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
30 coordinators. Career: the median of his units' FBS ranks as a share of FBS (top 5% = among the best).
| # | Coach | Now | Seasons | Last 3 seasons | Career EPA/play | Career points/poss. | Career success rate | 2026 EPA/play | HC record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Cox | OC (co), LSU | 2 | top 4% | top 8% | top 7% | No. 26 of 138 | ||
| 2 | Mike Denbrock | OC, Notre Dame | 10 | top 13% | top 12% | top 22% | No. 4 of 138 | ||
| 3 | Mack Leftwich | OC, Texas Tech | 3 | top 17% | top 12% | top 11% | No. 37 of 138 | ||
| 4 | Mike Shanahan | OC, Indiana | 4 | top 17% | top 14% | top 9% | No. 10 of 138 | ||
| 5 | Joey Halzle | OC, Tennessee | 3 | top 23% | top 23% | top 11% | No. 47 of 138 | ||
| 6 | Nate Potter | OC, Boise State | 2 | top 23% | top 24% | top 38% | No. 3 of 138 | ||
| 7 | Charlie Weis Jr. | OC, LSU | 8 | top 24% | top 26% | top 34% | No. 26 of 138 | ||
| 8 | Mike Bobo | OC, Georgia | 13 | top 25% | top 26% | top 30% | No. 8 of 138 | 28-38 (6) | |
| 9 | Mike Yurcich | OC, Youngstown State | 10 | top 26% | top 19% | top 39% | - | ||
| 10 | Kendal Briles | OC, South Carolina | 11 | top 27% | top 27% | top 24% | No. 34 of 138 | ||
| 11 | John David Baker | OC, Ole Miss | 4 | top 28% | top 31% | top 23% | No. 35 of 138 | ||
| 12 | Ryan Grubb | OC, Alabama | 6 | top 29% | top 29% | top 20% | No. 20 of 138 | ||
| 13 | Rob Ezell | OC, Wake Forest | 2 | top 29% | top 38% | top 44% | No. 1 of 138 | ||
| 14 | Chip Lindsey | OC, Missouri | 9 | top 34% | top 36% | top 38% | No. 56 of 138 | 15-19 (3) | |
| 15 | Kyle Flood | OC, Texas | 7 | top 35% | top 24% | top 27% | No. 95 of 138 | 27-24 (4) | |
| 16 | Shannon Dawson | OC, Miami | 12 | top 36% | top 37% | top 46% | No. 2 of 138 | ||
| 17 | Tino Sunseri | OC (co), Indiana | 2 | top 37% | top 40% | top 30% | No. 10 of 138 | ||
| 18 | Luke Huard | OC, USC | 2 | top 39% | top 48% | top 50% | No. 22 of 138 | ||
| 19 | Dean Kennedy | OC, UCLA | 2 | top 42% | top 21% | top 36% | No. 53 of 138 | ||
| 20 | Aaron Roderick | OC, BYU | 8 | top 43% | top 19% | top 35% | No. 32 of 138 | ||
| 21 | Seth Doege | OC, Arizona | 2 | top 47% | top 27% | top 49% | No. 28 of 138 | ||
| 22 | Eric Eidsness | OC, South Dakota State | 5 | top 48% | top 58% | top 58% | - | ||
| 23 | Graham Harrell | OC (co), Abilene Christian | 9 | top 52% | top 34% | top 32% | - | ||
| 24 | Kevin McGiven | OC, Utah | 11 | top 55% | top 49% | top 61% | No. 24 of 138 | ||
| 25 | Slade Nagle | OC, Houston | 2 | top 64% | top 49% | top 52% | No. 7 of 138 | 0-1 (1) | |
| 26 | Brent Pease | OC, Montana | 6 | top 73% | top 66% | top 70% | - | ||
| 27 | Joe Sloan | OC, Kentucky | 4 | top 74% | top 58% | top 70% | No. 48 of 138 | ||
| 28 | Tim Lester | OC, Iowa | 4 | top 75% | top 55% | top 68% | No. 86 of 138 | 37-32 (6) | |
| 29 | A. J. Milwee | OC (co), Texas | 9 | top 79% | top 76% | top 80% | No. 95 of 138 | ||
| 30 | Drew Mehringer | OC, Oregon | 3 | top 81% | top 88% | top 79% | No. 63 of 138 |
Group of 5 head coaches
1 head coaches, by win percentage. FBS seasons only; below fbs from his Wikipedia record. Offense and defense: teams' median standing in FBS.
| # | Coach | Now | Seasons | Last 3 seasons | Record | Win % | vs Power 4 | Below FBS | Off EPA/play | Off points/poss. | Def EPA/play | Def points/poss. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spencer Danielson | Boise State | 4 | 32-9 | .780 | 0-5 | - | top 16% | top 14% | top 53% | top 40% |
FCS head coaches
19 head coaches, by win percentage. FCS seasons only; below fcs from his Wikipedia record. Offense and defense: teams' median standing in FCS.
| # | Coach | Now | Seasons | Last 3 seasons | Record | Win % | vs FBS | Below FCS | Off EPA/play | Off points/poss. | Def EPA/play | Def points/poss. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brent Vigen | Montana State | 6 | 70-13 | .843 | 2-3 | - | top 2% | top 1% | top 25% | top 13% | |
| 2 | Andrew Aurich | Harvard | 3 | 24-5 | .828 | - | - | top 6% | top 11% | top 27% | top 16% | |
| 3 | Bobby Wilder | Tennessee Tech | 8 | 72-21 | .774 | 1-7 | - | top 13% | top 9% | top 8% | top 16% | |
| 4 | Chennis Berry | South Carolina State | 3 | 27-8 | .771 | 0-3 | 27-7 | top 25% | top 17% | top 16% | top 30% | |
| 5 | T. C. Taylor | Jackson State | 4 | 35-11 | .761 | 0-3 | - | top 16% | top 19% | top 17% | top 11% | |
| 6 | Todd Whitten | Tarleton State | 6 | 52-19 | .732 | 2-3 | 79-37 | top 12% | top 17% | top 36% | top 38% | |
| 7 | Dan Jackson | South Dakota State | 2 | 17-7 | .708 | 0-1 | - | top 22% | top 20% | top 12% | top 11% | |
| 8 | Brian Wright | Northern Arizona | 3 | 23-12 | .657 | 0-3 | 33-8 | top 23% | top 31% | top 76% | top 50% | |
| 9 | Peter Rossomando | Lamar | 4 | 29-17 | .630 | 0-4 | 42-13 | top 48% | top 40% | top 34% | top 31% | |
| 10 | Joel Taylor | Mercer | 3 | 20-12 | .625 | 0-1 | - | top 41% | top 45% | top 13% | top 13% | |
| 11 | Brock Spack | Illinois State | 17 | 129-78 | .623 | 4-9 | - | top 34% | top 30% | top 42% | top 42% | |
| 12 | Eric Schmidt | North Dakota | 2 | 15-10 | .600 | 0-2 | - | top 34% | top 24% | top 17% | top 18% | |
| 13 | Keith Patterson | Abilene Christian | 5 | 35-25 | .583 | 0-7 | - | top 39% | top 35% | top 63% | top 54% | |
| 14 | Colby Carthel | Stephen F. Austin | 8 | 53-39 | .576 | 0-10 | 59-18 | top 37% | top 16% | top 37% | top 15% | |
| 15 | Bob Surace | Princeton | 16 | 90-68 | .570 | - | 18-3 | top 66% | top 61% | top 37% | top 7% | |
| 16 | Jeff Faris | Austin Peay | 3 | 19-15 | .559 | 1-3 | - | top 10% | top 19% | top 21% | top 37% | |
| 17 | Doug Phillips | Youngstown State | 6 | 38-31 | .551 | 0-6 | - | top 14% | top 21% | top 84% | top 55% | |
| 18 | Cody Hawkins | Idaho State | 4 | 20-25 | .444 | 1-5 | - | top 34% | top 22% | top 78% | top 72% | |
| 19 | Braxton Harris | Campbell | 4 | 19-26 | .422 | 0-5 | 7-23 | top 46% | top 50% | top 74% | top 76% |