THIRD AND DATA

2026 season

Head coach candidates

FBS coordinators and Group of 5 and FCS head coaches. Ranks are within the division; teal = top third, orange = bottom third.

Conference
Team

FBS coordinators

118 coordinators. Career: the median of his units' FBS ranks as a share of FBS (top 5% = among the best).

#CoachNowSeasonsLast 3 seasonsCareer EPA/playCareer points/poss.Career success rate2026 EPA/playHC record
1Dana HolgorsenOC, Nebraska8top 3%top 15%top 4%No. 41 of 13892-69 (14)
2Bryant HainesDC, Indiana4top 5%top 6%top 3%No. 11 of 138
3Colin HitschlerDC, UCLA4top 6%top 10%top 9%No. 1 of 138
4Glenn SchumannDC, Georgia7top 11%top 5%top 14%No. 26 of 138
5Todd BatesDC, Oklahoma4top 11%top 22%top 12%No. 7 of 138
6Phil ParkerDC, Iowa13top 12%top 6%top 28%No. 14 of 138
7Mike DenbrockOC, Notre Dame10top 13%top 12%top 22%No. 4 of 138
8D.J. DurkinDC, Auburn9top 14%top 26%top 15%No. 80 of 13812-17 (4)
9Vince KehresDC, Syracuse6top 16%top 21%top 15%No. 65 of 138
10Brent PryDC, Virginia Tech11top 16%top 28%top 21%No. 69 of 13816-24 (4)
11Mike ShanahanOC, Indiana4top 17%top 14%top 9%No. 10 of 138
12A. J. RickerOC (co), TCU5top 18%top 18%top 25%No. 82 of 138
13Mike ThiessenOC, Air Force17top 20%top 24%top 20%No. 33 of 138
14Charlie Weis Jr.OC, LSU8top 24%top 26%top 34%No. 26 of 138
15Tom AllenDC, Clemson4top 24%top 23%top 18%No. 53 of 13833-49 (8)
16Matt LubickOC (co), Kansas7top 24%top 49%top 21%No. 66 of 138
17Corey BatoonDC, Missouri7top 25%top 23%top 24%No. 36 of 138
18Mike BoboOC, Georgia13top 25%top 26%top 30%No. 8 of 13828-38 (6)
19Mike YurcichOC, Youngstown State10top 26%top 19%top 39%-
20Lance GuidryDC, Memphis6top 26%top 36%top 20%No. 71 of 1381-0 (1)
21Chris AshDC, Notre Dame7top 26%top 17%top 26%No. 31 of 1388-32 (4)
22Rob LikensOC (co), SMU7top 27%top 33%top 45%No. 11 of 138
23Kendal BrilesOC, South Carolina11top 27%top 27%top 24%No. 34 of 138
24John David BakerOC, Ole Miss4top 28%top 31%top 23%No. 35 of 138
25Todd OrlandoDC, South Alabama21top 29%top 27%top 26%No. 131 of 138
26Ryan GrubbOC, Alabama6top 29%top 29%top 20%No. 20 of 138
27Todd GranthamDC, UAB13top 29%top 19%top 20%No. 28 of 138
28Shiel WoodDC, Texas Tech5top 29%top 22%top 35%No. 33 of 138
29Jeff NixonOC, Syracuse5top 29%top 39%top 36%No. 91 of 138
30Jake SpavitalOC, Baylor9top 30%top 26%top 20%No. 70 of 13813-35 (4)
31Ben ArbuckleOC, Oklahoma4top 30%top 22%top 29%No. 115 of 138
32Kane WommackDC, Alabama6top 31%top 27%top 28%No. 17 of 13822-16 (3)
33Zac AlleyDC, West Virginia4top 31%top 43%top 21%No. 133 of 138
34Chad MorrisOC, Clemson6top 32%top 21%top 30%No. 126 of 13818-41 (5)
35Kodi BurnsOC (co), Auburn4top 32%top 26%top 23%No. 79 of 138
36Anthony PoindexterDC (co), Tennessee12top 32%top 31%top 41%No. 5 of 138
37Joe KlandermanDC, Baylor6top 32%top 34%top 29%No. 12 of 1382-0 (1)
38Jim KnowlesDC, Tennessee13top 33%top 29%top 34%No. 5 of 138
39Josh HensonOC, Purdue7top 34%top 33%top 50%No. 54 of 138
40Tim BanksDC (co), Auburn19top 34%top 28%top 39%No. 80 of 138
41Robert AnaeOC, Utah State18top 34%top 38%top 28%No. 123 of 138
42Chip LindseyOC, Missouri9top 34%top 36%top 38%No. 56 of 13815-19 (3)
43Tim BeckOC, Vanderbilt4top 34%top 31%top 32%No. 104 of 13820-18 (3)
44D. J. SmithDC, App State4top 34%top 33%top 26%No. 79 of 138
45Kyle FloodOC, Texas7top 35%top 24%top 27%No. 95 of 13827-24 (4)
46Maurice Crum Jr.DC (co), SMU5top 35%top 44%top 34%No. 70 of 138
47Clayton WhiteDC, South Carolina9top 35%top 40%top 59%No. 83 of 138
48Brian WilliamsDC, Jacksonville State4top 35%top 40%top 48%No. 52 of 138
49Shannon DawsonOC, Miami12top 36%top 37%top 46%No. 2 of 138
50Tony WhiteDC, Florida State6top 36%top 37%top 47%No. 106 of 138
51Austin ArmstrongDC, Houston5top 38%top 32%top 35%No. 104 of 138
52Barry Lunney Jr.OC, Illinois6top 38%top 40%top 32%No. 31 of 1380-2 (1)
53Ron RobertsDC, Arkansas8top 39%top 36%top 64%No. 113 of 138
54Tim BeckOC, South Florida12top 39%top 36%top 29%No. 74 of 138
55Bradley Dale PevetoDC (co), North Texas6top 39%top 59%top 32%No. 77 of 138
56Brad WhiteDC, Florida7top 40%top 38%top 71%No. 62 of 138
57Erik ChinanderDC, Boise State9top 40%top 33%top 46%No. 78 of 138
58Tim CramseyOC, Arkansas10top 40%top 35%top 32%No. 112 of 138
59Travaris RobinsonDC (co), Georgia7top 41%top 36%top 57%No. 26 of 138
60Andy AvalosDC, TCU7top 41%top 31%top 39%No. 13 of 13822-14 (3)
61Brian BrohmOC, Louisville10top 42%top 46%top 32%No. 6 of 1380-1 (1)
62Matt LukeOC (co), Clemson8top 42%top 45%top 42%No. 126 of 13815-21 (3)
63Buster FaulknerOC, Florida11top 43%top 39%top 31%No. 40 of 138
64Aaron RoderickOC, BYU8top 43%top 19%top 35%No. 32 of 138
65Jeff GrimesOC, Wisconsin8top 44%top 41%top 27%No. 77 of 138
66Scott IsphordingOC, Ohio6top 44%top 47%top 38%No. 49 of 138
67John RudzinskiDC, Virginia8top 44%top 35%top 36%No. 68 of 138
68Spence NowinskyDC, New Mexico8top 46%top 41%top 45%No. 2 of 138
69Ted RoofDC, Boston College11top 46%top 45%top 51%No. 58 of 1386-45 (5)
70Tony PetersenOC (co), Northern Illinois13top 46%top 66%top 51%No. 131 of 138
71Ryan WaltersDC, Washington8top 47%top 30%top 37%No. 30 of 1385-19 (2)
72Rod SmithOC, Marshall15top 47%top 52%top 47%No. 103 of 1380-1 (1)
73Glenn ThomasOC (co), Nebraska9top 47%top 48%top 36%No. 41 of 138
74Mike JohnsonOC (co), Syracuse4top 48%top 68%top 59%No. 91 of 138
75Eric EidsnessOC, South Dakota State5top 48%top 58%top 58%-
76Alex GrinchDC, UCF11top 50%top 43%top 57%No. 63 of 138
77Kirk CiarroccaOC, Rutgers14top 50%top 39%top 37%No. 90 of 138
78Craig StutzmannOC, San José State4top 50%top 60%top 41%No. 97 of 138
79Jovan DewittDC, Florida International4top 51%top 66%top 54%No. 45 of 138
80Nate WoodyDC, Cincinnati11top 52%top 36%top 36%No. 115 of 138
81Graham HarrellOC (co), Abilene Christian9top 52%top 34%top 32%-
82Scottie HazeltonDC, Wake Forest9top 53%top 40%top 43%No. 18 of 138
83Nick SheridanOC, Michigan State4top 54%top 39%top 62%No. 132 of 138
84Kevin McGivenOC, Utah11top 55%top 49%top 61%No. 24 of 138
85Kelly PoppingaDC, BYU4top 55%top 52%top 31%No. 42 of 138
86Eric KiesauOC, Sacramento State9top 56%top 74%top 71%No. 136 of 1380-4 (1)
87Steve MorrisonDC, Indiana State4top 56%top 49%top 52%-
88Tyrone NixDC, Tarleton State13top 59%top 36%top 57%-
89Brian StewartDC, Middle Tennessee9top 60%top 72%top 64%No. 123 of 138
90Tommy ThigpenDC, North Carolina Central6top 61%top 55%top 43%-
91Todd FitchOC, Charlotte13top 61%top 63%top 58%No. 129 of 1380-1 (1)
92Kane IoaneDC, Nevada5top 61%top 46%top 36%No. 89 of 138
93Nick HoltDC (co), Abilene Christian13top 61%top 55%top 46%-5-18 (2)
94Jay BatemanDC, Kentucky13top 63%top 50%top 60%No. 59 of 138
95Nathan BurtonDC (co), Troy5top 63%top 75%top 64%No. 51 of 138
96Mike MacIntyreDC, Oregon State5top 64%top 47%top 63%No. 93 of 13858-89 (12)
97Matt PowledgeDC, North Texas4top 64%top 80%top 74%No. 77 of 138
98Tyson SummersDC, Colorado State8top 64%top 52%top 66%No. 138 of 1385-18 (3)
99David YostOC, New Mexico State12top 65%top 63%top 60%No. 127 of 138
100Charlton WarrenDC (co), NC State9top 65%top 71%top 78%No. 108 of 138
101Shane MontgomeryOC, Dartmouth5top 65%top 73%top 62%-17-33 (5)
102Kevin BarbayOC, Tulsa4top 66%top 58%top 73%No. 27 of 138
103Kurt RoperOC, NC State10top 67%top 63%top 64%No. 51 of 1380-1 (1)
104D. J. EliotDC, NC State10top 69%top 66%top 74%No. 108 of 138
105Joe RossiDC, Michigan State10top 69%top 64%top 63%No. 99 of 138
106Clint BowenDC, North Alabama11top 70%top 70%top 76%-
107Tim TibesarDC, Akron11top 71%top 79%top 71%No. 132 of 138
108Brent PeaseOC, Montana6top 73%top 66%top 70%-
109Walt BellOC, Western Michigan9top 73%top 70%top 58%No. 68 of 1382-23 (3)
110Joe SloanOC, Kentucky4top 74%top 58%top 70%No. 48 of 138
111Steve RussDC, Air Force8top 75%top 71%top 73%No. 74 of 138
112Tim LesterOC, Iowa4top 75%top 55%top 68%No. 86 of 13837-32 (6)
113Marcus ArroyoOC, Arizona State10top 76%top 65%top 81%No. 108 of 1387-23 (3)
114Desmond KitchingsOC, Virginia6top 79%top 84%top 66%No. 78 of 138
115A. J. MilweeOC (co), Texas9top 79%top 76%top 80%No. 95 of 138
116Clint TrickettOC, Maryland4top 79%top 85%top 65%No. 94 of 138
117Brian SmithDC, Temple8top 84%top 75%top 59%No. 116 of 1388-4 (1)
118Sean GleesonOC, Kansas State4top 91%top 81%top 85%No. 64 of 138

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Group of 5 head coaches

38 head coaches, by offense pts/poss.. FBS seasons only; below fbs from his Wikipedia record. Offense and defense: teams' median standing in FBS.

#CoachNowSeasonsLast 3 seasonsRecordWin %vs Power 4Below FBSOff EPA/playOff points/poss.Def EPA/playDef points/poss.
1G.J. KinneTexas State428-20.5831-312-2top 13%top 11%top 51%top 77%
2Spencer DanielsonBoise State432-9.7800-5-top 16%top 14%top 53%top 40%
3Jeff MonkenArmy1394-67.5844-2038-16top 27%top 17%top 62%top 57%
4Troy CalhounAir Force20146-99.5966-6-top 21%top 25%top 56%top 50%
5Jason CandleUConn1285-49.6342-9-top 23%top 28%top 20%top 25%
6Jamey ChadwellLiberty972-36.6673-259-35top 28%top 28%top 52%top 45%
7Billy NapierJames Madison970-37.6541-3-top 22%top 29%top 38%top 29%
8Major ApplewhiteSouth Alabama630-30.5002-5-top 41%top 29%top 59%top 59%
9Ken NiumataloloSan José State19124-103.5467-16-top 20%top 29%top 76%top 68%
10Michael DesormeauxLouisiana636-28.5631-5-top 41%top 30%top 53%top 49%
11Brian NewberryNavy429-18.6172-4-top 24%top 32%top 54%top 47%
12Jeff TraylorUTSA760-28.6821-6-top 31%top 34%top 44%top 51%
13Bronco MendenhallUtah State20150-100.6004-13-top 33%top 34%top 36%top 31%
14Neal BrownNorth Texas1179-53.5982-5-top 48%top 34%top 55%top 52%
15Jim MoraColorado State1176-59.5632-12-top 37%top 35%top 48%top 53%
16Blake AndersonSouthern Miss1377-61.5583-11-top 48%top 39%top 47%top 50%
17Clay HeltonGeorgia Southern1378-53.5951-5-top 37%top 42%top 48%top 47%
18Dan MullenUNLV15118-69.6312-0-top 32%top 45%top 36%top 30%
19Charles HuffMemphis647-27.6352-3-top 52%top 48%top 35%top 36%
20Butch JonesArkansas State17114-96.5430-8-top 61%top 50%top 65%top 64%
21Lance TaylorWestern Michigan427-22.5510-8-top 62%top 51%top 57%top 53%
22Sean LewisSan Diego State840-49.4491-14-top 57%top 54%top 81%top 80%
23Tyson HeltonWestern Kentucky860-42.5881-12-top 49%top 55%top 40%top 47%
24Sonny CumbieLouisiana Tech628-36.4380-8-top 65%top 57%top 44%top 50%
25Tim AlbinCharlotte636-38.4861-925-8top 54%top 60%top 82%top 76%

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FCS head coaches

66 head coaches, by offense pts/poss.. FCS seasons only; below fcs from his Wikipedia record. Offense and defense: teams' median standing in FCS.

#CoachNowSeasonsLast 3 seasonsRecordWin %vs FBSBelow FCSOff EPA/playOff points/poss.Def EPA/playDef points/poss.
1Brent VigenMontana State670-13.8432-3-top 2%top 1%top 25%top 13%
2Bobby WilderTennessee Tech872-21.7741-7-top 13%top 9%top 8%top 16%
3Trei OliverNorth Carolina Central750-30.6250-5-top 18%top 12%top 29%top 26%
4Colby CarthelStephen F. Austin853-39.5760-1059-18top 37%top 16%top 37%top 15%
5Todd WhittenTarleton State652-19.7322-379-37top 12%top 17%top 36%top 38%
6T. C. TaylorJackson State435-11.7610-3-top 16%top 19%top 17%top 11%
7Clint KilloughIncarnate Word431-16.6600-3-top 29%top 20%top 11%top 23%
8DeLane FitzgeraldSouthern Utah530-27.5261-586-49top 25%top 20%top 73%top 66%
9Doug PhillipsYoungstown State638-31.5510-6-top 14%top 21%top 84%top 55%
10Cody HawkinsIdaho State420-25.4441-5-top 34%top 22%top 78%top 72%
11Glenn CarusoSt. Thomas (MN)645-21.682-132-33top 35%top 27%top 13%top 15%
12Nathan BrownCentral Arkansas949-51.4901-10-top 26%top 28%top 38%top 57%
13Nick HillSouthern Illinois1155-62.4703-8-top 33%top 28%top 59%top 48%
14Jason SimpsonUT Martin20123-96.5622-32-top 32%top 28%top 57%top 40%
15Aaron BestEastern Washington954-53.5051-9-top 25%top 28%top 96%top 93%
16Mark FerranteVillanova973-38.6581-7-top 27%top 29%top 35%top 24%
17Brock SpackIllinois State17129-78.6234-9-top 34%top 30%top 42%top 42%
18Kerwin BellWestern Carolina636-31.5370-627-7top 27%top 31%top 65%top 64%
19Jim FlemingRhode Island1262-77.4461-12-top 31%top 32%top 22%top 23%
20Mike LondonWilliam & Mary745-36.5561-7-top 29%top 34%top 54%top 40%
21Kevin CahillYale427-18.6000-1-top 49%top 34%top 25%top 22%
22Keith PattersonAbilene Christian535-25.5830-7-top 39%top 35%top 63%top 54%
23Brandon MooreSan Diego425-19.568-13-3top 31%top 35%top 19%top 24%
24Rusty WrightChattanooga845-37.5490-8-top 34%top 35%top 27%top 20%
25Sammy McCorkleDartmouth425-13.658--top 23%top 37%top 22%top 32%

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