Boise State, Washington | |
| Jeff Tedford | Oregon, 1998–2001: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | California, Fresno State, BC Lions | |
| Gary Crowton | Oregon, 2005–06: offensive coordinator | Louisiana Tech, BYU | |
| Robin Pflugrad | Oregon, 2006–08: wide receivers coach | Montana, Phoenix | |
| Chip Kelly | Oregon, 2007–08: offensive coordinator | Oregon, UCLA, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Aliotti | Chico State, 1984–87: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; Oregon, 1999–2008: defensive coordinator | |
| Al Borges | Oregon, 1995: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Charlie Waters | Oregon, 1995: defensive coordinator | |
| Don Pellum | Oregon, 1995: outside linebackers coach; 1996: safeties coach; 1997–98, 2000–08: linebackers coach; 1999: defensive line coach | |
| Dan Ferrigno | Oregon, 2001–05: wide receivers coach | |
| Andy Ludwig | Oregon, 2002–04: offensive 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Oregon | head coach | $2,100,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2007 | Oregon | head coachbonuses up to $402,500 | $1,055,232 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2006 | Oregon | head coachbonuses up to $368,000 | $1,256,000 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
Bellotti’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 36% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 21.2 seconds a play, 2004–2008.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | 20 of 92 22% | 43% | 49% | 19.8 | −0.03 | |
| 2005 10 g | 16 of 83 19% | 42% | 54% | 22.6 | −0.03 | |
| 2006 13 g | 26 of 85 31% | 40% | 53% | 22.3 | 0.00 | |
| 2007 13 g | 14 of 110 13% | 24% | 42% | 21.1 | +0.01 | |
| 2008 13 g | 19 of 97 20% | 33% | 41% | 20.1 | +0.07 | |
| All 60 g | 95 of 467 20% | 36% | 47% | 21.2 | +0.01 |
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.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.