Coaches
Chris O'Leary
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Chris O'Leary
Played at Indiana State 2010-2014
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-2016 | Georgia State | GA | Graduate assistant | Trent Miles |
| 2017 | Florida Tech | Position | Safeties coach | not known |
| 2018-2020 | Notre Dame | Analyst | Defensive analyst & defensive graduate assistant | Brian Kelly |
| 2021-2023 | Notre Dame | Position | Safeties coach | Brian Kelly (2021), Marcus Freeman*+ (2022-2023) |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Chargers (pro) | Position | Safeties coach | not known |
| 2025 | Western Michigan | DC | Defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | Lance Taylor* |
| 2026- | Los Angeles Chargers (pro) | DC | Defensive coordinator | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | Defensive coordinator | 17 | 10 | 23 | 125 | 136 |
Worked under
- Trent Miles · Georgia State 2015-2016 (GA)
- Brian Kelly · Notre Dame 2018-2021 (Analyst, Position)
- Marcus Freeman*+ · Notre Dame 2022-2023 (Position)
- Lance Taylor* · Western Michigan 2025 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Jeff Jagodzinski · Georgia State 2015-2016 · him GA, them OC, Other
- Jesse Minter · Georgia State 2015-2016 · him GA, them DC
- Luke Huard · Georgia State 2015-2016 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Tim Lappano · Georgia State 2015-2016 · him GA, them Head coach, Position
- Trent Miles · Georgia State 2015-2016 · him GA, them Head coach
- Jess Simpson · Georgia State 2016 · him GA, them Position
- Rick Minter · Georgia State 2016 · him GA, them Position
- Rick Minter · Florida Tech 2017 · him Position, them DC
- Steve Englehart · Florida Tech 2017 · him Position, them Head coach
- Autry Denson · Notre Dame 2018 · him Analyst, them Position
- Brian Kelly · Notre Dame 2018-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them Head coach
- Brian Polian · Notre Dame 2018-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them Other, ST coord.
- Chip Long · Notre Dame 2018-2019 · him Analyst, them OC
- Clark Lea* · Notre Dame 2018-2020 · him Analyst, them DC
- Del Alexander · Notre Dame 2018-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them Position
- Jeff Quinn · Notre Dame 2018-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them Position
- Todd Lyght · Notre Dame 2018-2019 · him Analyst, them Position
- Tommy Rees · Notre Dame 2018-2022 · him Analyst, Position, them OC, Position
- Lance Taylor* · Notre Dame 2019-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them Other, Position
- John McNulty · Notre Dame 2020-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them Position
- Kerry Cooks · Notre Dame 2020-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them Analyst
- Marcus Freeman*+ · Notre Dame 2021-2023 · him Position, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Al Golden · Notre Dame 2022-2023 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Gerad Parker* · Notre Dame 2022-2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Gino Guidugli · Notre Dame 2023 · him Position, them Position
- Joe Rudolph · Notre Dame 2023 · him Position, them Position
- Max Bullough · Notre Dame 2023 · him Position, them GA
- Lance Taylor* · Western Michigan 2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Mike Minter · Western Michigan 2025 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Walt Bell · Western Michigan 2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position