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

92 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	Joe Cox	OC (co), LSU	2	top 4%	top 8%	top 7%	No. 26 of 138
3	Jason Beck	OC, Michigan	3	top 7%	top 7%	top 8%	No. 105 of 138
4	Mike Denbrock	OC, Notre Dame	10	top 13%	top 12%	top 22%	No. 4 of 138
5	Drew Cronic	OC, Navy	2	top 13%	top 17%	top 29%	No. 45 of 138	23-14 (4)
6	Bobby Petrino	OC, North Carolina	3	top 14%	top 17%	top 7%	No. 55 of 138	132-76 (18)
7	Mack Leftwich	OC, Texas Tech	3	top 17%	top 12%	top 11%	No. 37 of 138
8	Mike Shanahan	OC, Indiana	4	top 17%	top 14%	top 9%	No. 10 of 138
9	Jonathan Brewer	OC, Duke	3	top 18%	top 9%	top 33%	No. 18 of 138
10	Chris Weinke	OC (co), Georgia Tech	2	top 18%	top 26%	top 14%	No. 99 of 138
11	A. J. Ricker	OC (co), TCU	5	top 18%	top 18%	top 25%	No. 82 of 138
12	Jordan Davis	OC, East Carolina	3	top 19%	top 24%	top 32%	No. 111 of 138
13	Mike Thiessen	OC, Air Force	17	top 20%	top 24%	top 20%	No. 33 of 138
14	Ty Howle	OC, Virginia Tech	3	top 21%	top 10%	top 14%	No. 36 of 138
15	Joey Halzle	OC, Tennessee	3	top 23%	top 23%	top 11%	No. 47 of 138
16	Nate Potter	OC, Boise State	2	top 23%	top 24%	top 38%	No. 3 of 138
17	Charlie Weis Jr.	OC, LSU	8	top 24%	top 26%	top 34%	No. 26 of 138
18	Matt Lubick	OC (co), Kansas	7	top 24%	top 49%	top 21%	No. 66 of 138
19	Mike Bobo	OC, Georgia	13	top 25%	top 26%	top 30%	No. 8 of 138	28-38 (6)
20	Mike Yurcich	OC, Youngstown State	10	top 26%	top 19%	top 39%	-
21	Rob Likens	OC (co), SMU	7	top 27%	top 33%	top 45%	No. 11 of 138
22	Kendal Briles	OC, South Carolina	11	top 27%	top 27%	top 24%	No. 34 of 138
23	John David Baker	OC, Ole Miss	4	top 28%	top 31%	top 23%	No. 35 of 138
24	Ryan Grubb	OC, Alabama	6	top 29%	top 29%	top 20%	No. 20 of 138
25	Rob Ezell	OC, Wake Forest	2	top 29%	top 38%	top 44%	No. 1 of 138

Show all 92

Group of 5 head coaches

62 head coaches, by last season. 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	Jason Eck	New Mexico	2	17-5	.773	1-3	26-13	top 54%	top 32%	top 17%	top 20%
2	Jamey Chadwell	Liberty	9	72-36	.667	3-2	59-35	top 28%	top 28%	top 52%	top 45%
3	Billy Napier	James Madison	9	70-37	.654	1-3	-	top 22%	top 29%	top 38%	top 29%
4	Sonny Cumbie	Louisiana Tech	6	28-36	.438	0-8	-	top 65%	top 57%	top 44%	top 50%
5	Charles Kelly	Jacksonville State	2	16-7	.696	0-1	-	top 35%	top 34%	top 44%	top 42%
6	Charles Huff	Memphis	6	47-27	.635	2-3	-	top 52%	top 48%	top 35%	top 36%
7	Tre Lamb	Tulsa	2	9-12	.429	2-1	27-25	top 46%	top 53%	top 39%	top 46%
8	Lance Taylor	Western Michigan	4	27-22	.551	0-8	-	top 62%	top 51%	top 57%	top 53%
9	Spencer Danielson	Boise State	4	32-9	.780	0-5	-	top 16%	top 14%	top 53%	top 40%
10	Michael Desormeaux	Louisiana	6	36-28	.563	1-5	-	top 41%	top 30%	top 53%	top 49%
11	Troy Calhoun	Air Force	20	146-99	.596	6-6	-	top 21%	top 25%	top 56%	top 50%
12	Neal Brown	North Texas	11	79-53	.598	2-5	-	top 48%	top 34%	top 55%	top 52%
13	Clay Helton	Georgia Southern	13	78-53	.595	1-5	-	top 37%	top 42%	top 48%	top 47%
14	Dell McGee	Georgia State	3	9-24	.273	1-4	-	top 67%	top 77%	top 88%	top 87%
15	Matt Entz	Fresno State	2	14-8	.636	0-2	60-11	top 68%	top 63%	top 25%	top 19%
16	Jeff Monken	Army	13	94-67	.584	4-20	38-16	top 27%	top 17%	top 62%	top 57%
17	G.J. Kinne	Texas State	4	28-20	.583	1-3	12-2	top 13%	top 11%	top 51%	top 77%
18	Jason Candle	UConn	12	85-49	.634	2-9	-	top 23%	top 28%	top 20%	top 25%
19	John Hauser	Ohio	2	8-3	.727	0-1	-	top 32%	top 41%	top 42%	top 41%
20	Chuck Martin	Miami (OH)	13	78-78	.500	2-18	74-7	top 62%	top 70%	top 41%	top 41%
21	Zach Kittley	Florida Atlantic	2	10-11	.476	0-2	-	top 38%	top 24%	top 90%	top 93%
22	Joe Harasymiak	Massachusetts	2	5-17	.227	1-2	20-15	top 79%	top 84%	top 65%	top 66%
23	Jeff Traylor	UTSA	7	60-28	.682	1-6	-	top 31%	top 34%	top 44%	top 51%
24	Butch Jones	Arkansas State	17	114-96	.543	0-8	-	top 61%	top 50%	top 65%	top 64%
25	Dowell Loggains	App State	2	10-12	.455	0-1	-	top 67%	top 69%	top 60%	top 59%
26	Ryan Beard	Coastal Carolina	2	10-11	.476	0-1	19-16	top 58%	top 68%	top 75%	top 54%
27	Dan Mullen	UNLV	15	118-69	.631	2-0	-	top 32%	top 45%	top 36%	top 30%
28	Blake Harrell	East Carolina	3	19-9	.679	1-3	-	top 44%	top 41%	top 24%	top 31%
29	Jim Mora	Colorado State	11	76-59	.563	2-12	-	top 37%	top 35%	top 48%	top 53%
30	Ken Niumatalolo	San José State	19	124-103	.546	7-16	-	top 20%	top 29%	top 76%	top 68%
31	Major Applewhite	South Alabama	6	30-30	.500	2-5	-	top 41%	top 29%	top 59%	top 59%
32	Pete Lembo	Buffalo	8	54-43	.557	0-6	79-36	top 70%	top 62%	top 64%	top 45%
33	Ryan Carty	Delaware	2	11-11	.500	0-4	26-11	top 44%	top 46%	top 71%	top 75%
34	Jay Sawvel	Wyoming	3	13-20	.394	0-4	-	top 91%	top 93%	top 66%	top 53%
35	Alex Mortensen	UAB	2	7-8	.467	0-1	-	top 64%	top 59%	top 59%	top 74%
36	Willie Simmons	Florida International	2	11-11	.500	0-1	66-24	top 71%	top 75%	top 40%	top 45%
37	Matt Drinkall	Central Michigan	2	12-11	.522	0-4	42-17	top 64%	top 73%	top 43%	top 47%
38	Jeff Choate	Nevada	3	9-25	.265	0-4	28-22	top 91%	top 91%	top 67%	top 70%
39	Jerry Mack	Kennesaw State	2	13-10	.565	0-3	31-15	top 64%	top 62%	top 54%	top 54%
40	Bronco Mendenhall	Utah State	20	150-100	.600	4-13	-	top 33%	top 34%	top 36%	top 31%
41	Gerad Parker	Troy	4	16-25	.390	0-3	-	top 84%	top 80%	top 50%	top 60%
42	K.C. Keeler	Temple	4	19-26	.422	0-5	259-100-1	top 63%	top 61%	top 69%	top 60%
43	Timmy Chang	Hawai'i	5	25-35	.417	2-9	-	top 72%	top 77%	top 73%	top 60%
44	Brian Newberry	Navy	4	29-18	.617	2-4	-	top 24%	top 32%	top 54%	top 47%
45	Ricky Rahne	Old Dominion	7	33-40	.452	2-8	-	top 76%	top 68%	top 20%	top 46%
46	Derek Mason	Middle Tennessee	10	38-77	.330	0-4	-	top 76%	top 88%	top 77%	top 75%
47	Tony Sanchez	New Mexico State	8	30-63	.323	1-9	-	top 70%	top 76%	top 81%	top 77%
48	Blake Anderson	Southern Miss	13	77-61	.558	3-11	-	top 48%	top 39%	top 47%	top 50%
49	Will Hall	Tulane	5	18-35	.340	0-6	56-20	top 83%	top 82%	top 76%	top 69%
50	Sean Lewis	San Diego State	8	40-49	.449	1-14	-	top 57%	top 54%	top 81%	top 80%
51	Phil Longo	Sam Houston	2	3-18	.143	0-2	7-14	top 96%	top 96%	top 74%	top 76%
52	Chris Creighton	Eastern Michigan	13	65-89	.422	4-13	139-46	top 60%	top 62%	top 79%	top 73%
53	Tyson Helton	Western Kentucky	8	60-42	.588	1-12	-	top 49%	top 55%	top 40%	top 47%
54	Eddie George	Bowling Green	2	7-15	.318	0-4	24-22	top 90%	top 88%	top 57%	top 60%
55	Scott Abell	Rice	2	6-16	.273	0-2	86-52	top 86%	top 82%	top 87%	top 92%
56	Mike Uremovich	Ball State	2	7-15	.318	0-4	56-56	top 84%	top 88%	top 79%	top 86%
57	Tony Gibson	Marshall	2	10-11	.476	0-2	-	top 64%	top 67%	top 71%	top 71%
58	Mark Carney	Kent State	2	8-14	.364	0-5	-	top 92%	top 90%	top 72%	top 86%
59	Joe Moorhead	Akron	7	28-56	.333	0-10	38-13	top 86%	top 85%	top 58%	top 73%
60	Bryant Vincent	UL Monroe	4	17-30	.362	0-6	-	top 80%	top 90%	top 67%	top 80%
61	Tim Albin	Charlotte	6	36-38	.486	1-9	25-8	top 54%	top 60%	top 82%	top 76%
62	Scotty Walden	UTEP	4	7-30	.189	0-5	33-17	top 94%	top 88%	top 58%	top 74%

Show top 25

FCS head coaches

104 head coaches, by last season. 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	Colby Carthel	Stephen F. Austin	8	53-39	.576	0-10	59-18	top 37%	top 16%	top 37%	top 15%
2	Dan Jackson	South Dakota State	2	17-7	.708	0-1	-	top 22%	top 20%	top 12%	top 11%
3	Chennis Berry	South Carolina State	3	27-8	.771	0-3	27-7	top 25%	top 17%	top 16%	top 30%
4	Brent Vigen	Montana State	6	70-13	.843	2-3	-	top 2%	top 1%	top 25%	top 13%
5	Jeff Faris	Austin Peay	3	19-15	.559	1-3	-	top 10%	top 19%	top 21%	top 37%
6	Bobby Wilder	Tennessee Tech	8	72-21	.774	1-7	-	top 13%	top 9%	top 8%	top 16%
7	Andrew Aurich	Harvard	3	24-5	.828	-	-	top 6%	top 11%	top 27%	top 16%
8	Kevin Lynch	Butler	2	14-8	.636	-	-	top 36%	top 36%	top 45%	top 33%
9	Todd Whitten	Tarleton State	6	52-19	.732	2-3	79-37	top 12%	top 17%	top 36%	top 38%
10	Sam Shade	Alabama A&M	2	11-11	.500	0-1	18-15	top 38%	top 43%	top 53%	top 47%
11	T. C. Taylor	Jackson State	4	35-11	.761	0-3	-	top 16%	top 19%	top 17%	top 11%
12	Clint Killough	Incarnate Word	4	31-16	.660	0-3	-	top 29%	top 20%	top 11%	top 23%
13	Trevor Andrews	Dayton	4	25-17	.595	-	-	top 56%	top 51%	top 10%	top 11%
14	Peter Rossomando	Lamar	4	29-17	.630	0-4	42-13	top 48%	top 40%	top 34%	top 31%
15	Cody Hawkins	Idaho State	4	20-25	.444	1-5	-	top 34%	top 22%	top 78%	top 72%
16	Joe Davis	Western Illinois	3	14-20	.412	0-5	-	top 22%	top 19%	top 91%	top 79%
17	Joel Taylor	Mercer	3	20-12	.625	0-1	-	top 41%	top 45%	top 13%	top 13%
18	Will Healy	East Tennessee State	2	13-9	.591	0-2	-	top 22%	top 23%	top 56%	top 41%
19	Eric Schmidt	North Dakota	2	15-10	.600	0-2	-	top 34%	top 24%	top 17%	top 18%
20	Doug Phillips	Youngstown State	6	38-31	.551	0-6	-	top 14%	top 21%	top 84%	top 55%
21	Brock Spack	Illinois State	17	129-78	.623	4-9	-	top 34%	top 30%	top 42%	top 42%
22	Bob Surace	Princeton	16	90-68	.570	-	18-3	top 66%	top 61%	top 37%	top 7%
23	Glenn Caruso	St. Thomas (MN)	6	45-21	.682	-	132-33	top 35%	top 27%	top 13%	top 15%
24	Rusty Wright	Chattanooga	8	45-37	.549	0-8	-	top 34%	top 35%	top 27%	top 20%
25	Eddie Robinson Jr.	Alabama State	5	35-20	.636	0-3	-	top 66%	top 60%	top 22%	top 20%

Show all 104