Mike Bellotti is a Hall of Fame college football coach

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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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