Coaches
Donnie Kirkpatrick
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Donnie Kirkpatrick
Played at Lenoir Rhyne 1978-1981
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-1988 | App State | GA | GA | not known |
| 1989-1992 | South Carolina | Position | QB | not known |
| 1993 | Eastern Michigan | Position | WR | Ron Cooper |
| 1994 | Eastern Michigan | Position | AHC/QB/RB | Ron Cooper |
| 1995-1996 | Louisville | Position | QB | Ron Cooper |
| 1997 | Louisville | OC | OC/QB | Ron Cooper |
| 1998-1999 | Chattanooga | OC | OC | not known |
| 2000-2002 | Chattanooga | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2003-2004 | Western Carolina | Position | WR | not known |
| 2005-2014 | East Carolina | Position | WR | Skip Holtz (2005-2009), Ruffin McNeill (2010-2014) |
| 2015 | East Carolina | Position | AHC/WR | Ruffin McNeill |
| 2016-2018 | James Madison | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 2019-2023 | East Carolina | OC | OC/QB✓ | Mike Houston |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | East Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 85 | 87 | 85 | 115 | 130 |
| 2020 | East Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 96 | 75 | 87 | 85 | 127 |
| 2021 | East Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 77 | 67 | 89 | 96 | 130 |
| 2022 | East Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 22 | 33 | 54 | 77 | 131 |
| 2023 | East Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 130 | 130 | 131 | 22 | 133 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Chattanooga | FCS | 5-6 |
| 2001 | Chattanooga | FCS | 3-8 |
| 2002 | Chattanooga | FCS | 2-10 |
Worked under
- Ron Cooper · Eastern Michigan 1993-1994 (Other, Position)
- Ron Cooper · Louisville 1995-1997 (OC, Position)
- Skip Holtz · East Carolina 2005-2009 (Position)
- Ruffin McNeill · East Carolina 2010-2015 (Other, Position)
- Mike Houston · East Carolina 2019-2023 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Ellis Johnson · App State 1984 · him GA, them DC
- Tommy West · South Carolina 1991-1992 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Ron Cooper · Eastern Michigan 1993-1994 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Todd Monken · Eastern Michigan 1993-1994 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Stan Drayton · Eastern Michigan 1994 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Everett Withers · Louisville 1995-1997 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Ron Cooper · Louisville 1995-1997 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Sal Sunseri · Louisville 1995-1997 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Terry Sims · Louisville 1995 · him Position, them GA
- Buddy Green · Chattanooga 1998-1999 · him OC, them Head coach
- Lorenzo Ward · Chattanooga 1998 · him OC, them Position
- Rusty Wright · Chattanooga 1998-2002 · him Head coach, OC, them Other
- Shane Montgomery · Chattanooga 1998-2000 · him Head coach, OC, them Position
- Marcus Satterfield · Chattanooga 1999-2001 · him Head coach, OC, them GA, Position
- Matt Rhule* · Western Carolina 2003-2004 · him Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Brent Key* · Western Carolina 2004 · him Position, them Position
- Clayton White · Western Carolina 2004 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Greg Hudson · East Carolina 2005-2009 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Rick Smith · East Carolina 2005-2015 · him Other, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Skip Holtz · East Carolina 2005-2009 · him Position, them Head coach
- Steve Shankweiler · East Carolina 2005-2009 · him Position, them OC
- Todd Fitch · East Carolina 2007-2009 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Dwayne Ledford · East Carolina 2008-2009 · him Position, them GA
- Brian Mitchell · East Carolina 2010-2012 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Lincoln Riley*+ · East Carolina 2010-2014 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Ruffin McNeill · East Carolina 2010-2015 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Garrett Riley · East Carolina 2013-2015 · him Other, Position, them GA, Position
- Brad Davis · East Carolina 2015 · him Other, Position, them Other, Position
- Dave Nichol · East Carolina 2015 · him Other, Position, them OC
- Bob Trott · James Madison 2016-2018 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Bryan Stinespring · James Madison 2016-2017 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Mike Houston · James Madison 2016-2018 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Bob Trott · East Carolina 2019 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Mike Houston · East Carolina 2019-2023 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Blake Harrell* · East Carolina 2020-2023 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Re'quan Boyette · East Carolina 2023 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Shane Montgomery · East Carolina 2023 · him OC, Position, them Analyst