Coaches

Jody Sears

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

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Jody Sears

Played at Washington State 1987-1990

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

Years	Team	Role	Title	Head coach
1994-1996	Iowa State	GA	GA	Dan McCarney (1995-1996)
1998-1999	St. Ambrose	DC	DC	not known
2000-2002	Army	Position	CB	Todd Berry
2003	Eastern Washington	DC	DC/LB	not known
2004-2006	Eastern Washington	DC	DC/S	not known
2007	Eastern Washington	DC	DC/DE	not known
2008-2010	Washington State	DC	co-DC/CB✓	Paul Wulff
2011	Washington State	Position	CB	Paul Wulff
2012	Weber State	Head coachinterim	interim HC/DC	not known
2013	Weber State	Head coach	Head coach	himself
2014-2018	Sacramento State	Head coach	Head coach	himself
2019-2020	Nevada	DC	interim DC/LB✓	Jay Norvell

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

Season	Team	Job	EPA/play	Points/poss.	Success	Year before	Teams
2008	Washington State	Co-defensive coordinator	94	116	88	90	120
2009	Washington State	Co-defensive coordinator	118	113	120	94	120
2010	Washington State	Co-defensive coordinator	120	109	114	118	120
2019	Nevada	Defensive coordinator	99	97	63	31	130

Season	Head coach below FBS	Level	Record
2012	Weber State	FCS	2-9
2013	Weber State	FCS	2-10
2014	Sacramento State	FCS	7-5
2015	Sacramento State	FCS	2-9
2016	Sacramento State	FCS	2-9
2017	Sacramento State	FCS	7-4
2018	Sacramento State	FCS	2-8

Worked under

Dan McCarney · Iowa State 1995-1996 (GA)
Todd Berry · Army 2000-2002 (Position)
Paul Wulff · Washington State 2008-2011 (DC, Position)
Jay Norvell · Nevada 2019-2020 (DC, Position)

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Coaches who were on his staffs

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Coached together

Jim Burrow · Iowa State 1994 · him GA, them DC, Position
Dan McCarney · Iowa State 1995-1996 · him GA, them Head coach
Jay Norvell · Iowa State 1995-1996 · him GA, them Position
Paul Rhoads · Iowa State 1995-1996 · him GA, them Position
Dennis Therrell · Army 2000-2002 · him Position, them DC
John Bond · Army 2000-2002 · him Position, them OC, Position
John Mumford · Army 2000-2002 · him Position, them Position
Todd Berry · Army 2000-2002 · him Position, them Head coach
Aaron Best · Eastern Washington 2003-2006 · him DC, Position, them Position
Beau Baldwin · Eastern Washington 2003-2006 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
Jimmy Lake · Eastern Washington 2003 · him DC, Position, them Position
Paul Wulff · Eastern Washington 2003-2007 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
Jeff Schmedding · Eastern Washington 2004-2007 · him DC, Position, them GA, Position
Zak Hill · Eastern Washington 2004-2005 · him DC, Position, them Other
Todd Sturdy · Eastern Washington 2007 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
Chris Ball · Washington State 2008-2011 · him DC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
Paul Wulff · Washington State 2008-2011 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
Todd Sturdy · Washington State 2008-2011 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
Chris Tormey · Washington State 2011 · him Position, them Position
Colton Swan · Weber State 2012-2013 · him DC, Head coach, them Position
Craig Stutzmann · Weber State 2012-2013 · him DC, Head coach, them Position
Paul Peterson · Sacramento State 2014-2016 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
Paul Wulff · Sacramento State 2016-2018 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
Luke Huard · Sacramento State 2017-2018 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
Jay Norvell · Nevada 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
Jeff Casteel · Nevada 2019 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
Matt Mumme · Nevada 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
Timmy Chang* · Nevada 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them Position
Vai Taua · Nevada 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them Position
Brian Ward · Nevada 2020 · him DC, Position, them DC
Freddie Banks · Nevada 2020 · him DC, Position, them Position

Played together

Paul Wulff · Washington State 1987-1989
Timm Rosenbach · Washington State 1987-1988