- Record
- 81-72-4
- Win percentage
- .529
- Games
- 157
- Seasons
- 141972–1987
Season history
Every season the coach has run a program.
| Season | Team | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  Illinois | 3-7-1 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS -2.8 | SP+ -5.4 | Offense 16.5 | Defense 22.0 |
| 1986 | Illinois | 4-7 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS -2.9 | SP+ -2.8 | Offense 25.7 | Defense 28.5 |
| 1985 | Illinois | 6-5-1 | AP preseason #11 | AP final — | SRS 6.0 | SP+ 10.0 | Offense 36.6 | Defense 28.7 |
| 1984 | Illinois | 7-4 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 11.5 | SP+ 11.2 | Offense 34.2 | Defense 25.0 |
| 1983 | Illinois | 10-2 | AP preseason — | AP final #10 | SRS 12.6 | SP+ 14.0 | Offense 34.7 | Defense 22.0 |
| 1982 | Illinois | 7-5 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 13.9 | SP+ 11.6 | Offense 33.8 | Defense 23.8 |
| 1981 | Illinois | 7-4 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 5.1 | SP+ 5.4 | Offense 34.2 | Defense 30.4 |
| 1980 | Illinois | 3-7-1 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS -0.9 | SP+ -5.6 | Offense 29.2 | Defense 34.2 |
| 1977 |  California | 7-4 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 13.8 | SP+ 10.1 | Offense 32.6 | Defense 24.1 |
| 1976 | California | 5-6 | AP preseason #15 | AP final — | SRS 7.9 | SP+ 11.6 | Offense 30.1 | Defense 19.6 |
| 1975 | California | 8-3 | AP preseason — | AP final #14 | SRS 15.3 | SP+ 16.6 | Offense 38.8 | Defense 24.0 |
| 1974 | California | 7-3-1 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 8.6 | SP+ 7.8 | Offense 30.3 | Defense 23.8 |
| 1973 | California | 4-7 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS -1.6 | SP+ -8.5 | Offense 31.2 | Defense 37.5 |
| 1972 | California | 3-8 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 3.3 | SP+ 0.8 | Offense 30.4 | Defense 30.2 |