Jerry Pettibone Jerry Pettibone ( born July 11 , 1939 ) is a former American football player and coach . He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University from 1985 to 1990 and at Oregon State University from 1991 to 1996 , compiling a career college football record of 46 – 84 – 2 . Early life . Pettibone ' s football career started at Jesuit High School in Dallas , Texas . He earned All - State honors as a running back on the state championship football team in 1956 and 1957 . He received the honor to be in the first class inducted into the Jesuit Sports Hall of Fame . After graduating from Jesuit High School , Pettibone received a scholarship to the University of Oklahoma , where he played halfback under Bud Wilkinson . Coaching career . Assistant coach . Pettibone spent time as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma , the University of Nebraska – Lincoln , Southern Methodist University , and Texas A & M University . In his career as an assistant coach , he coached in 11 major bowls and won eight Big Eight Conference championships . Teams he was with collectively produced a record of 168 – 64 – 3 ( . 721 ) . He was with two national championship teams . Jerry helped to recruit 20 consensus All - Americans , two Heisman Trophy winners , two Outland Trophy winners and a Lombardi Award winner . At Oklahoma , he was part of eight bowl games and was with two national championship teams . He was part of seven Big Eight championship teams at Oklahoma . He recruited Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims , running back in 1978 after rushing for 1 , 782 yards . One of Pettibone ' s early Oklahoma classes graduated 17 of 25 players into the National Football League . At Nebraska , he coached in three bowl games . As recruiting coordinator , he helped to recruit consensus All - Americans Irving Fryer , running back Mike Rozier and center Mark Traynowicz . Rozier won the Heisman Trophy in 1983 after rushing for 2 , 148 yards . At Texas A & M , Pettibone was named as ' No . 1 Recruiter in America ' by " Sports Illustrated " . Pettibone ' s initial recruiting class at Texas A & M ranked first in the Southwest Conference and # 5 in the nation . That class produced six Aggie starters the first year . Head coach . Pettibone ' s first head coaching position was at Northern Illinois University . He was the head coach for the Huskies from 1985 to 1990 . Northern Illinois recorded a 9 – 2 record in 1989 to tie the best - ever record in history of the school . Pettibone was named Coach of the Year for major northern independent schools by " Sporting News " . NIU established four school records ( most points , most touchdowns , most rushing touchdowns and most possession time ) and the Huskies were ranked among the top 25 in five different categories . Northern Illinois recorded its first ever victory over a top 25 rated team when it downed Fresno State . Northern Illinois also established 51 school records and seven NCAA records during Pettibone ' s final three years . In his time at NIU , he posted a record of 33 – 32 – 1 . In 1991 , Pettibone left Northern Illinois to become the head coach at Oregon State University , replacing Dave Kragthorpe . The contrasting styles of offenses between Kragthorpe and Pettibone made the transition very difficult . Kragthorpe ran an extremely pass oriented offense while he was at the helm . Pettibone , on the other hand , preferred the running game and specifically the wishbone formation and the triple option . In his first two seasons at Oregon State , he only managed one win in each season . However , in season three and four , things started to click and his teams posted four wins in each of those seasons . Oregon State finished second in the nation in rushing in 1993 . Pettibone was named co - runner - up for the Division I - A Coach of the Year honors by " Sports Illustrated " . In season five , things went down hill again , and the Beavers dropped back to 1 – 10 . After a 2 – 9 season in 1996 , Pettibone resigned as the head coach . During his stint as the head coach , Oregon State had two 15 - game losing skids , coining the phrase ' Pettibone Bad . ' Later life and family . Pettibone left Corvallis , Oregon to become the assistant athletic director at the University of Oklahoma in 1996 . He spent one year at Oklahoma , and then was terminated in the wake of budget cuts in the department . Pettibone currently works for Jeld - Wen , and initially worked out of Norman , Oklahoma , for one year before moving to Jacksonville , Oregon . He has since moved to Colorado Springs , Colorado where he currently lives with his wife , Susy . In addition to his responsibilities with Jeld - Wen , he also has maintains a personal football evaluation service for high school and junior college athletes to help them determine what level their playing ability falls under , and how to navigate the college recruiting process . His only daughter , Shanda , has worked for the San Antonio Spurs , Denver Broncos , and Dallas Cowboys . She is currently with the American Airlines Center in Dallas , home to the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars .