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

38 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
1Bryant HainesDC, Indiana4top 5%top 6%top 3%No. 11 of 138
2Colin HitschlerDC, UCLA4top 6%top 10%top 9%No. 1 of 138
3Glenn SchumannDC, Georgia7top 11%top 5%top 14%No. 26 of 138
4Phil ParkerDC, Iowa13top 12%top 6%top 28%No. 14 of 138
5Mike DenbrockOC, Notre Dame10top 13%top 12%top 22%No. 4 of 138
6Mike ShanahanOC, Indiana4top 17%top 14%top 9%No. 10 of 138
7Charlie Weis Jr.OC, LSU8top 24%top 26%top 34%No. 26 of 138
8Corey BatoonDC, Missouri7top 25%top 23%top 24%No. 36 of 138
9Mike BoboOC, Georgia13top 25%top 26%top 30%No. 8 of 13828-38 (6)
10Mike YurcichOC, Youngstown State10top 26%top 19%top 39%-
11Chris AshDC, Notre Dame7top 26%top 17%top 26%No. 31 of 1388-32 (4)
12Kendal BrilesOC, South Carolina11top 27%top 27%top 24%No. 34 of 138
13John David BakerOC, Ole Miss4top 28%top 31%top 23%No. 35 of 138
14Ryan GrubbOC, Alabama6top 29%top 29%top 20%No. 20 of 138
15Shiel WoodDC, Texas Tech5top 29%top 22%top 35%No. 33 of 138
16Kane WommackDC, Alabama6top 31%top 27%top 28%No. 17 of 13822-16 (3)
17Anthony PoindexterDC (co), Tennessee12top 32%top 31%top 41%No. 5 of 138
18Jim KnowlesDC, Tennessee13top 33%top 29%top 34%No. 5 of 138
19Chip LindseyOC, Missouri9top 34%top 36%top 38%No. 56 of 13815-19 (3)
20Kyle FloodOC, Texas7top 35%top 24%top 27%No. 95 of 13827-24 (4)
21Clayton WhiteDC, South Carolina9top 35%top 40%top 59%No. 83 of 138
22Shannon DawsonOC, Miami12top 36%top 37%top 46%No. 2 of 138
23Austin ArmstrongDC, Houston5top 38%top 32%top 35%No. 104 of 138
24Erik ChinanderDC, Boise State9top 40%top 33%top 46%No. 78 of 138
25Travaris RobinsonDC (co), Georgia7top 41%top 36%top 57%No. 26 of 138

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Group of 5 head coaches

1 head coaches, by defense 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.
1Spencer DanielsonBoise State432-9.7800-5-top 16%top 14%top 53%top 40%

FCS head coaches

12 head coaches, by defense pts/poss.. FCS seasons only; below fcs from his Wikipedia record. Offense and defense: teams' median standing in FCS.

#CoachNowSeasonsLast 3 seasonsRecordWin %vs FBSBelow FCSOff EPA/playOff points/poss.Def EPA/playDef points/poss.
1Bob SuracePrinceton1690-68.570-18-3top 66%top 61%top 37%top 7%
2T. C. TaylorJackson State435-11.7610-3-top 16%top 19%top 17%top 11%
3Brent VigenMontana State670-13.8432-3-top 2%top 1%top 25%top 13%
4Colby CarthelStephen F. Austin853-39.5760-1059-18top 37%top 16%top 37%top 15%
5Bobby WilderTennessee Tech872-21.7741-7-top 13%top 9%top 8%top 16%
6Peter RossomandoLamar429-17.6300-442-13top 48%top 40%top 34%top 31%
7Todd WhittenTarleton State652-19.7322-379-37top 12%top 17%top 36%top 38%
8Brock SpackIllinois State17129-78.6234-9-top 34%top 30%top 42%top 42%
9Keith PattersonAbilene Christian535-25.5830-7-top 39%top 35%top 63%top 54%
10Doug PhillipsYoungstown State638-31.5510-6-top 14%top 21%top 84%top 55%
11Cody HawkinsIdaho State420-25.4441-5-top 34%top 22%top 78%top 72%
12Braxton HarrisCampbell419-26.4220-57-23top 46%top 50%top 74%top 76%