Mike Bellotti is a Hall of Fame college football coach

TierbsHsotBoobs

Not bad for a guy with one Fiesta Bowl win and had to be replaced by a better coach on his own staff for Oregon to rise to elite status.


When does Mark Mangino get inducted?

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To think when Don James made it I felt like it was a major accomplishment.

Anyways here is my Bellotti stats I had in another thread to some of the Quooks on here.

Mike Bellotti at Chico State went 21-25-2 in five seasons and unlike James was getting worse at his small school. He went 4-5-1, 4-4-1, 7-3, 3-6, and 3-7.

At Oregon here are his W-L I'll bold those where Tedford or Kelly wasn't his OC.

1995: 9-3, 6-2, 3rd place. Ranked 18th
1996: 6-5, 3-5, T-5th
1997: 7-5, 3-5, T-7th

Totals: 22-13, 12-12

Now Tedford comes in the program

1998: 8-4, 5-3, T-3rd
1999: 9-3, 6-2, T-2nd, ranked 18th
2000: 10-2, 7-1, T-1st, ranked 7th
2001: 11-1, 7-1, 1st, ranked 2nd

Totals: 38-10, 25-7

Now Tedford takes off to Cal.

2002: 7-6, 3-5, 8th place
2003: 8-5, 5-3, T-3rd
2004: 5-6, 4-4, T-5th
2005: 10-2, 7-1, 2nd. Ranked 12th
2006: 7-6, 4-5, T-5th

Totals: 37-25, 23-18

Chip Kelly now enters the program.

2007: 9-4, 5-4, T-4th. Ranked 23rd(Were ranked top 5 all year until Dixon got hurt)
2008: 10-3, 7-2, T-2nd. Ranked 10th

Totals: 19-7, 12-6


In the six years with Tedford/Kelly he goes 57-17(.770), 37-13(.740) in conference. 5-1(.833) in bowl games

In the eight years without either Tedford or Kelly he goes 59-38(.608), 35-30(.538) in conference. 1-5 in bowl games(.166)

If these numbers don't spell out the picture that Bellotti is actually a bad coach who happened to benefit from two great OC's then I can't help you. The stats don't lie at all.

DerekJohnson

He actually drove his offensive coordinators crazy by forcing them to go conservative when the Ducks were up with a big lead. That was the reason for so many of those close games, that should never have been close at all.

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DerekJohnson said:

He actually drove his offensive coordinators crazy by forcing them to go conservative when the Ducks were up with a big lead. That was the reason for so many of those close games, that should never have been close at all.

Makes sense looking back. I recall in 1995 when they defeated UW 24-22 but led 24-0 at halftime. Again in 1997 when they won 31-28 but led 24-6 at halftime only to trail 28-24.

Lambo had a terrible habit of doing that too. Run up the middle, run up the middle, run up the middle, punt was Lambo's offense with a big lead why he had many blown leads as well.

Mosster47

HoF Standards: Don't get fired, don't be terrible.

TierbsHsotBoobs

Mosster47 said:

HoF Standards: Don't get fired, don't be terrible.

Orange slices and juice boxes.