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

19 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	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	Dan Jackson	South Dakota State	2	17-7	.708	0-1	-	top 22%	top 20%	top 12%	top 11%
4	Joel Taylor	Mercer	3	20-12	.625	0-1	-	top 41%	top 45%	top 13%	top 13%
5	Brent Vigen	Montana State	6	70-13	.843	2-3	-	top 2%	top 1%	top 25%	top 13%
6	Colby Carthel	Stephen F. Austin	8	53-39	.576	0-10	59-18	top 37%	top 16%	top 37%	top 15%
7	Andrew Aurich	Harvard	3	24-5	.828	-	-	top 6%	top 11%	top 27%	top 16%
8	Bobby Wilder	Tennessee Tech	8	72-21	.774	1-7	-	top 13%	top 9%	top 8%	top 16%
9	Eric Schmidt	North Dakota	2	15-10	.600	0-2	-	top 34%	top 24%	top 17%	top 18%
10	Chennis Berry	South Carolina State	3	27-8	.771	0-3	27-7	top 25%	top 17%	top 16%	top 30%
11	Peter Rossomando	Lamar	4	29-17	.630	0-4	42-13	top 48%	top 40%	top 34%	top 31%
12	Jeff Faris	Austin Peay	3	19-15	.559	1-3	-	top 10%	top 19%	top 21%	top 37%
13	Todd Whitten	Tarleton State	6	52-19	.732	2-3	79-37	top 12%	top 17%	top 36%	top 38%
14	Brock Spack	Illinois State	17	129-78	.623	4-9	-	top 34%	top 30%	top 42%	top 42%
15	Brian Wright	Northern Arizona	3	23-12	.657	0-3	33-8	top 23%	top 31%	top 76%	top 50%
16	Keith Patterson	Abilene Christian	5	35-25	.583	0-7	-	top 39%	top 35%	top 63%	top 54%
17	Doug Phillips	Youngstown State	6	38-31	.551	0-6	-	top 14%	top 21%	top 84%	top 55%
18	Cody Hawkins	Idaho State	4	20-25	.444	1-5	-	top 34%	top 22%	top 78%	top 72%
19	Braxton Harris	Campbell	4	19-26	.422	0-5	7-23	top 46%	top 50%	top 74%	top 76%