Steve Roberts
Steve Roberts went 92–98–1 on the field as a head coach, 1994–2010, at Southern Arkansas, Northwestern State and Arkansas State; 82–98–1 officially, after the NCAA vacated 10 wins (2005 and 2006). Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1994–99 at Southern Arkansas; 2000–01 at Northwestern State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 82–98–1 official; 92–98–1 on the field
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2005 6–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Southern Arkansas * | 1–7–1 | 5th | |||
| 1995 | Southern Arkansas * | 4–6 | 10th | |||
| 1996 | Southern Arkansas * | 4–6 | 9th | |||
| 1997 | Southern Arkansas * | 9–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division II First Round L | ||
| 1998 | Southern Arkansas * | 8–2 | T–3rd | |||
| 1999 | Southern Arkansas * | 9–1 | T–2nd | |||
| 2000 | Northwestern State * | 4–7 | T–7th | |||
| 2001 | Northwestern State * | 8–4 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | ||
| 2002 | Arkansas State | 6–7 | 3rd | |||
| 2003 | Arkansas State | 5–7 | T–3rd | |||
| 2004 | Arkansas State | 3–8 | 6th | |||
| 2005 | Arkansas State | 6–6 (2–6 official) | 1st | New Orleans Bowl L | ||
| 2006 | Arkansas State | 6–6 (0–6 official) | T–3rd | |||
| 2007 | Arkansas State | 5–7 | T–5th | |||
| 2008 | Arkansas State | 6–6 | T–3rd | |||
| 2009 | Arkansas State | 4–8 | T–6th | |||
| 2010 | Arkansas State | 4–8 | T–4th |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Conference games | 63 | 32–31 | 51% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 46 | 24–22 | 52% |
| At home | 46 | 33–13 | 72% |
| On the road | 59 | 12–47 | 20% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 43 | 32–11 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 65 | 13–52 | 20% |
His own 108 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Bustle 2002–2010 | 2–6 | Louisiana | 8 | |
| Charlie Weatherbie 2003–2009 | 4–3 | UL Monroe | 7 | |
| Larry Blakeney 2004–2010 | 3–4 | Troy | 7 | |
| Howard Schnellenberger 2005–2010 | 3–3 | Florida Atlantic | 6 | |
| Darrell Dickey 2002–2006 | 2–3 | North Texas | 5 | |
| Tommy West 2003–2008 | 2–3 | Memphis | 5 | |
| Rick Stockstill 2006–2010 | 2–3 | Middle Tennessee | 5 | |
| Todd Dodge 2007–2010 | 4–0 | North Texas | 4 | |
| Mario Cristobal 2007–2010 | 2–2 | Florida International | 4 | |
| Andy McCollum 2002–2005 | 1–3 | Middle Tennessee | 4 |
Steve Roberts’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 | 6–3 |
| UL Monroeseries | 9 | 6–3 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 9 | 3–6 |
| Louisianaseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| Troyseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Florida Atlanticseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Memphisseries | 5 | 2–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Southern Arkansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1988–89 | Texas HS (TX) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1990–93 | Southern Arkansas | Assistant coach | |
| 1994–99 | Southern Arkansas | Head coach | |
| 2000–01 | Northwestern State | Head coach | |
| 2002–10 | Arkansas State | 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
- Brian NewberryNavy
- Hugh FreezeArkansas State, Ole Miss, Liberty, Auburn, Lambuth
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Newberry | Southern Arkansas, 1999: graduate assistant | Navy | |
| Hugh Freeze | Arkansas State, 2010: offensive coordinator | Arkansas State, Ole Miss, Liberty, Auburn, Lambuth |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Ruse | Arkansas State, 2002–09: offensive coordinator | |
| Jack Curtis | Arkansas State, 2002–08: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Kevin Corless | Arkansas State, 2002–08: co-defensive coordinator; 2009–10: defensive coordinator | |
| Chris Hampton | Arkansas State, 2008: graduate assistant | |
| Corey Batoon | Arkansas State, 2009–10: defensive backs and special teams coach | |
| Grant Heard | Arkansas State, 2010: passing game 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.
How he coached
Roberts’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 30% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 23.5 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 4 g | 4 of 33 12% | 30% | 54% | 26.3 | −0.02 | |
| 2005 2 g | 1 of 17 6% | 25% | 38% | 26.3 | −0.18 | |
| 2006 4 g | 5 of 30 17% | 29% | 42% | 30.0 | −0.24 | |
| 2007 8 g | 15 of 67 22% | 32% | 54% | 20.8 | −0.11 | |
| 2008 10 g | 20 of 87 23% | 38% | 42% | 26.5 | −0.06 | |
| 2009 12 g | 18 of 90 20% | 26% | 48% | 23.9 | −0.08 | |
| 2010 9 g | 12 of 65 18% | 26% | 54% | 17.2 | +0.02 | |
| All 49 g | 75 of 389 19% | 30% | 49% | 23.5 | −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.