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
22 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 | Bryant Haines | DC, Indiana | 4 | top 5% | top 6% | top 3% | No. 11 of 138 | ||
| 2 | Colin Hitschler | DC, UCLA | 4 | top 6% | top 10% | top 9% | No. 1 of 138 | ||
| 3 | Corey Hetherman | DC, Miami | 2 | top 8% | top 6% | top 13% | No. 64 of 138 | ||
| 4 | Glenn Schumann | DC, Georgia | 7 | top 11% | top 5% | top 14% | No. 26 of 138 | ||
| 5 | Phil Parker | DC, Iowa | 13 | top 12% | top 6% | top 28% | No. 14 of 138 | ||
| 6 | Maurice Linguist | DC (co), Alabama | 2 | top 12% | top 12% | top 11% | No. 17 of 138 | 14-23 (4) | |
| 7 | Corey Batoon | DC, Missouri | 7 | top 25% | top 23% | top 24% | No. 36 of 138 | ||
| 8 | Chris Ash | DC, Notre Dame | 7 | top 26% | top 17% | top 26% | No. 31 of 138 | 8-32 (4) | |
| 9 | Shiel Wood | DC, Texas Tech | 5 | top 29% | top 22% | top 35% | No. 33 of 138 | ||
| 10 | Kane Wommack | DC, Alabama | 6 | top 31% | top 27% | top 28% | No. 17 of 138 | 22-16 (3) | |
| 11 | Tim Walton | DC (co), Ohio State | 3 | top 31% | top 39% | top 24% | No. 20 of 138 | ||
| 12 | Anthony Poindexter | DC (co), Tennessee | 12 | top 32% | top 31% | top 41% | No. 5 of 138 | ||
| 13 | Jim Knowles | DC, Tennessee | 13 | top 33% | top 29% | top 34% | No. 5 of 138 | ||
| 14 | Clayton White | DC, South Carolina | 9 | top 35% | top 40% | top 59% | No. 83 of 138 | ||
| 15 | Marcus Woodson | DC (co), Ole Miss | 3 | top 35% | top 57% | top 48% | No. 101 of 138 | ||
| 16 | Skyler Cassity | DC, Oklahoma State | 2 | top 36% | top 38% | top 56% | No. 67 of 138 | ||
| 17 | Austin Armstrong | DC, Houston | 5 | top 38% | top 32% | top 35% | No. 104 of 138 | ||
| 18 | Erik Chinander | DC, Boise State | 9 | top 40% | top 33% | top 46% | No. 78 of 138 | ||
| 19 | Travaris Robinson | DC (co), Georgia | 7 | top 41% | top 36% | top 57% | No. 26 of 138 | ||
| 20 | Scottie Hazelton | DC, Wake Forest | 9 | top 53% | top 40% | top 43% | No. 18 of 138 | ||
| 21 | Kelly Poppinga | DC, BYU | 4 | top 55% | top 52% | top 31% | No. 42 of 138 | ||
| 22 | Jay Bateman | DC, Kentucky | 13 | top 63% | top 50% | top 60% | No. 59 of 138 |
Group of 5 head coaches
1 head coaches, by win percentage. 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% |