His head coaching record in years 1-2-3:
1987: 7-5 (5-2 in conference, 3rd place)
With Akers' players, McWilliams' first season was his best year of the three. Yet the pattern of devastating losses was noticeable from the start.
utex 9, oklahoma 44
utex 40, houston 60
utex 13, Daddy A&M 20
1988: 4-7 (2-5 in conference, 7th place)
utex 27, north texas 24
utex 6, byu 47
utex 14, baylol 17
utex 15, houston 66
utex 32, texas tech 33
utex 24, Daddy A&M 28
1989: 5-6 (4-4 in conference, 6th place)
Not sure how he survived this -- he coached his Utex squad to losses in 4 of his last 5 games in Year 3, and two were embarrassing beatdown blowouts in atrocious fashion:
utx 17, texas tech 24
utx 9, houston 47
utx 7, baylol 50
utx 10, Daddy A&M 21
Summary: 0-2 vs. BYU, 0-3 vs. Houston, 1-2 vs. Baylor (lol), 1-2 vs Tech (lol), 0-3 vs. Daddy A&M. Under his coaching, Utex quickly trended downward and had mediocre results all three years, going from 3rd place to 7th place to 6th place. He coached at least two blowout losses (allowed opponents to score between 44 and 66 points on him) each year in an era when teams rarely scored 40 points.
Overall won-loss record after 3 years: 16-18.
Of his 16 victories, 10 came in games against bottom-feeder programs of that era: Rice, SMU, Oregon State, New Mexico, North Texas, and TCU.
1987: 7-5 (5-2 in conference, 3rd place)
With Akers' players, McWilliams' first season was his best year of the three. Yet the pattern of devastating losses was noticeable from the start.
utex 9, oklahoma 44
utex 40, houston 60
utex 13, Daddy A&M 20
1988: 4-7 (2-5 in conference, 7th place)
utex 27, north texas 24
utex 6, byu 47
utex 14, baylol 17
utex 15, houston 66
utex 32, texas tech 33
utex 24, Daddy A&M 28
1989: 5-6 (4-4 in conference, 6th place)
Not sure how he survived this -- he coached his Utex squad to losses in 4 of his last 5 games in Year 3, and two were embarrassing beatdown blowouts in atrocious fashion:
utx 17, texas tech 24
utx 9, houston 47
utx 7, baylol 50
utx 10, Daddy A&M 21
Summary: 0-2 vs. BYU, 0-3 vs. Houston, 1-2 vs. Baylor (lol), 1-2 vs Tech (lol), 0-3 vs. Daddy A&M. Under his coaching, Utex quickly trended downward and had mediocre results all three years, going from 3rd place to 7th place to 6th place. He coached at least two blowout losses (allowed opponents to score between 44 and 66 points on him) each year in an era when teams rarely scored 40 points.
Overall won-loss record after 3 years: 16-18.
Of his 16 victories, 10 came in games against bottom-feeder programs of that era: Rice, SMU, Oregon State, New Mexico, North Texas, and TCU.