Rickey Bustle
Rickey Bustle went 41–65 as a head coach, 2002–2010, at Louisiana. Share
- Record
- 41–65 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2005 6–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Louisiana | 3–9 | T–4th | |||
| 2003 | Louisiana | 4–8 | 2nd | |||
| 2004 | Louisiana | 4–7 | T–7th | |||
| 2005 | Louisiana | 6–5 | T–1st | |||
| 2006 | Louisiana | 6–6 | T–5th | |||
| 2007 | Louisiana | 3–9 | T–5th | |||
| 2008 | Louisiana | 6–6 | 2nd | |||
| 2009 | Louisiana | 6–6 | 5th | |||
| 2010 | Louisiana | 3–9 | T–6th |
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 4–8 | 33% |
| Conference games | 62 | 30–32 | 48% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 41 | 21–20 | 51% |
| At home | 49 | 25–24 | 51% |
| On the road | 57 | 16–41 | 28% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 29–14 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 63 | 12–51 | 19% |
His own 106 games on file, 2002–2010, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Roberts 2002–2010 | 6–2 | Arkansas State | 8 | |
| Charlie Weatherbie 2003–2009 | 3–4 | UL Monroe | 7 | |
| Larry Blakeney 2004–2010 | 1–6 | Troy | 7 | |
| Howard Schnellenberger 2005–2010 | 1–5 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | |
| Rick Stockstill 2006–2010 | 2–3 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | |
| Darrell Dickey 2002–2006 | 1–4 | North Texas | 5 | |
| Todd Dodge 2007–2010 | 4–0 | North Texas | 4 | |
| Andy McCollum 2002–2005 | 3–1 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | |
| Mario Cristobal 2007–2010 | 2–2 | Florida International | 4 | |
| Don Strock 2004–2006 | 3–0 | Florida International | 3 |
Rickey Bustle’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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Texasseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| UL Monroeseries | 9 | 4–5 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Troyseries | 7 | 1–6 |
| Florida Atlanticseries | 6 | 1–5 |
| Idahoseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Gardner-Webb | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1980–82 | East Carolina | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1983 | Arizona Wranglers USFL | Running backs coach | |
| 1984–85 | Northeast Louisiana | Running backs coach | |
| 1986 | Northeast Louisiana | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1987–92 | Virginia Tech | Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 1993 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1994 | South Carolina | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1995–2001 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2002–10 | Louisiana–Lafayette | Head coach | |
| 2011 | Tulane | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2012 | Southern Miss | Running backs coach | |
| 2013–14 | North Carolina A&T | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2015–17 | Prince Avenue Christian (GA) high school | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2018 | East Jackson HS (GA) high school | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019–20 | Clarke Central HS (GA) high school | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2021–present | Athens Christian (GA) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ed EmoryEast Carolina
- Pat CollinsUL Monroe
- Frank BeamerVirginia Tech
- Brad ScottSouth Carolina
- Bob ToledoTulane
- Mark HutsonTulane
- Ellis JohnsonSouthern Miss
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brent PryVirginia Tech
- Broderick FobbsGrambling
- Shawn QuinnSavannah State
- Blake AndersonArkansas State, Utah State, Southern Miss
- Walt BellMassachusetts
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Emory | East Carolina | 1980–82 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Pat Collins | UL Monroe | 1984–86 | 1984–85: running backs coach; 1986: offensive coordinator | |
| Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech | 1987–2001 | 1987–92: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach; 1993–2001: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Brad Scott | South Carolina | 1994 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bob Toledo | Tulane | 2011 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Mark Hutson | Tulane | 2011 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Ellis Johnson | Southern Miss | 2012 | Running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Pry | Louisiana, 2002–06: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Virginia Tech | |
| Broderick Fobbs | Louisiana, 2002: graduate assistant | Grambling | |
| Shawn Quinn | Louisiana, 2002–07: defensive line coach | Savannah State | |
| Blake Anderson | Louisiana, 2007: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Arkansas State, Utah State, Southern Miss | |
| Walt Bell | Louisiana, 2007: graduate assistant | Massachusetts |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| John Scott Jr. | Louisiana, 2002–04: graduate assistant | |
| Rob Christophel | Louisiana, 2002–06: offensive coordinator | |
| Bobby April III | Louisiana, 2004: student assistant | |
| Kevin Fouquier | Louisiana, 2007–10: defensive coordinator | |
| Jorge Munoz | Louisiana, 2008–10: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Ron Hudson | Louisiana, 2008–10: 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.
How he coached
Bustle’s teams went for it on 23% of fourth downs and on 45% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 45% of plays and took 23.1 seconds a play, 2004–2010.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 1 g | 1 of 6 17% | 50% | 36% | 26.1 | −0.03 | |
| 2005 3 g | 4 of 25 16% | 25% | 48% | 24.8 | −0.10 | |
| 2006 4 g | 9 of 35 26% | 38% | 38% | 30.9 | −0.05 | |
| 2007 9 g | 17 of 70 24% | 40% | 39% | 22.5 | −0.01 | |
| 2008 12 g | 16 of 75 21% | 38% | 37% | 25.3 | +0.07 | |
| 2009 12 g | 24 of 98 24% | 48% | 49% | 19.8 | −0.12 | |
| 2010 12 g | 27 of 113 24% | 57% | 56% | 21.3 | −0.13 | |
| All 53 g | 98 of 422 23% | 45% | 45% | 23.1 | −0.05 |
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.