Coaches
Jim Gush
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Jim Gush
Played at Bucknell 1977-1980
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-1982 | Southside HS (NY) (HS) | Other | JV | not known |
| 1983 | UAlbany | Position | DB | not known |
| 1984-1986 | Iowa State | GA | GA | not known |
| 1987-1995 | Garden City | DC | DC | not known |
| 1996-1998 | Garden City | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1999-2001 | Kansas State | Position | LB | Bill Snyder |
| 2002 | SMU | DC | DC/LB | Phil Bennett |
| 2003-2007 | SMU | DC | DC/DB✓ | Phil Bennett |
| 2009-2010 | Stony Brook | DC | AHC/DC | not known |
| 2011-2016 | Baylor | Position | LB | Art Briles (2011-2015), Jim Grobe (2016) |
| 2017 | Navarro | DC | DC | not known |
| 2018 | Navarro | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2019 | McNeese | DC | DC | not known |
| 2021 | North Texas | Position | LB | Seth Littrell |
| 2022 | North Texas | DC | co-DC/LB✓ | Seth Littrell |
| 2023-2024 | Incarnate Word | DC | DC✓ | not known |
| 2025 | Incarnate Word | DC | assoc. HC/DC✓ | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | SMU | Defensive coordinator | 55 | 85 | 100 | 92 | 119 |
| 2006 | SMU | Defensive coordinator | 83 | 63 | 88 | 55 | 119 |
| 2007 | SMU | Defensive coordinator | 106 | 113 | 84 | 83 | 119 |
| 2022 | North Texas | Co-defensive coordinator | 119 | 107 | 116 | 67 | 131 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Garden City | Junior college | 10-2 |
| 1997 | Garden City | Junior college | 10-2 |
| 1998 | Garden City | Junior college | 9-3 |
| 2018 | Navarro | Junior college | 6-5 |
Worked under
- Bill Snyder · Kansas State 1999-2001 (Position)
- Phil Bennett · SMU 2002-2007 (DC, Position)
- Art Briles · Baylor 2011-2015 (Position)
- Jim Grobe · Baylor 2016 (Position)
- Seth Littrell · North Texas 2021-2022 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Chuck Priore · UAlbany 1983 · him Position, them Position
- Phil Bennett · Iowa State 1984 · him GA, them Position
- Bill Snyder · Kansas State 1999-2001 · him Position, them Head coach
- Phil Bennett · Kansas State 1999-2001 · him Position, them DC
- Del Miller · Kansas State 2001 · him Position, them Other
- Phil Bennett · SMU 2002-2007 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Rusty Burns · SMU 2005-2007 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Chuck Priore · Stony Brook 2009-2010 · him DC, Other, them Head coach
- Jeff Behrman · Stony Brook 2009-2010 · him DC, Other, them OC, Position
- Tyler Santucci · Stony Brook 2010 · him DC, Other, them GA
- Art Briles · Baylor 2011-2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Brian Norwood · Baylor 2011-2014 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Dino Babers · Baylor 2011 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Jeff Lebby* · Baylor 2011-2016 · him Position, them Analyst, Other, Position
- Kendal Briles · Baylor 2011-2016 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Phil Bennett · Baylor 2011-2016 · him Position, them DC
- Philip Montgomery · Baylor 2011-2014 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Randy Clements · Baylor 2011-2013 · him Position, them OC
- Cris Dishman · Baylor 2015-2016 · him Position, them Position
- Joe Jon Finley · Baylor 2015 · him Position, them Analyst
- Jim Grobe · Baylor 2016 · him Position, them Head coach
- Lanear Sampson · McNeese 2019 · him DC, them Position
- Matt Mattox · McNeese 2019 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Sterlin Gilbert · McNeese 2019 · him DC, them Head coach
- Mike Bloesch · North Texas 2021-2022 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Phil Bennett · North Texas 2021-2022 · him DC, Position, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Seth Littrell · North Texas 2021-2022 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Tommy Mainord · North Texas 2021-2022 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Clint Killough · Incarnate Word 2023-2025 · him DC, Other, them Head coach
- Conner McQueen · Incarnate Word 2023-2024 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Kenny Hill · Incarnate Word 2023-2025 · him DC, Other, them OC, Other, Position
- Ty Darlington · Incarnate Word 2023-2024 · him DC, them Position
- Ben Olsen · Incarnate Word 2025 · him DC, Other, them DC
- Nick Young · Incarnate Word 2025 · him DC, Other, them OC
- Sam Bennett · Incarnate Word 2025 · him DC, Other, them DC