Coaches
Doug Belk
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Doug Belk
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Valdosta State | Position | Defensive assistant & special teams coach | not known |
| 2012-2013 | Valdosta State | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
| 2014-2016 | Alabama | GA | Graduate assistant | Nick Saban |
| 2017-2018 | West Virginia | Position | Cornerbacks coach | Dana Holgorsen |
| 2019 | Houston | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | Dana Holgorsen |
| 2020 | Houston | DC | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | Dana Holgorsen |
| 2021-2023 | Houston | DC | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator & safeties coach✓ | Dana Holgorsen |
| 2024-2025 | USC | Position | Defensive backs coach | Lincoln Riley*+ |
| 2026- | Denver Broncos (pro) | Position | Defensive backs coach | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Houston | Co-defensive coordinator | 121 | 105 | 93 | 107 | 130 |
| 2020 | Houston | Co-defensive coordinator | 86 | 81 | 40 | 121 | 127 |
| 2021 | Houston | Defensive coordinator | 7 | 18 | 4 | 86 | 130 |
| 2022 | Houston | Defensive coordinator | 97 | 118 | 75 | 7 | 131 |
| 2023 | Houston | Defensive coordinator | 116 | 121 | 120 | 97 | 133 |
Worked under
- Nick Saban · Alabama 2014-2016 (GA)
- Dana Holgorsen · West Virginia 2017-2018 (Position)
- Dana Holgorsen · Houston 2019-2023 (DC, Other, Position)
- Lincoln Riley*+ · USC 2024-2025 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- David Dean · Valdosta State 2011-2013 · him Analyst, Position, them Head coach
- Aazaar Abdul-Rahim · Alabama 2014-2015 · him GA, them Analyst, Other
- Alex Mortensen* · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them GA
- Billy Napier* · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them Position
- Kevin Steele · Alabama 2014 · him GA, them Position
- Kirby Smart*+ · Alabama 2014-2015 · him GA, them DC
- Lane Kiffin*+ · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Mario Cristobal*+ · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Nick Saban · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them Head coach
- Tosh Lupoi* · Alabama 2014-2016 · him GA, them Analyst, Position
- Charlie Weis Jr. · Alabama 2015-2016 · him GA, them Analyst
- Dan Lanning*+ · Alabama 2015 · him GA, them GA
- Eric Kiesau · Alabama 2015 · him GA, them Analyst
- Mel Tucker · Alabama 2015 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Brent Key* · Alabama 2016 · him GA, them Position
- Derrick Ansley · Alabama 2016 · him GA, them Position
- Jeremy Pruitt · Alabama 2016 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Mike Locksley* · Alabama 2016 · him GA, them Analyst
- Steve Sarkisian*+ · Alabama 2016 · him GA, them Analyst, OC
- Dana Holgorsen · West Virginia 2017-2018 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jake Spavital · West Virginia 2017-2018 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Caponi · West Virginia 2017-2018 · him Position, them Position
- Tony Gibson* · West Virginia 2017-2018 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Marquel Blackwell · West Virginia 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Blake Gideon · Houston 2019 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Brandon Jones · Houston 2019-2022 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC
- Dana Holgorsen · Houston 2019-2023 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Joe Cauthen · Houston 2019-2020 · him DC, Other, Position, them DC
- Marquel Blackwell · Houston 2019-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Shannon Dawson · Houston 2019-2022 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Mike Jinks · Houston 2022-2023 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Eman Naghavi · Houston 2023 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- D'Anton Lynn · USC 2024-2025 · him Position, them DC
- Eric Henderson · USC 2024-2025 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Josh Henson · USC 2024 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Lincoln Riley*+ · USC 2024-2025 · him Position, them Head coach
- Luke Huard · USC 2024-2025 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Entz* · USC 2024 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Shaun Nua · USC 2024-2025 · him Position, them Position