- Dave Roberts (American football)
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Dave Roberts Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born February 28, 1947 Place of birth Wade Hampton, South Carolina Playing career 1966–1968 Western Carolina Position(s) Linebacker Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1972
1973–1978
1978–1983
1984–1988
1989–1993
1994–1996
1997–1998
1999–2004Eastern Kentucky (assistant)
Davidson (assistant)
Vanderbilt (assistant)
Western Kentucky
Northeast Louisiana
Notre Dame (assistant)
Baylor
South Carolina (assistant)Head coaching record Overall 67–68–3 Tournaments 2–4 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 2 Southland (1990, 1992) Dave Roberts (born February 28, 1947) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Western Kentucky University (1984–1988), the University of Louisiana at Monroe (1989–1993), and Baylor University (1997–1998), compiling a career college football record of 67–68–3.
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Coaching career
Northeast Louisiana
Roberts was the eighth head football coach for the Northeast Louisiana Indians (since renamed the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) located in Monroe, Louisiana and he held that position for five seasons, from 1989 until 1993. His coaching record at Northeast Louisiana was 38 wins, 19 losses, and 2 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him second at University of Louisiana at Monroe in total wins and first at University of Louisiana at Monroe in winning percentage (.661).[1]
Baylor
Roberts was the head football coach at Baylor University from 1997 to 1998. He ignited controversy in 1997 when, after a loss to Texas Tech, he stated in a post-game press conference that he had told his players that "they were about as bad a football team as there is right now in America",[2] drawing the ire of the Baylor faithful. Following the 1998 season, in which the Bears went 2–9 for a second consecutive season, he was fired by athletic director Tom Stanton. Roberts had previously served as the offensive coordinator under Lou Holtz at the University of Notre Dame. After being fired by Baylor he rejoined Holtz as an offensive assistant at the University of South Carolina.
Prior to the 2010 season, Roberts was the only Baylor head football coach other than Grant Teaff to beat the Texas Longhorns since the 1950s, doing so in 1997.
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Western Kentucky (NCAA Division I-AA Independent) (1984–1988) 1984 Western Kentucky 2–9 1985 Western Kentucky 4–7 1986 Western Kentucky 4–6–1 1987 Western Kentucky 7–4 1988 Western Kentucky 9–4 L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal Western Kentucky: 26–30–1 Northeast Louisiana Indians (Southland Conference) (1989–1993) 1989 Northeast Louisiana 4–6–1 2–3–1 4th 1990 Northeast Louisiana 7–5 5–1 1st L NCAA Division I-AA First Round 1991 Northeast Louisiana 7–3–1 4–2 3rd 1992 Northeast Louisiana 10–3 7–0 1st L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal 1993 Northeast Louisiana 9–3 6–1 2nd L NCAA Division I-AA First Round Northeast Louisiana: 37–20–2 24–7–1 Baylor Bears (Big 12 Conference) (1997–1998) 1997 Baylor 2–9 1–7 6th (South) 1998 Baylor 2–9 1–7 6th (South) Baylor: 4–18 2–14 Total: 67–68–3 References
- ^ University of Louisiana at Monroe coaching records
- ^ "Roberts should be more careful with comments." http://www.baylor.edu/Lariat/news.php?action=story&story=11110
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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers head football coaches M. A. Leiper & Roy Manchester (1913) • J. L. Arthur (1914–1916) • No team (1917–1919) • L. T. Smith (1920–1921) • Edgar Diddle (1922–1928) • Carl Anderson (1929) • James Elam (1930–1931) • Ernie Miller (1932) • Jesse Thomas (1933) • Carl Anderson (1934–1937) • Gander Terry (1938–1941) • Arnold Winkenhofer (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Jesse Thomas (1946–1947) • Jack Clayton (1948–1956) • Nick Denes (1957–1967) • Jimmy Feix (1968–1983) • Dave Roberts (1984–1988) • Jack Harbaugh (1989–2002) • David Elson (2003–2009) • Willie Taggart (2010– )
Louisiana–Monroe Indians / Warhawks head football coaches James L. Malone (1951–1953) · Devone Payne (1954–1957) · Jack C. Rowan (1958–1963) · Dixie B. White (1964–1971) · Ollie Keller (1972–1975) · John David Crow (1976–1980) · Pat Collins (1981–1988) · Dave Roberts (1989–1993) · Ed Zaunbrecher (1994–1998) · Bobby Keasler (1999–2002) · Mike Collins # (2002) · Charlie Weatherbie (2003–2009) · Todd Berry (2010– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.Baylor Bears head football coaches R. H. Hamilton (1899–1900) • W. J. Ritchie (1901) • J. C. Ewing (1902) • R. N. Watts (1903) • Sol Metzger (1904) • Archie Web (1905) • No team (1906) • Luther Burleson (1907) • Enoch J. Mills (1908–1909) • Ralph Glaze (1910–1912) • Norman C. Paine (1913) • Charles Mosley (1914–1919) • Frank Bridges (1920–1925) • Morley Jennings (1926–1940) • Frank Kimbrough (1941–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Frank Kimbrough (1945–1946) • Bob Woodruff (1947–1949) • George Sauer (1950–1955) • Sam Boyd (1956–1958) • John Bridgers (1959–1968) • Bill Beall (1969–1971) • Grant Teaff (1972–1992) • Chuck Reedy (1993–1996) • Dave Roberts (1997–1998) • Kevin Steele (1999–2002) • Guy Morriss (2003–2007) • Art Briles (2008– )
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