THIRD AND DATA

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

207 coordinators. Career: the median of his units' FBS ranks as a share of FBS (top 5% = among the best).

#CoachNowSeasonsLast 3 seasonsCareer EPA/playCareer points/poss.Career success rate2026 EPA/playHC record
1Rob AurichDC, Nebraska1top 1%top 3%top 6%No. 27 of 138
2Dana HolgorsenOC, Nebraska8top 3%top 15%top 4%No. 41 of 13892-69 (14)
3Matt PatriciaDC, Ohio State1top 3%top 1%top 8%No. 20 of 138
4Keenan BaileyOC (co), Ohio State1top 4%top 5%top 1%No. 25 of 138
5Joe CoxOC (co), LSU2top 4%top 8%top 7%No. 26 of 138
6Bryant HainesDC, Indiana4top 5%top 6%top 3%No. 11 of 138
7Colin HitschlerDC, UCLA4top 6%top 10%top 9%No. 1 of 138
8Jason BeckOC, Michigan3top 7%top 7%top 8%No. 105 of 138
9Corey HethermanDC, Miami2top 8%top 6%top 13%No. 64 of 138
10Glenn SchumannDC, Georgia7top 11%top 5%top 14%No. 26 of 138
11Todd BatesDC, Oklahoma4top 11%top 22%top 12%No. 7 of 138
12Phil ParkerDC, Iowa13top 12%top 6%top 28%No. 14 of 138
13Josh AldridgeDC, South Florida2top 12%top 21%top 12%No. 57 of 1380-1 (1)
14Corey DennisOC, UNLV1top 12%top 17%top 16%No. 85 of 138
15Maurice LinguistDC (co), Alabama2top 12%top 12%top 11%No. 17 of 13814-23 (4)
16Mike DenbrockOC, Notre Dame10top 13%top 12%top 22%No. 4 of 138
17Drew CronicOC, Navy2top 13%top 17%top 29%No. 45 of 13823-14 (4)
18D.J. DurkinDC, Auburn9top 14%top 26%top 15%No. 80 of 13812-17 (4)
19Bobby PetrinoOC, North Carolina3top 14%top 17%top 7%No. 55 of 138132-76 (18)
20Vince KehresDC, Syracuse6top 16%top 21%top 15%No. 65 of 138
21Brent PryDC, Virginia Tech11top 16%top 28%top 21%No. 69 of 13816-24 (4)
22Mack LeftwichOC, Texas Tech3top 17%top 12%top 11%No. 37 of 138
23Mike ShanahanOC, Indiana4top 17%top 14%top 9%No. 10 of 138
24Jonathan BrewerOC, Duke3top 18%top 9%top 33%No. 18 of 138
25Chris WeinkeOC (co), Georgia Tech2top 18%top 26%top 14%No. 99 of 138

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Group of 5 head coaches

70 head coaches, by offense pts/poss.. FBS seasons only; below fbs from his Wikipedia record. Offense and defense: teams' median standing in FBS.

#CoachNowSeasonsLast 3 seasonsRecordWin %vs Power 4Below FBSOff EPA/playOff points/poss.Def EPA/playDef points/poss.
1G.J. KinneTexas State428-20.5831-312-2top 13%top 11%top 51%top 77%
2JaMarcus ShephardOregon State1-5-4.5560-2-top 10%top 12%top 67%top 58%
3Spencer DanielsonBoise State432-9.7800-5-top 16%top 14%top 53%top 40%
4Jeff MonkenArmy1394-67.5844-2038-16top 27%top 17%top 62%top 57%
5Zach KittleyFlorida Atlantic210-11.4760-2-top 38%top 24%top 90%top 93%
6Troy CalhounAir Force20146-99.5966-6-top 21%top 25%top 56%top 50%
7Jason CandleUConn1285-49.6342-9-top 23%top 28%top 20%top 25%
8Jamey ChadwellLiberty972-36.6673-259-35top 28%top 28%top 52%top 45%
9Billy NapierJames Madison970-37.6541-3-top 22%top 29%top 38%top 29%
10Major ApplewhiteSouth Alabama630-30.5002-5-top 41%top 29%top 59%top 59%
11Ken NiumataloloSan José State19124-103.5467-16-top 20%top 29%top 76%top 68%
12Mike JacobsToledo1-8-2.8000-194-23top 30%top 30%top 4%top 26%
13Michael DesormeauxLouisiana636-28.5631-5-top 41%top 30%top 53%top 49%
14Jason EckNew Mexico217-5.7731-326-13top 54%top 32%top 17%top 20%
15Brian NewberryNavy429-18.6172-4-top 24%top 32%top 54%top 47%
16Jeff TraylorUTSA760-28.6821-6-top 31%top 34%top 44%top 51%
17Bronco MendenhallUtah State20150-100.6004-13-top 33%top 34%top 36%top 31%
18Neal BrownNorth Texas1179-53.5982-5-top 48%top 34%top 55%top 52%
19Charles KellyJacksonville State216-7.6960-1-top 35%top 34%top 44%top 42%
20Jim MoraColorado State1176-59.5632-12-top 37%top 35%top 48%top 53%
21Blake AndersonSouthern Miss1377-61.5583-11-top 48%top 39%top 47%top 50%
22John HauserOhio28-3.7270-1-top 32%top 41%top 42%top 41%
23Blake HarrellEast Carolina319-9.6791-3-top 44%top 41%top 24%top 31%
24Clay HeltonGeorgia Southern1378-53.5951-5-top 37%top 42%top 48%top 47%
25Tim PolasekNorth Dakota State1-7-2.778-26-3top 58%top 45%top 1%top 1%

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