THIRD AND DATA

Coaches

Dave Huxtable

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

All coaches

Dave Huxtable

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

YearsTeamRoleTitleHead coach
1982Iowa StateGAGraduate assistantnot known
1983-1984IndependenceDCDefensive coordinatornot known
1985-1988Western KentuckyPositionLinebackers coachnot known
1989Western KentuckyDCDefensive coordinatornot known
1990-1991East CarolinaST coord.Special teams coordinator & linebackers coachnot known
1992-1994Georgia TechST coord.Special teams coordinator & linebackers coachGeorge O'Leary (1994)
1995Georgia TechPositionLinebackers coachGeorge O'Leary
1996-1997Georgia TechDCDefensive coordinator & linebackers coachGeorge O'Leary
1998East CarolinaPositionLinebackers coachSteve Logan
1999East CarolinaPositionDefensive line coachSteve Logan
2000Oklahoma StateST coord.Special teams coordinator & linebackers coachBob Simmons
2001North CarolinaST coord.Special teams coordinator & linebackers coachJohn Bunting
2002-2003North CarolinaDCDefensive coordinator & linebackers coachJohn Bunting
2004-2007UCFST coord.Special teams coordinator & linebackers coachGeorge O'Leary
2008-2010UCFDCDefensive coordinator✓George O'Leary
2011WisconsinPositionLinebackers coachBret Bielema*
2012PittsburghDCDefensive coordinator✓Paul Chryst
2013-2019NC StateDCDefensive coordinator & linebackers coach✓Dave Doeren*
2020TexasAnalystAnalystTom Herman
2021-2022AlabamaAnalystAnalystNick Saban
2023-Atlanta Falcons (pro)AnalystSenior defensive assistantnot known

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

SeasonTeamJobEPA/playPoints/poss.SuccessYear beforeTeams
2008UCFDefensive coordinator1830927120
2009UCFDefensive coordinator67383018120
2010UCFDefensive coordinator38194167120
2012PittsburghDefensive coordinator29374246124
2013NC StateDefensive coordinator90756720125
2014NC StateDefensive coordinator75847090128
2015NC StateDefensive coordinator55453475128
2016NC StateDefensive coordinator23332355128
2017NC StateDefensive coordinator59556423130
2018NC StateCo-defensive coordinator82606759130
2019NC StateCo-defensive coordinator86815782130

Worked under

His tree

Coaches who were on his staffs

No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.

Coached together

  • Larry Coyer · Iowa State 1982 · him GA, them DC
  • Jeff Jagodzinski · East Carolina 1990-1991 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
  • Steve Logan · East Carolina 1990-1999 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach, OC, Position
  • Gary Crowton · Georgia Tech 1994 · him Position, ST coord., them OC
  • George O'Leary · Georgia Tech 1994-1997 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them DC, Head coach, Position
  • Bill O'Brien* · Georgia Tech 1995-1997 · him DC, Position, them GA
  • Doug Marrone · Georgia Tech 1996-1997 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Ralph Friedgen · Georgia Tech 1997 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
  • Doug Martin · East Carolina 1998-1999 · him Position, them OC, Position
  • Tim Rose · East Carolina 1999 · him Position, them DC
  • Del Miller · Oklahoma State 2000 · him Position, ST coord., them OC
  • Josh Henson · Oklahoma State 2000 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
  • Gary Tranquill · North Carolina 2001-2003 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them OC
  • Gunter Brewer · North Carolina 2001-2003 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Position
  • Jamie Bryant · North Carolina 2001 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
  • John Bunting · North Carolina 2001-2003 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
  • Jon Tenuta · North Carolina 2001 · him Position, ST coord., them DC, Position
  • Robbie Caldwell · North Carolina 2001 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
  • Jim Fleming · North Carolina 2002-2003 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
  • Matt House · North Carolina 2003 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
  • Brian Polian · UCF 2004 · him Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
  • George Godsey · UCF 2004-2008 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them GA, Position
  • George O'Leary · UCF 2004-2010 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
  • Brent Key* · UCF 2005-2010 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them GA, Other, Position, ST coord.
  • Lance Thompson · UCF 2005-2006 · him Position, ST coord., them DC
  • Tim Salem · UCF 2005-2008 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them OC
  • Ryan Silverfield* · UCF 2006-2007 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
  • John Skladany · UCF 2007-2010 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them DC, Position
  • Andrew Thacker · UCF 2008-2009 · him DC, them GA
  • Geoff Collins · UCF 2008-2009 · him DC, them Other, Position
  • Charlie Taaffe · UCF 2009-2010 · him DC, them OC
  • Bret Bielema* · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them Head coach
  • Charlie Partridge · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
  • Chris Ash · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them DC, Position
  • DeMontie Cross · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
  • Del Alexander · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them Position
  • Joe Rudolph · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them Position
  • Paul Chryst · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them OC, Position
  • Terrance Jamison · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them Analyst
  • Thomas Hammock · Wisconsin 2011 · him Position, them Other, Position
  • Bobby Engram · Pittsburgh 2012 · him DC, them Position
  • Eddie Faulkner · Pittsburgh 2012 · him DC, them Position
  • Joe Rudolph · Pittsburgh 2012 · him DC, them OC, Other
  • Matt House · Pittsburgh 2012 · him DC, them Position
  • Paul Chryst · Pittsburgh 2012 · him DC, them Head coach
  • Clayton White · NC State 2013-2016 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
  • Dave Doeren* · NC State 2013-2019 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
  • Desmond Kitchings · NC State 2013-2019 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
  • Eddie Faulkner · NC State 2013-2018 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
  • Matt Canada · NC State 2013-2015 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
  • Mike Uremovich* · NC State 2013-2015 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Ryan Nielsen · NC State 2013-2016 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
  • Ty Howle · NC State 2014-2015 · him DC, Position, them GA
  • George McDonald · NC State 2015-2019 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
  • Dwayne Ledford · NC State 2016-2018 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Eli Drinkwitz*+ · NC State 2016-2018 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
  • Aaron Henry · NC State 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Kevin Patrick · NC State 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Nathan Burton · NC State 2017 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
  • Joe Scelfo · NC State 2018 · him DC, Position, them GA
  • Ted Roof · NC State 2018 · him DC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
  • Kurt Roper · NC State 2019 · him DC, Position, them Position
  • Todd Goebbel · NC State 2019 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
  • Tony Gibson* · NC State 2019 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
  • Andre Coleman · Texas 2020 · him Analyst, them Position
  • Chris Ash · Texas 2020 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
  • Coleman Hutzler · Texas 2020 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
  • Everett Withers · Texas 2020 · him Analyst, them Analyst
  • Herb Hand · Texas 2020 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
  • Mike Yurcich · Texas 2020 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
  • Stan Drayton · Texas 2020 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
  • Tom Herman · Texas 2020 · him Analyst, them Head coach
  • Alex Mortensen* · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them Analyst
  • Bill O'Brien* · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
  • Charles Kelly* · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them DC, Other, Position
  • Doug Marrone · Alabama 2021 · him Analyst, them Position
  • Drew Svoboda · Alabama 2021 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
  • Holmon Wiggins · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
  • Kevin Sumlin · Alabama 2021 · him Analyst, them Analyst
  • Max Bullough · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them GA
  • Nick Saban · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them Head coach
  • Pete Golding*+ · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
  • Ron Cooper · Alabama 2021 · him Analyst, them Analyst
  • Sal Sunseri · Alabama 2021-2022 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
  • Coleman Hutzler · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
  • Derek Dooley · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Analyst
  • Joe Cox · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Position
  • Todd Grantham · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Analyst
  • Travaris Robinson · Alabama 2022 · him Analyst, them Position

Played together