Coaches
Bob DeBesse
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Bob DeBesse
Played at Texas State 1978-1980
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-1982 | Texas State | GA | GA | not known |
| 1983-1989 | TCU | Position | RB/QB | not known |
| 1990-1991 | TCU | OC | OC | not known |
| 1992-1996 | Minnesota | OC | OC | not known |
| 1997-2002 | Texas State | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2003-2005 | Purdue | Position | WR | Joe Tiller |
| 2006-2007 | Texas A&M | Position | WR | Dennis Franchione |
| 2008-2009 | A&M Consolidated HS (TX) (HS) | Other | assistant | not known |
| 2010-2011 | Sam Houston | OC | OC | not known |
| 2012-2017 | New Mexico | OC | OC/QB✓ | Bob Davie |
| 2018-2020 | Georgia Southern | OC | OC/QB✓ | Chad Lunsford |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | New Mexico | Offensive coordinator | 61 | 42 | 66 | 97 | 124 |
| 2013 | New Mexico | Offensive coordinator | 25 | 28 | 59 | 61 | 125 |
| 2014 | New Mexico | Offensive coordinator | 40 | 66 | 91 | 25 | 128 |
| 2015 | New Mexico | Offensive coordinator | 54 | 63 | 105 | 40 | 128 |
| 2016 | New Mexico | Offensive coordinator | 10 | 12 | 23 | 54 | 128 |
| 2017 | New Mexico | Offensive coordinator | 114 | 118 | 116 | 10 | 130 |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | Offensive coordinator | 53 | 32 | 72 | 107 | 130 |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | Offensive coordinator | 94 | 65 | 100 | 53 | 130 |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | Offensive coordinator | 52 | 61 | 42 | 94 | 127 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Southwest Texas State | FCS | 5-6 |
| 1998 | Southwest Texas State | FCS | 4-7 |
| 1999 | Southwest Texas State | FCS | 3-8 |
| 2000 | Southwest Texas State | FCS | 7-4 |
| 2001 | Southwest Texas State | FCS | 4-7 |
| 2002 | Southwest Texas State | FCS | 4-7 |
Worked under
- Joe Tiller · Purdue 2003-2005 (Position)
- Dennis Franchione · Texas A&M 2006-2007 (Position)
- Bob Davie · New Mexico 2012-2017 (OC, Position)
- Chad Lunsford · Georgia Southern 2018-2020 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Mickey Matthews · TCU 1987 · him Position, them Position
- Noel Mazzone · TCU 1987-1991 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Rocky Long · TCU 1988-1990 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Greg Knox · TCU 1990-1991 · him OC, them GA
- Noel Mazzone · Minnesota 1992-1994 · him OC, them Position
- Kevin Sumlin · Minnesota 1993-1996 · him OC, them Position
- Mark Snyder · Minnesota 1996 · him OC, them Position
- Tim Rose · Minnesota 1996 · him OC, them DC
- Tony Levine · Texas State 1997-1999 · him Head coach, them Position
- David Bailiff · Texas State 2000 · him Head coach, them DC, Other
- Jason Simpson · Texas State 2000-2002 · him Head coach, them Position
- John Butler · Texas State 2001-2002 · him Head coach, them Position
- Dave Schramm · Texas State 2002 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Jim Chaney · Purdue 2003-2005 · him Position, them OC
- Joe Tiller · Purdue 2003-2005 · him Position, them Head coach
- Phil Elmassian · Purdue 2003 · him Position, them Position
- Brock Spack · Purdue 2005 · him Position, them DC
- Mike Jacobs* · Purdue 2005 · him Position, them GA
- Brad Davis · Texas A&M 2006-2007 · him Position, them GA
- Dennis Franchione · Texas A&M 2006-2007 · him Position, them Head coach
- Gary Darnell · Texas A&M 2006-2007 · him Position, them DC, Head coach
- Les Koenning · Texas A&M 2006-2007 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Van Malone · Texas A&M 2006-2007 · him Position, them Position
- Scott Stoker · Sam Houston 2010-2011 · him OC, them DC
- Willie Fritz*+ · Sam Houston 2010-2011 · him OC, them Head coach
- Bob Davie · New Mexico 2012-2017 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Coleman Hutzler · New Mexico 2012-2013 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Jeff Mills · New Mexico 2012-2013 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Kevin Cosgrove · New Mexico 2012-2017 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Apollo Wright · New Mexico 2013-2017 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Jordan Peterson · New Mexico 2017 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Chad Lunsford · Georgia Southern 2018-2020 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Scot Sloan · Georgia Southern 2018-2020 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Scot Sloan · Georgia Southern 2018-2020 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Kevin Whitley · Georgia Southern 2019-2020 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Lamar Owens · Georgia Southern 2019 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Doug Ruse · Georgia Southern 2020 · him OC, Position, them OC
Played together
- David Bailiff · Texas State 1978-1980