Coaches
Wes Goodwin
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Wes Goodwin
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2008 | Mississippi State | Other | SA | Sylvester Croom |
| 2009-2011 | Clemson | GA | GA | Dabo Swinney* |
| 2012-2014 | Clemson | Analyst | defensive analyst | Dabo Swinney* |
| 2015-2017 | Arizona Cardinals (pro) | Other | assistant to the HC | not known |
| 2018-2021 | Clemson | Analyst | senior defensive assistant | Dabo Swinney* |
| 2022-2024 | Clemson | DC | DC/LB✓ | Dabo Swinney* |
| 2025- | Oklahoma | Position | assistant LB/OLB | Brent Venables* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Clemson | Defensive coordinator | 10 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 131 |
| 2023 | Clemson | Defensive coordinator | 10 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 133 |
| 2024 | Clemson | Defensive coordinator | 52 | 36 | 50 | 10 | 134 |
Worked under
- Sylvester Croom · Mississippi State 2005-2008 (Other)
- Dabo Swinney* · Clemson 2009-2024 (Analyst, DC, GA, Position)
- Brent Venables* · Oklahoma 2025-2026 (Other, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Ellis Johnson · Mississippi State 2005-2007 · him Other, them DC, Position
- Freddie Kitchens · Mississippi State 2005 · him Other, them Position
- Jody Wright · Mississippi State 2005 · him Other, them Other
- Reed Stringer · Mississippi State 2005-2008 · him Other, them Position, ST coord.
- Shane Beamer*+ · Mississippi State 2005-2006 · him Other, them Other, Position
- Sylvester Croom · Mississippi State 2005-2008 · him Other, them Head coach
- Woody McCorvey · Mississippi State 2005-2008 · him Other, them OC
- Charlie Harbison · Mississippi State 2007-2008 · him Other, them DC
- Billy Napier* · Clemson 2009-2010 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Charlie Harbison · Clemson 2009-2012 · him Analyst, GA, them DC, Position
- Chris Rumph · Clemson 2009-2024 · him DC, GA, Position, them Position
- Dabo Swinney* · Clemson 2009-2024 · him Analyst, DC, GA, Position, them Head coach
- Jeff Scott · Clemson 2009-2019 · him Analyst, GA, them OC, Other, Position
- Kevin Steele · Clemson 2009-2011 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Chad Morris · Clemson 2011-2023 · him Analyst, DC, GA, Position, them Analyst, OC, Position
- Marion Hobby · Clemson 2011-2014 · him Analyst, GA, them DC, Position
- Robbie Caldwell · Clemson 2011-2021 · him Analyst, GA, them Position
- Tony Elliott* · Clemson 2011-2021 · him Analyst, GA, them OC, Other, Position
- Zac Alley · Clemson 2011-2014 · him Analyst, GA, them Other
- Brent Venables* · Clemson 2012-2021 · him Analyst, them DC, Other, Position
- Brandon Streeter · Clemson 2018-2022 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Mickey Conn · Clemson 2018-2024 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Todd Bates · Clemson 2018-2021 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Terry Bowden · Clemson 2019-2020 · him Analyst, them GA
- Chandler Whitmer · Clemson 2020 · him Analyst, them GA
- Ted Roof · Clemson 2021 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- John Grass · Clemson 2022-2024 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Kyle Richardson · Clemson 2022-2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Nick Eason · Clemson 2022-2024 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Garrett Riley · Clemson 2023-2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- John Scott Jr. · Clemson 2024 · him DC, Position, them Other
- Matt Luke · Clemson 2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Ben Arbuckle · Oklahoma 2025-2026 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Bill Bedenbaugh · Oklahoma 2025-2026 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Brandon Hall · Oklahoma 2025-2026 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Brent Venables* · Oklahoma 2025-2026 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Jay Valai · Oklahoma 2025 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Joe Jon Finley · Oklahoma 2025 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Kevin Wilson · Oklahoma 2025-2026 · him Other, Position, them Analyst
- Nate Dreiling · Oklahoma 2025-2026 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Todd Bates · Oklahoma 2025-2026 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Jason Witten · Oklahoma 2026 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position