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
FCS head coaches
125 head coaches, by defense pts/poss.. FCS seasons only; below fcs from his Wikipedia record. Offense and defense: teams' median standing in FCS.
| # | Coach | Now | Seasons | Last 3 seasons | Record | Win % | vs FBS | Below FCS | Off EPA/play | Off points/poss. | Def EPA/play | Def points/poss. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Surace | Princeton | 16 | 90-68 | .570 | - | 18-3 | top 66% | top 61% | top 37% | top 7% | |
| 2 | T. C. Taylor | Jackson State | 4 | 35-11 | .761 | 0-3 | - | top 16% | top 19% | top 17% | top 11% | |
| 3 | Trevor Andrews | Dayton | 4 | 25-17 | .595 | - | - | top 56% | top 51% | top 10% | top 11% | |
| 4 | Dan Jackson | South Dakota State | 2 | 17-7 | .708 | 0-1 | - | top 22% | top 20% | top 12% | top 11% | |
| 5 | Joel Taylor | Mercer | 3 | 20-12 | .625 | 0-1 | - | top 41% | top 45% | top 13% | top 13% | |
| 6 | Rich Nagy | Lehigh | 1 | - | 8-2 | .800 | - | 10-20 | top 7% | top 13% | top 29% | top 13% |
| 7 | Brent Vigen | Montana State | 6 | 70-13 | .843 | 2-3 | - | top 2% | top 1% | top 25% | top 13% | |
| 8 | Glenn Caruso | St. Thomas (MN) | 6 | 45-21 | .682 | - | 132-33 | top 35% | top 27% | top 13% | top 15% | |
| 9 | Russ Huesman | Richmond | 9 | 62-44 | .585 | 0-8 | - | top 34% | top 40% | top 14% | top 15% | |
| 10 | Colby Carthel | Stephen F. Austin | 8 | 53-39 | .576 | 0-10 | 59-18 | top 37% | top 16% | top 37% | top 15% | |
| 11 | Andrew Aurich | Harvard | 3 | 24-5 | .828 | - | - | top 6% | top 11% | top 27% | top 16% | |
| 12 | Bobby Wilder | Tennessee Tech | 8 | 72-21 | .774 | 1-7 | - | top 13% | top 9% | top 8% | top 16% | |
| 13 | Eric Schmidt | North Dakota | 2 | 15-10 | .600 | 0-2 | - | top 34% | top 24% | top 17% | top 18% | |
| 14 | Kaleb Nobles | West Florida | 1 | - | 4-4 | .500 | - | 25-9 | top 77% | top 65% | top 15% | top 18% |
| 15 | John Grass | Samford | 9 | 70-31 | .693 | 2-7 | - | top 58% | top 66% | top 46% | top 19% | |
| 16 | Rusty Wright | Chattanooga | 8 | 45-37 | .549 | 0-8 | - | top 34% | top 35% | top 27% | top 20% | |
| 17 | Travis Bush | UT Rio Grande Valley | 2 | 14-8 | .636 | 0-1 | - | top 23% | top 24% | top 22% | top 20% | |
| 18 | Eddie Robinson Jr. | Alabama State | 5 | 35-20 | .636 | 0-3 | - | top 66% | top 60% | top 22% | top 20% | |
| 19 | Kevin Cahill | Yale | 4 | 27-18 | .600 | 0-1 | - | top 49% | top 34% | top 25% | top 22% | |
| 20 | Clay Hendrix | Furman | 9 | 60-46 | .566 | 0-10 | - | top 60% | top 57% | top 39% | top 22% | |
| 21 | Jim Fleming | Rhode Island | 12 | 62-77 | .446 | 1-12 | - | top 31% | top 32% | top 22% | top 23% | |
| 22 | Clint Killough | Incarnate Word | 4 | 31-16 | .660 | 0-3 | - | top 29% | top 20% | top 11% | top 23% | |
| 23 | Mark Ferrante | Villanova | 9 | 73-38 | .658 | 1-7 | - | top 27% | top 29% | top 35% | top 24% | |
| 24 | Tom Perkovich | UAlbany | 1 | - | 6-4 | .600 | 0-1 | 83-25 | top 40% | top 34% | top 30% | top 24% |
| 25 | Brandon Moore | San Diego | 4 | 25-19 | .568 | - | 13-3 | top 31% | top 35% | top 19% | top 24% |