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
104 head coaches, by offense 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 | Brent Vigen | Montana State | 6 | 70-13 | .843 | 2-3 | - | top 2% | top 1% | top 25% | top 13% | |
| 2 | Bobby Wilder | Tennessee Tech | 8 | 72-21 | .774 | 1-7 | - | top 13% | top 9% | top 8% | top 16% | |
| 3 | Andrew Aurich | Harvard | 3 | 24-5 | .828 | - | - | top 6% | top 11% | top 27% | top 16% | |
| 4 | Trei Oliver | North Carolina Central | 7 | 50-30 | .625 | 0-5 | - | top 18% | top 12% | top 29% | top 26% | |
| 5 | Colby Carthel | Stephen F. Austin | 8 | 53-39 | .576 | 0-10 | 59-18 | top 37% | top 16% | top 37% | top 15% | |
| 6 | Todd Whitten | Tarleton State | 6 | 52-19 | .732 | 2-3 | 79-37 | top 12% | top 17% | top 36% | top 38% | |
| 7 | Chennis Berry | South Carolina State | 3 | 27-8 | .771 | 0-3 | 27-7 | top 25% | top 17% | top 16% | top 30% | |
| 8 | Jeff Faris | Austin Peay | 3 | 19-15 | .559 | 1-3 | - | top 10% | top 19% | top 21% | top 37% | |
| 9 | Joe Davis | Western Illinois | 3 | 14-20 | .412 | 0-5 | - | top 22% | top 19% | top 91% | top 79% | |
| 10 | T. C. Taylor | Jackson State | 4 | 35-11 | .761 | 0-3 | - | top 16% | top 19% | top 17% | top 11% | |
| 11 | Dan Jackson | South Dakota State | 2 | 17-7 | .708 | 0-1 | - | top 22% | top 20% | top 12% | top 11% | |
| 12 | Clint Killough | Incarnate Word | 4 | 31-16 | .660 | 0-3 | - | top 29% | top 20% | top 11% | top 23% | |
| 13 | DeLane Fitzgerald | Southern Utah | 5 | 30-27 | .526 | 1-5 | 86-49 | top 25% | top 20% | top 73% | top 66% | |
| 14 | Doug Phillips | Youngstown State | 6 | 38-31 | .551 | 0-6 | - | top 14% | top 21% | top 84% | top 55% | |
| 15 | Cody Hawkins | Idaho State | 4 | 20-25 | .444 | 1-5 | - | top 34% | top 22% | top 78% | top 72% | |
| 16 | Will Healy | East Tennessee State | 2 | 13-9 | .591 | 0-2 | - | top 22% | top 23% | top 56% | top 41% | |
| 17 | Travis Bush | UT Rio Grande Valley | 2 | 14-8 | .636 | 0-1 | - | top 23% | top 24% | top 22% | top 20% | |
| 18 | Tim Plough | UC Davis | 3 | 26-11 | .703 | 0-3 | - | top 15% | top 24% | top 72% | top 64% | |
| 19 | Eric Schmidt | North Dakota | 2 | 15-10 | .600 | 0-2 | - | top 34% | top 24% | top 17% | top 18% | |
| 20 | Glenn Caruso | St. Thomas (MN) | 6 | 45-21 | .682 | - | 132-33 | top 35% | top 27% | top 13% | top 15% | |
| 21 | Nathan Brown | Central Arkansas | 9 | 49-51 | .490 | 1-10 | - | top 26% | top 28% | top 38% | top 57% | |
| 22 | Nick Hill | Southern Illinois | 11 | 55-62 | .470 | 3-8 | - | top 33% | top 28% | top 59% | top 48% | |
| 23 | Jason Simpson | UT Martin | 20 | 123-96 | .562 | 2-32 | - | top 32% | top 28% | top 57% | top 40% | |
| 24 | Aaron Best | Eastern Washington | 9 | 54-53 | .505 | 1-9 | - | top 25% | top 28% | top 96% | top 93% | |
| 25 | Mark Ferrante | Villanova | 9 | 73-38 | .658 | 1-7 | - | top 27% | top 29% | top 35% | top 24% |