 O'Cain's seven-year tenure saw three bowl appearances, including a win in the 1994 Peach Bowl.The latter part of O'Cain's tenure saw mostly mediocre teams.His 1995 and 1996 teams finished with 3–8 records, and although the Wolfpack improved to finish 6–5, 7–5 and 6–6 the next three years, he went 0–7 against archrival North Carolina.