Coaches
Brad Cornelsen
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Brad Cornelsen
Played at Missouri Southern 1995-1998
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Missouri Southern | Other | SA | not known |
| 2000 | Northeastern State | Other | SA | not known |
| 2001 | Northwest Missouri State | GA | GA | not known |
| 2001-2002 | Oklahoma State | GA | GA | Les Miles |
| 2003-2006 | Illinois State | Position | WR | not known |
| 2007 | Illinois State | Position | QB | not known |
| 2008 | Oklahoma State | Analyst | QC | Mike Gundy |
| 2009-2011 | Northeastern State | OC | OC | not known |
| 2012-2014 | Memphis | Position | QB | Justin Fuente |
| 2015 | Memphis | OC | Co-OC/QB✓ | Justin Fuente |
| 2016-2021 | Virginia Tech | OC | OC/QB✓ | Justin Fuente |
| 2023-2024 | Sam Houston | OC | OC✓ | K.C. Keeler* |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | Head coachinterim | Interim HC/OC | K.C. Keeler* |
| 2025- | Enid HS (OK) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Memphis | Co-offensive coordinator | 26 | 16 | 25 | 78 | 128 |
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator | 66 | 50 | 33 | 81 | 128 |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator | 85 | 70 | 54 | 66 | 130 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator | 65 | 69 | 68 | 85 | 130 |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator | 75 | 58 | 71 | 65 | 130 |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator | 28 | 42 | 15 | 75 | 127 |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator | 81 | 91 | 74 | 28 | 130 |
| 2023 | Sam Houston | Offensive coordinator | 113 | 120 | 121 | 118 | 133 |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | Offensive coordinator | 113 | 97 | 113 | 113 | 134 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 1-0 (1 of 13) | - → - | 113 | 26 | -6.9 | 25% wins | 134 |
Worked under
- Les Miles · Oklahoma State 2001-2002 (GA)
- Mike Gundy · Oklahoma State 2008 (Analyst)
- Justin Fuente · Memphis 2012-2015 (OC, Position)
- Justin Fuente · Virginia Tech 2016-2021 (OC, Position)
- K.C. Keeler* · Sam Houston 2023-2024 (OC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Doug Mallory · Oklahoma State 2001-2002 · him GA, them Position
- Jim Svoboda · Northwest Missouri State 2001 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Josh Henson · Oklahoma State 2001-2002 · him GA, them Position
- Les Miles · Oklahoma State 2001-2002 · him GA, them Head coach
- Mike Gundy · Oklahoma State 2001-2008 · him Analyst, GA, them Head coach, OC, Other
- Larry Porter · Oklahoma State 2002 · him GA, them Position
- Todd Monken · Oklahoma State 2002 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Denver Johnson · Illinois State 2003-2007 · him Position, them Head coach
- Justin Fuente · Illinois State 2003-2006 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Holmon Wiggins · Illinois State 2006-2007 · him Position, them Position
- Rod Carey · Illinois State 2007 · him Position, them Position
- Alex Golesh* · Oklahoma State 2008 · him Analyst, them GA
- Curtis Luper · Oklahoma State 2008 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Doug Meacham · Oklahoma State 2008 · him Analyst, them Position
- Glenn Spencer · Oklahoma State 2008 · him Analyst, them Position
- Gunter Brewer · Oklahoma State 2008 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Tim Beckman · Oklahoma State 2008 · him Analyst, them DC
- Trooper Taylor · Oklahoma State 2008 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Kenny Evans · Northeastern State 2009-2011 · him OC, them Head coach
- Barry Odom* · Memphis 2012-2014 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Darrell Dickey · Memphis 2012-2015 · him OC, Position, them Head coach, OC, Other, Position
- Holmon Wiggins · Memphis 2012-2015 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Justin Fuente · Memphis 2012-2015 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Tim Billings · Memphis 2012-2013 · him Position, them Position
- Ryan Walters · Memphis 2014 · him Position, them Position
- Adam Lechtenberg · Memphis 2015 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Galen Scott · Memphis 2015 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Brian Mitchell · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Bud Foster · Virginia Tech 2016-2019 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Holmon Wiggins · Virginia Tech 2016-2018 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Justin Fuente · Virginia Tech 2016-2021 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Adam Lechtenberg · Virginia Tech 2018-2021 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Tyrone Nix · Virginia Tech 2018 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Jerry Kill · Virginia Tech 2019 · him OC, Position, them Other
- Justin Hamilton · Virginia Tech 2019-2021 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Tracy Claeys · Virginia Tech 2020 · him OC, Position, them Position
- J.C. Price · Virginia Tech 2021 · him OC, Position, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Jon Tenuta · Virginia Tech 2021 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Brian Natkin · Sam Houston 2023 · him OC, them Position
- Clayton Carlin · Sam Houston 2023 · him OC, them DC
- Joe Morris · Sam Houston 2023 · him OC, them DC
- K.C. Keeler* · Sam Houston 2023-2024 · him Head coach, OC, them Head coach
- Matt Merkens · Sam Houston 2023-2024 · him Head coach, OC, them Position
- Skyler Cassity · Sam Houston 2024 · him Head coach, OC, them DC