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
FCS head coaches
104 head coaches, by defense pts/poss.. 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 | Bob Surace | Princeton | 16 | 90-68 | .570 | - | 18-3 | top 66% | top 61% | top 37% | top 7% | |
| 2 | T. C. Taylor | Jackson State | 4 | 35-11 | .761 | 0-3 | - | top 16% | top 19% | top 17% | top 11% | |
| 3 | Trevor Andrews | Dayton | 4 | 25-17 | .595 | - | - | top 56% | top 51% | top 10% | top 11% | |
| 4 | Dan Jackson | South Dakota State | 2 | 17-7 | .708 | 0-1 | - | top 22% | top 20% | top 12% | top 11% | |
| 5 | Joel Taylor | Mercer | 3 | 20-12 | .625 | 0-1 | - | top 41% | top 45% | top 13% | top 13% | |
| 6 | Brent Vigen | Montana State | 6 | 70-13 | .843 | 2-3 | - | top 2% | top 1% | top 25% | top 13% | |
| 7 | Glenn Caruso | St. Thomas (MN) | 6 | 45-21 | .682 | - | 132-33 | top 35% | top 27% | top 13% | top 15% | |
| 8 | Russ Huesman | Richmond | 9 | 62-44 | .585 | 0-8 | - | top 34% | top 40% | top 14% | top 15% | |
| 9 | Colby Carthel | Stephen F. Austin | 8 | 53-39 | .576 | 0-10 | 59-18 | top 37% | top 16% | top 37% | top 15% | |
| 10 | Andrew Aurich | Harvard | 3 | 24-5 | .828 | - | - | top 6% | top 11% | top 27% | top 16% | |
| 11 | Bobby Wilder | Tennessee Tech | 8 | 72-21 | .774 | 1-7 | - | top 13% | top 9% | top 8% | top 16% | |
| 12 | Eric Schmidt | North Dakota | 2 | 15-10 | .600 | 0-2 | - | top 34% | top 24% | top 17% | top 18% | |
| 13 | John Grass | Samford | 9 | 70-31 | .693 | 2-7 | - | top 58% | top 66% | top 46% | top 19% | |
| 14 | Rusty Wright | Chattanooga | 8 | 45-37 | .549 | 0-8 | - | top 34% | top 35% | top 27% | top 20% | |
| 15 | Travis Bush | UT Rio Grande Valley | 2 | 14-8 | .636 | 0-1 | - | top 23% | top 24% | top 22% | top 20% | |
| 16 | Eddie Robinson Jr. | Alabama State | 5 | 35-20 | .636 | 0-3 | - | top 66% | top 60% | top 22% | top 20% | |
| 17 | Kevin Cahill | Yale | 4 | 27-18 | .600 | 0-1 | - | top 49% | top 34% | top 25% | top 22% | |
| 18 | Clay Hendrix | Furman | 9 | 60-46 | .566 | 0-10 | - | top 60% | top 57% | top 39% | top 22% | |
| 19 | Jim Fleming | Rhode Island | 12 | 62-77 | .446 | 1-12 | - | top 31% | top 32% | top 22% | top 23% | |
| 20 | Clint Killough | Incarnate Word | 4 | 31-16 | .660 | 0-3 | - | top 29% | top 20% | top 11% | top 23% | |
| 21 | Mark Ferrante | Villanova | 9 | 73-38 | .658 | 1-7 | - | top 27% | top 29% | top 35% | top 24% | |
| 22 | Brandon Moore | San Diego | 4 | 25-19 | .568 | - | 13-3 | top 31% | top 35% | top 19% | top 24% | |
| 23 | Mickey Joseph | Grambling | 3 | 16-17 | .485 | 0-3 | 13-7 | top 75% | top 59% | top 30% | top 25% | |
| 24 | Tremaine Jackson | Prairie View A&M | 2 | 15-9 | .625 | 0-2 | 40-12 | top 38% | top 35% | top 36% | top 26% | |
| 25 | Trei Oliver | North Carolina Central | 7 | 50-30 | .625 | 0-5 | - | top 18% | top 12% | top 29% | top 26% | |
| 26 | Tony Trisciani | Elon | 7 | 42-37 | .532 | 0-7 | - | top 46% | top 50% | top 32% | top 29% | |
| 27 | Tom Matukewicz | Southeast Missouri State | 13 | 69-72 | .489 | 0-12 | - | top 38% | top 38% | top 37% | top 29% | |
| 28 | Mark Nofri | Sacred Heart | 14 | 81-74 | .523 | 0-2 | - | top 39% | top 53% | top 43% | top 30% | |
| 29 | Mike Willis | Marist | 3 | 11-22 | .333 | - | - | top 71% | top 63% | top 24% | top 30% | |
| 30 | Chennis Berry | South Carolina State | 3 | 27-8 | .771 | 0-3 | 27-7 | top 25% | top 17% | top 16% | top 30% | |
| 31 | Peter Rossomando | Lamar | 4 | 29-17 | .630 | 0-4 | 42-13 | top 48% | top 40% | top 34% | top 31% | |
| 32 | Sammy McCorkle | Dartmouth | 4 | 25-13 | .658 | - | - | top 23% | top 37% | top 22% | top 32% | |
| 33 | Kevin Lynch | Butler | 2 | 14-8 | .636 | - | - | top 36% | top 36% | top 45% | top 33% | |
| 34 | Dan Curran | Holy Cross | 7 | 38-40 | .487 | 0-4 | 29-35 | top 51% | top 47% | top 30% | top 35% | |
| 35 | Damon Wilson | Morgan State | 5 | 23-32 | .418 | 0-6 | 89-45 | top 89% | top 70% | top 47% | top 35% | |
| 36 | Bernard Clark | Robert Morris | 8 | 32-57 | .360 | 0-9 | - | top 78% | top 68% | top 32% | top 36% | |
| 37 | Jeff Faris | Austin Peay | 3 | 19-15 | .559 | 1-3 | - | top 10% | top 19% | top 21% | top 37% | |
| 38 | Todd Whitten | Tarleton State | 6 | 52-19 | .732 | 2-3 | 79-37 | top 12% | top 17% | top 36% | top 38% | |
| 39 | Mark Powell | New Haven | 2 | 8-12 | .400 | - | - | top 72% | top 69% | top 32% | top 40% | |
| 40 | Jerry Schmitt | Duquesne | 21 | 132-93 | .587 | 1-14 | 28-21 | top 37% | top 44% | top 34% | top 40% | |
| 41 | John Troxell | Lafayette | 5 | 31-25 | .554 | 0-6 | 92-67 | top 39% | top 41% | top 46% | top 40% | |
| 42 | Mike London | William & Mary | 7 | 45-36 | .556 | 1-7 | - | top 29% | top 34% | top 54% | top 40% | |
| 43 | Jason Simpson | UT Martin | 20 | 123-96 | .562 | 2-32 | - | top 32% | top 28% | top 57% | top 40% | |
| 44 | Billy Cosh | Stony Brook | 3 | 19-15 | .559 | 0-3 | - | top 36% | top 37% | top 66% | top 41% | |
| 45 | Curt Fitzpatrick | Colgate | 2 | 10-12 | .455 | 0-2 | 80-43 | top 40% | top 47% | top 49% | top 41% | |
| 46 | Will Healy | East Tennessee State | 2 | 13-9 | .591 | 0-2 | - | top 22% | top 23% | top 56% | top 41% | |
| 47 | Brock Spack | Illinois State | 17 | 129-78 | .623 | 4-9 | - | top 34% | top 30% | top 42% | top 42% | |
| 48 | Rob Sgarlata | Georgetown | 12 | 44-85 | .341 | - | - | top 73% | top 72% | top 45% | top 43% | |
| 49 | Chris Merritt | Bryant | 7 | 32-47 | .405 | 1-5 | - | top 41% | top 41% | top 55% | top 43% | |
| 50 | DeSean Jackson | Delaware State | 2 | 14-8 | .636 | 0-2 | - | top 33% | top 42% | top 39% | top 44% | |
| 51 | Eli Gardner | Stonehill | 5 | 18-34 | .346 | 0-2 | 27-24 | top 74% | top 85% | top 36% | top 45% | |
| 52 | Shawn Watson | Wofford | 5 | 21-35 | .375 | 0-5 | - | top 82% | top 69% | top 40% | top 46% | |
| 53 | Sam Shade | Alabama A&M | 2 | 11-11 | .500 | 0-1 | 18-15 | top 38% | top 43% | top 53% | top 47% | |
| 54 | Dan Swanstrom | Cornell | 3 | 11-17 | .393 | - | 32-11 | top 55% | top 38% | top 46% | top 48% | |
| 55 | Nick Hill | Southern Illinois | 11 | 55-62 | .470 | 3-8 | - | top 33% | top 28% | top 59% | top 48% | |
| 56 | Gabe Giardina | Charleston Southern | 4 | 14-31 | .311 | 0-6 | 37-17 | top 85% | top 84% | top 49% | top 49% | |
| 57 | Adam Lechtenberg | Central Connecticut | 4 | 24-22 | .522 | 0-5 | - | top 42% | top 46% | top 42% | top 49% | |
| 58 | Brian Wright | Northern Arizona | 3 | 23-12 | .657 | 0-3 | 33-8 | top 23% | top 31% | top 76% | top 50% | |
| 59 | Ron Cooper | Long Island University | 5 | 21-35 | .375 | 1-8 | - | top 71% | top 80% | top 52% | top 50% | |
| 60 | Mike Gennetti | Merrimack | 3 | 13-20 | .394 | 0-6 | - | top 61% | top 71% | top 61% | top 50% | |
| 61 | Steve Englehart | West Georgia | 5 | 22-34 | .393 | 0-2 | 70-49 | top 73% | top 62% | top 47% | top 51% | |
| 62 | Ricky Santos | Pennsylvania | 5 | 35-23 | .603 | 0-4 | - | top 46% | top 38% | top 50% | top 51% | |
| 63 | Andy Waddle | Valparaiso | 2 | 6-15 | .286 | - | 55-61 | top 84% | top 63% | top 27% | top 52% | |
| 64 | Reggie Barlow | Tennessee State | 2 | 4-18 | .182 | 0-1 | 34-16 | top 93% | top 96% | top 49% | top 52% | |
| 65 | Todd Stepsis | Northern Iowa | 7 | 34-43 | .442 | 0-2 | - | top 73% | top 78% | top 50% | top 54% | |
| 66 | Clint Dolezel | East Texas A&M | 4 | 11-34 | .244 | 0-5 | - | top 86% | top 86% | top 35% | top 54% | |
| 67 | Keith Patterson | Abilene Christian | 5 | 35-25 | .583 | 0-7 | - | top 39% | top 35% | top 63% | top 54% | |
| 68 | Doug Phillips | Youngstown State | 6 | 38-31 | .551 | 0-6 | - | top 14% | top 21% | top 84% | top 55% | |
| 69 | Tom Masella | Wagner | 6 | 16-51 | .239 | 0-12 | - | top 83% | top 88% | top 47% | top 57% | |
| 70 | Nathan Brown | Central Arkansas | 9 | 49-51 | .490 | 1-10 | - | top 26% | top 28% | top 38% | top 57% | |
| 71 | James Perry | Brown | 7 | 25-43 | .368 | - | - | top 58% | top 53% | top 57% | top 58% | |
| 72 | Walt Wells | Eastern Kentucky | 7 | 38-40 | .487 | 1-12 | - | top 42% | top 57% | top 63% | top 60% | |
| 73 | Jed Stugart | Lindenwood | 5 | 26-27 | .491 | 0-5 | 117-45 | top 42% | top 49% | top 70% | top 60% | |
| 74 | Jon Poppe | Columbia | 3 | 13-15 | .464 | - | 10-2 | top 87% | top 80% | top 67% | top 62% | |
| 75 | Chris Wilkerson | Eastern Illinois | 5 | 19-37 | .339 | 0-6 | 51-27 | top 65% | top 79% | top 59% | top 63% | |
| 76 | Tim Plough | UC Davis | 3 | 26-11 | .703 | 0-3 | - | top 15% | top 24% | top 72% | top 64% | |
| 77 | Kerwin Bell | Western Carolina | 6 | 36-31 | .537 | 0-6 | 27-7 | top 27% | top 31% | top 65% | top 64% | |
| 78 | Brent Dearmon | North Alabama | 4 | 14-31 | .311 | 0-4 | 10-1 | top 66% | top 64% | top 64% | top 64% | |
| 79 | Cedric Thomas | Alcorn State | 3 | 17-17 | .500 | 0-4 | 5-4 | top 54% | top 52% | top 41% | top 65% | |
| 80 | DeLane Fitzgerald | Southern Utah | 5 | 30-27 | .526 | 1-5 | 86-49 | top 25% | top 20% | top 73% | top 66% | |
| 81 | Pete Shinnick | Towson | 4 | 20-25 | .444 | 0-5 | 159-67 | top 36% | top 40% | top 69% | top 67% | |
| 82 | Jordan Stevens | Maine | 5 | 16-39 | .291 | 0-8 | - | top 48% | top 52% | top 77% | top 68% | |
| 83 | Thomas Ford | Idaho | 2 | 9-13 | .409 | 0-3 | 2-18 | top 14% | top 30% | top 72% | top 71% | |
| 84 | Cris Dishman | Texas Southern | 3 | 14-17 | .452 | 0-4 | - | top 57% | top 54% | top 68% | top 71% | |
| 85 | Cody Hawkins | Idaho State | 4 | 20-25 | .444 | 1-5 | - | top 34% | top 22% | top 78% | top 72% | |
| 86 | Joe Conlin | Fordham | 8 | 33-58 | .363 | 1-9 | - | top 51% | top 67% | top 55% | top 72% | |
| 87 | Shawn Gibbs | North Carolina A&T | 2 | 6-16 | .273 | 0-2 | 22-9 | top 67% | top 76% | top 76% | top 73% | |
| 88 | Jason Bachtel | Houston Christian | 3 | 11-23 | .324 | 0-5 | 16-9 | top 91% | top 73% | top 39% | top 74% | |
| 89 | Michael Vick | Norfolk State | 2 | 5-17 | .227 | 0-3 | - | top 60% | top 39% | top 37% | top 76% | |
| 90 | Braxton Harris | Campbell | 4 | 19-26 | .422 | 0-5 | 7-23 | top 46% | top 50% | top 74% | top 76% | |
| 91 | Curt Mallory | Indiana State | 9 | 29-72 | .287 | 0-10 | - | top 75% | top 79% | top 70% | top 76% | |
| 92 | Jason Woodman | Morehead State | 3 | 15-19 | .441 | - | 60-47 | top 71% | top 60% | top 89% | top 78% | |
| 93 | Ed Lamb | Northern Colorado | 4 | 8-37 | .178 | 0-4 | - | top 80% | top 81% | top 90% | top 78% | |
| 94 | Joe Davis | Western Illinois | 3 | 14-20 | .412 | 0-5 | - | top 22% | top 19% | top 91% | top 79% | |
| 95 | Maurice Drayton | The Citadel | 4 | 11-34 | .244 | 1-4 | - | top 64% | top 80% | top 85% | top 82% | |
| 96 | Raymond Woodie Jr. | Bethune-Cookman | 4 | 16-29 | .356 | 0-7 | - | top 80% | top 56% | top 60% | top 86% | |
| 97 | Terrell Buckley | Mississippi Valley State | 2 | 5-17 | .227 | 0-1 | - | top 96% | top 95% | top 69% | top 86% | |
| 98 | Alonzo Hampton | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 4 | 14-29 | .326 | 0-4 | - | top 69% | top 64% | top 82% | top 87% | |
| 99 | Saj Thakkar | Davidson | 2 | 6-16 | .273 | - | 14-6 | top 76% | top 75% | top 89% | top 90% | |
| 100 | Lance Anderson | Utah Tech | 3 | 4-30 | .118 | 0-2 | - | top 81% | top 91% | top 91% | top 91% | |
| 101 | Aaron Best | Eastern Washington | 9 | 54-53 | .505 | 1-9 | - | top 25% | top 28% | top 96% | top 93% | |
| 102 | Michael Jasper | Stetson | 2 | 4-18 | .182 | - | 44-20 | top 71% | top 75% | top 93% | top 95% | |
| 103 | Blaine McCorkle | Northwestern State | 3 | 1-33 | .029 | 0-5 | 31-25 | top 98% | top 100% | top 96% | top 98% | |
| 104 | Jody Wright | Murray State | 3 | 3-31 | .088 | 0-6 | - | top 69% | top 88% | top 98% | top 99% |