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
48 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 | 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 | Corey Hetherman | DC, Miami | 2 | top 8% | top 6% | top 13% | No. 64 of 138 | ||
| 5 | Glenn Schumann | DC, Georgia | 7 | top 11% | top 5% | top 14% | No. 26 of 138 | ||
| 6 | Phil Parker | DC, Iowa | 13 | top 12% | top 6% | top 28% | No. 14 of 138 | ||
| 7 | Maurice Linguist | DC (co), Alabama | 2 | top 12% | top 12% | top 11% | No. 17 of 138 | 14-23 (4) | |
| 8 | Mike Denbrock | OC, Notre Dame | 10 | top 13% | top 12% | top 22% | No. 4 of 138 | ||
| 9 | Mack Leftwich | OC, Texas Tech | 3 | top 17% | top 12% | top 11% | No. 37 of 138 | ||
| 10 | Mike Shanahan | OC, Indiana | 4 | top 17% | top 14% | top 9% | No. 10 of 138 | ||
| 11 | Joey Halzle | OC, Tennessee | 3 | top 23% | top 23% | top 11% | No. 47 of 138 | ||
| 12 | Nate Potter | OC, Boise State | 2 | top 23% | top 24% | top 38% | No. 3 of 138 | ||
| 13 | Charlie Weis Jr. | OC, LSU | 8 | top 24% | top 26% | top 34% | No. 26 of 138 | ||
| 14 | Corey Batoon | DC, Missouri | 7 | top 25% | top 23% | top 24% | No. 36 of 138 | ||
| 15 | Mike Bobo | OC, Georgia | 13 | top 25% | top 26% | top 30% | No. 8 of 138 | 28-38 (6) | |
| 16 | Chris Ash | DC, Notre Dame | 7 | top 26% | top 17% | top 26% | No. 31 of 138 | 8-32 (4) | |
| 17 | Kendal Briles | OC, South Carolina | 11 | top 27% | top 27% | top 24% | No. 34 of 138 | ||
| 18 | John David Baker | OC, Ole Miss | 4 | top 28% | top 31% | top 23% | No. 35 of 138 | ||
| 19 | Ryan Grubb | OC, Alabama | 6 | top 29% | top 29% | top 20% | No. 20 of 138 | ||
| 20 | Rob Ezell | OC, Wake Forest | 2 | top 29% | top 38% | top 44% | No. 1 of 138 | ||
| 21 | Shiel Wood | DC, Texas Tech | 5 | top 29% | top 22% | top 35% | No. 33 of 138 | ||
| 22 | Kane Wommack | DC, Alabama | 6 | top 31% | top 27% | top 28% | No. 17 of 138 | 22-16 (3) | |
| 23 | Tim Walton | DC (co), Ohio State | 3 | top 31% | top 39% | top 24% | No. 20 of 138 | ||
| 24 | Anthony Poindexter | DC (co), Tennessee | 12 | top 32% | top 31% | top 41% | No. 5 of 138 | ||
| 25 | Jim Knowles | DC, Tennessee | 13 | top 33% | top 29% | top 34% | No. 5 of 138 |
Group of 5 head coaches
1 head coaches, by defense pts/poss.. 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% |