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).

#	Coach	Now	Seasons	Career EPA/play	Career points/poss.	Career success rate	2026 EPA/play	HC record
1	Dana Holgorsen	OC, Nebraska	8	top 3%	top 15%	top 4%	No. 41 of 138	92-69 (14)
2	Bryant Haines	DC, Indiana	4	top 5%	top 6%	top 3%	No. 11 of 138
3	Colin Hitschler	DC, UCLA	4	top 6%	top 10%	top 9%	No. 1 of 138
4	Glenn Schumann	DC, Georgia	7	top 11%	top 5%	top 14%	No. 26 of 138
5	Todd Bates	DC, Oklahoma	4	top 11%	top 22%	top 12%	No. 7 of 138
6	Phil Parker	DC, Iowa	13	top 12%	top 6%	top 28%	No. 14 of 138
7	Mike Denbrock	OC, Notre Dame	10	top 13%	top 12%	top 22%	No. 4 of 138
8	D.J. Durkin	DC, Auburn	9	top 14%	top 26%	top 15%	No. 80 of 138	12-17 (4)
9	Vince Kehres	DC, Syracuse	6	top 16%	top 21%	top 15%	No. 65 of 138
10	Brent Pry	DC, Virginia Tech	11	top 16%	top 28%	top 21%	No. 69 of 138	16-24 (4)
11	Mike Shanahan	OC, Indiana	4	top 17%	top 14%	top 9%	No. 10 of 138
12	A. J. Ricker	OC (co), TCU	5	top 18%	top 18%	top 25%	No. 82 of 138
13	Mike Thiessen	OC, Air Force	17	top 20%	top 24%	top 20%	No. 33 of 138
14	Charlie Weis Jr.	OC, LSU	8	top 24%	top 26%	top 34%	No. 26 of 138
15	Tom Allen	DC, Clemson	4	top 24%	top 23%	top 18%	No. 53 of 138	33-49 (8)
16	Matt Lubick	OC (co), Kansas	7	top 24%	top 49%	top 21%	No. 66 of 138
17	Corey Batoon	DC, Missouri	7	top 25%	top 23%	top 24%	No. 36 of 138
18	Mike Bobo	OC, Georgia	13	top 25%	top 26%	top 30%	No. 8 of 138	28-38 (6)
19	Mike Yurcich	OC, Youngstown State	10	top 26%	top 19%	top 39%	-
20	Lance Guidry	DC, Memphis	6	top 26%	top 36%	top 20%	No. 71 of 138	1-0 (1)
21	Chris Ash	DC, Notre Dame	7	top 26%	top 17%	top 26%	No. 31 of 138	8-32 (4)
22	Rob Likens	OC (co), SMU	7	top 27%	top 33%	top 45%	No. 11 of 138
23	Kendal Briles	OC, South Carolina	11	top 27%	top 27%	top 24%	No. 34 of 138
24	John David Baker	OC, Ole Miss	4	top 28%	top 31%	top 23%	No. 35 of 138
25	Todd Orlando	DC, South Alabama	21	top 29%	top 27%	top 26%	No. 131 of 138

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Group of 5 head coaches

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

#	Coach	Now	Seasons	Record	Win %	vs Power 4	Below FBS	Off EPA/play	Off points/poss.	Def EPA/play	Def points/poss.
1	Chuck Martin	Miami (OH)	13	78-78	.500	2-18	74-7	top 62%	top 70%	top 41%	top 41%
2	G.J. Kinne	Texas State	4	28-20	.583	1-3	12-2	top 13%	top 11%	top 51%	top 77%
3	Tim Albin	Charlotte	6	36-38	.486	1-9	25-8	top 54%	top 60%	top 82%	top 76%
4	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	13	65-89	.422	4-13	139-46	top 60%	top 62%	top 79%	top 73%
5	Joe Moorhead	Akron	7	28-56	.333	0-10	38-13	top 86%	top 85%	top 58%	top 73%
6	Will Hall	Tulane	5	18-35	.340	0-6	56-20	top 83%	top 82%	top 76%	top 69%
7	K.C. Keeler	Temple	4	19-26	.422	0-5	259-100-1	top 63%	top 61%	top 69%	top 60%
8	Jeff Monken	Army	13	94-67	.584	4-20	38-16	top 27%	top 17%	top 62%	top 57%
9	Pete Lembo	Buffalo	8	54-43	.557	0-6	79-36	top 70%	top 62%	top 64%	top 45%
10	Scotty Walden	UTEP	4	7-30	.189	0-5	33-17	top 94%	top 88%	top 58%	top 74%
11	Jamey Chadwell	Liberty	9	72-36	.667	3-2	59-35	top 28%	top 28%	top 52%	top 45%
12	Spencer Danielson	Boise State	4	32-9	.780	0-5	-	top 16%	top 14%	top 53%	top 40%
13	Jeff Traylor	UTSA	7	60-28	.682	1-6	-	top 31%	top 34%	top 44%	top 51%
14	Billy Napier	James Madison	9	70-37	.654	1-3	-	top 22%	top 29%	top 38%	top 29%
15	Charles Huff	Memphis	6	47-27	.635	2-3	-	top 52%	top 48%	top 35%	top 36%
16	Jason Candle	UConn	12	85-49	.634	2-9	-	top 23%	top 28%	top 20%	top 25%
17	Dan Mullen	UNLV	15	118-69	.631	2-0	-	top 32%	top 45%	top 36%	top 30%
18	Brian Newberry	Navy	4	29-18	.617	2-4	-	top 24%	top 32%	top 54%	top 47%
19	Bronco Mendenhall	Utah State	20	150-100	.600	4-13	-	top 33%	top 34%	top 36%	top 31%
20	Neal Brown	North Texas	11	79-53	.598	2-5	-	top 48%	top 34%	top 55%	top 52%
21	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	20	146-99	.596	6-6	-	top 21%	top 25%	top 56%	top 50%
22	Clay Helton	Georgia Southern	13	78-53	.595	1-5	-	top 37%	top 42%	top 48%	top 47%
23	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	8	60-42	.588	1-12	-	top 49%	top 55%	top 40%	top 47%
24	Jim Mora	Colorado State	11	76-59	.563	2-12	-	top 37%	top 35%	top 48%	top 53%
25	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana	6	36-28	.563	1-5	-	top 41%	top 30%	top 53%	top 49%

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FCS head coaches

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

#	Coach	Now	Seasons	Record	Win %	vs FBS	Below FCS	Off EPA/play	Off points/poss.	Def EPA/play	Def points/poss.
1	Brent Dearmon	North Alabama	4	14-31	.311	0-4	10-1	top 66%	top 64%	top 64%	top 64%
2	Bob Surace	Princeton	16	90-68	.570	-	18-3	top 66%	top 61%	top 37%	top 7%
3	Brandon Moore	San Diego	4	25-19	.568	-	13-3	top 31%	top 35%	top 19%	top 24%
4	Glenn Caruso	St. Thomas (MN)	6	45-21	.682	-	132-33	top 35%	top 27%	top 13%	top 15%
5	Kerwin Bell	Western Carolina	6	36-31	.537	0-6	27-7	top 27%	top 31%	top 65%	top 64%
6	Colby Carthel	Stephen F. Austin	8	53-39	.576	0-10	59-18	top 37%	top 16%	top 37%	top 15%
7	Peter Rossomando	Lamar	4	29-17	.630	0-4	42-13	top 48%	top 40%	top 34%	top 31%
8	Jed Stugart	Lindenwood	5	26-27	.491	0-5	117-45	top 42%	top 49%	top 70%	top 60%
9	Pete Shinnick	Towson	4	20-25	.444	0-5	159-67	top 36%	top 40%	top 69%	top 67%
10	Gabe Giardina	Charleston Southern	4	14-31	.311	0-6	37-17	top 85%	top 84%	top 49%	top 49%
11	Todd Whitten	Tarleton State	6	52-19	.732	2-3	79-37	top 12%	top 17%	top 36%	top 38%
12	Damon Wilson	Morgan State	5	23-32	.418	0-6	89-45	top 89%	top 70%	top 47%	top 35%
13	Chris Wilkerson	Eastern Illinois	5	19-37	.339	0-6	51-27	top 65%	top 79%	top 59%	top 63%
14	DeLane Fitzgerald	Southern Utah	5	30-27	.526	1-5	86-49	top 25%	top 20%	top 73%	top 66%
15	Steve Englehart	West Georgia	5	22-34	.393	0-2	70-49	top 73%	top 62%	top 47%	top 51%
16	John Troxell	Lafayette	5	31-25	.554	0-6	92-67	top 39%	top 41%	top 46%	top 40%
17	Jerry Schmitt	Duquesne	21	132-93	.587	1-14	28-21	top 37%	top 44%	top 34%	top 40%
18	Eli Gardner	Stonehill	5	18-34	.346	0-2	27-24	top 74%	top 85%	top 36%	top 45%
19	Dan Curran	Holy Cross	7	38-40	.487	0-4	29-35	top 51%	top 47%	top 30%	top 35%
20	Braxton Harris	Campbell	4	19-26	.422	0-5	7-23	top 46%	top 50%	top 74%	top 76%
21	Brent Vigen	Montana State	6	70-13	.843	2-3	-	top 2%	top 1%	top 25%	top 13%
22	Bobby Wilder	Tennessee Tech	8	72-21	.774	1-7	-	top 13%	top 9%	top 8%	top 16%
23	T. C. Taylor	Jackson State	4	35-11	.761	0-3	-	top 16%	top 19%	top 17%	top 11%
24	John Grass	Samford	9	70-31	.693	2-7	-	top 58%	top 66%	top 46%	top 19%
25	Clint Killough	Incarnate Word	4	31-16	.660	0-3	-	top 29%	top 20%	top 11%	top 23%
26	Sammy McCorkle	Dartmouth	4	25-13	.658	-	-	top 23%	top 37%	top 22%	top 32%
27	Mark Ferrante	Villanova	9	73-38	.658	1-7	-	top 27%	top 29%	top 35%	top 24%
28	Eddie Robinson Jr.	Alabama State	5	35-20	.636	0-3	-	top 66%	top 60%	top 22%	top 20%
29	Trei Oliver	North Carolina Central	7	50-30	.625	0-5	-	top 18%	top 12%	top 29%	top 26%
30	Brock Spack	Illinois State	17	129-78	.623	4-9	-	top 34%	top 30%	top 42%	top 42%
31	Ricky Santos	Pennsylvania	5	35-23	.603	0-4	-	top 46%	top 38%	top 50%	top 51%
32	Kevin Cahill	Yale	4	27-18	.600	0-1	-	top 49%	top 34%	top 25%	top 22%
33	Trevor Andrews	Dayton	4	25-17	.595	-	-	top 56%	top 51%	top 10%	top 11%
34	Russ Huesman	Richmond	9	62-44	.585	0-8	-	top 34%	top 40%	top 14%	top 15%
35	Keith Patterson	Abilene Christian	5	35-25	.583	0-7	-	top 39%	top 35%	top 63%	top 54%
36	Clay Hendrix	Furman	9	60-46	.566	0-10	-	top 60%	top 57%	top 39%	top 22%
37	Jason Simpson	UT Martin	20	123-96	.562	2-32	-	top 32%	top 28%	top 57%	top 40%
38	Mike London	William & Mary	7	45-36	.556	1-7	-	top 29%	top 34%	top 54%	top 40%
39	Doug Phillips	Youngstown State	6	38-31	.551	0-6	-	top 14%	top 21%	top 84%	top 55%
40	Rusty Wright	Chattanooga	8	45-37	.549	0-8	-	top 34%	top 35%	top 27%	top 20%
41	Tony Trisciani	Elon	7	42-37	.532	0-7	-	top 46%	top 50%	top 32%	top 29%
42	Mark Nofri	Sacred Heart	14	81-74	.523	0-2	-	top 39%	top 53%	top 43%	top 30%
43	Adam Lechtenberg	Central Connecticut	4	24-22	.522	0-5	-	top 42%	top 46%	top 42%	top 49%
44	Aaron Best	Eastern Washington	9	54-53	.505	1-9	-	top 25%	top 28%	top 96%	top 93%
45	Nathan Brown	Central Arkansas	9	49-51	.490	1-10	-	top 26%	top 28%	top 38%	top 57%
46	Tom Matukewicz	Southeast Missouri State	13	69-72	.489	0-12	-	top 38%	top 38%	top 37%	top 29%
47	Walt Wells	Eastern Kentucky	7	38-40	.487	1-12	-	top 42%	top 57%	top 63%	top 60%
48	Nick Hill	Southern Illinois	11	55-62	.470	3-8	-	top 33%	top 28%	top 59%	top 48%
49	Jim Fleming	Rhode Island	12	62-77	.446	1-12	-	top 31%	top 32%	top 22%	top 23%
50	Cody Hawkins	Idaho State	4	20-25	.444	1-5	-	top 34%	top 22%	top 78%	top 72%
51	Todd Stepsis	Northern Iowa	7	34-43	.442	0-2	-	top 73%	top 78%	top 50%	top 54%
52	Chris Merritt	Bryant	7	32-47	.405	1-5	-	top 41%	top 41%	top 55%	top 43%
53	Ron Cooper	Long Island University	5	21-35	.375	1-8	-	top 71%	top 80%	top 52%	top 50%
54	Shawn Watson	Wofford	5	21-35	.375	0-5	-	top 82%	top 69%	top 40%	top 46%
55	James Perry	Brown	7	25-43	.368	-	-	top 58%	top 53%	top 57%	top 58%
56	Joe Conlin	Fordham	8	33-58	.363	1-9	-	top 51%	top 67%	top 55%	top 72%
57	Bernard Clark	Robert Morris	8	32-57	.360	0-9	-	top 78%	top 68%	top 32%	top 36%
58	Raymond Woodie Jr.	Bethune-Cookman	4	16-29	.356	0-7	-	top 80%	top 56%	top 60%	top 86%
59	Rob Sgarlata	Georgetown	12	44-85	.341	-	-	top 73%	top 72%	top 45%	top 43%
60	Alonzo Hampton	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	4	14-29	.326	0-4	-	top 69%	top 64%	top 82%	top 87%
61	Jordan Stevens	Maine	5	16-39	.291	0-8	-	top 48%	top 52%	top 77%	top 68%
62	Curt Mallory	Indiana State	9	29-72	.287	0-10	-	top 75%	top 79%	top 70%	top 76%
63	Maurice Drayton	The Citadel	4	11-34	.244	1-4	-	top 64%	top 80%	top 85%	top 82%
64	Clint Dolezel	East Texas A&M	4	11-34	.244	0-5	-	top 86%	top 86%	top 35%	top 54%
65	Tom Masella	Wagner	6	16-51	.239	0-12	-	top 83%	top 88%	top 47%	top 57%
66	Ed Lamb	Northern Colorado	4	8-37	.178	0-4	-	top 80%	top 81%	top 90%	top 78%

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