Coaches

Rod Carey

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

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Rod Carey

Played at Indiana 1990-1993 · alma mater (CFBD): Indiana

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

Years	Team	Role	Title	Head coach
1994-1997	Wayzata HS (MN) (HS)	Other	assistant	not known
1998-1999	Minnesota	GA	GA	Glen Mason
2000-2003	Wisconsin Stout	OC	co-OC/OL	not known
2004-2006	Wisconsin Stout	OC	OC/OL	not known
2007	Illinois State	Position	OL	not known
2008-2010	North Dakota	Position	OL	not known
2011	Northern Illinois	Position	OL	Dave Doeren*
2012	Northern Illinois	OC	OC/OL✓	Dave Doeren*
2012-2018	Northern Illinois	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself
2019-2021	Temple	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself
2022	Indiana	Position	QC/OL	Tom Allen
2023	Indiana	OC	OC/QB✓	Tom Allen

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

Season	Team	Job	EPA/play	Points/poss.	Success	Year before	Teams
2012	Northern Illinois	Offensive coordinator	54	3	46	9	124
2023	Indiana	Offensive coordinator (interim)	98	93	77	118	133

Season	Head coach at	Record	AP before → after	Off EPA/play	Def EPA/play	SP+	Team year before	Teams
2012	Northern Illinois	0-1 (1 of 14)	- → 22	54	28	12.4	79% wins	124
2013	Northern Illinois	12-2	- → -	17	59	6.3	86% wins	125
2014	Northern Illinois	11-3	- → -	34	71	-0.6	86% wins	128
2015	Northern Illinois	8-6	- → -	71	27	-0.9	79% wins	128
2016	Northern Illinois	5-7	- → -	49	94	-2.4	57% wins	128
2017	Northern Illinois	8-5	- → -	106	5	-1.4	42% wins	130
2018	Northern Illinois	8-6	- → -	121	18	-2.7	62% wins	130
2019	Temple	8-5	- → -	100	29	3.2	62% wins	130
2020	Temple	1-6	- → -	104	112	-10.0	62% wins	127
2021	Temple	3-9	- → -	121	105	-19.1	14% wins	130

Worked under

Glen Mason · Minnesota 1998-1999 (GA)
Dave Doeren* · Northern Illinois 2011-2012 (OC, Position)
Tom Allen · Indiana 2022-2023 (Analyst, OC, Position)

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On his staffs · 9

Bob Cole · Northern Illinois 2013-2015 (OC)
Jay Niemann · Northern Illinois 2013-2015 (DC, Position)
Kevin Kane · Northern Illinois 2013-2017 (DC, Position, ST coord.)
Tim Polasek* · Northern Illinois 2013 (Position)
Mike Uremovich* · Northern Illinois 2016-2018 (OC, Other, Position)
Jake Landry · Northern Illinois 2018 (Position)
Jeff Knowles · Northern Illinois 2018 (DC)
Fran Brown* · Temple 2019 (DC, Position)
Jeff Knowles · Temple 2019-2021 (DC)

Level 2: on their staffs · 14

Elijah Robinson · Syracuse 2024-2025 (DC, Other) · under Fran Brown
Jeff Nixon · Syracuse 2024-2026 (OC, Position) · under Fran Brown
Mike Johnson · Syracuse 2024-2026 (OC, Position) · under Fran Brown
Nunzio Campanile · Syracuse 2024-2025 (Position) · under Fran Brown
Robert Wright · Syracuse 2024-2025 (DC) · under Fran Brown
Don Brown · Syracuse 2025-2026 (Analyst) · under Fran Brown
Jeff Knowles · Ball State 2025-2026 (DC) · under Mike Uremovich
Josh Gattis · Syracuse 2025-2026 (Position) · under Fran Brown
Kevin Coyle · Syracuse 2025 (Analyst) · under Fran Brown
Dan Larson · North Dakota State 2026 (OC, Position) · under Tim Polasek
Grant Olson · North Dakota State 2026 (DC) · under Tim Polasek
John Scott Jr. · Syracuse 2026 (DC, Other, Position) · under Fran Brown
Perry Eliano · Syracuse 2026 (Position) · under Fran Brown
Vince Kehres · Syracuse 2026 (DC) · under Fran Brown

Coached together

David Gibbs · Minnesota 1998-1999 · him GA, them DC
Glen Mason · Minnesota 1998-1999 · him GA, them Head coach
Mark Snyder · Minnesota 1998-1999 · him GA, them Position
Steve Axman · Minnesota 1998 · him GA, them Position
Steve Stripling · Minnesota 1998-1999 · him GA, them Other, Position
Joker Phillips · Minnesota 1999 · him GA, them Position
Tony Petersen · Minnesota 1999 · him GA, them Position
Dan Larson · Wisconsin Stout 2005 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
Brad Cornelsen · Illinois State 2007 · him Position, them Position
Denver Johnson · Illinois State 2007 · him Position, them Head coach
Holmon Wiggins · Illinois State 2007 · him Position, them Position
John Kelling · North Dakota 2008-2010 · him Position, them DC, Position
Dave Doeren* · Northern Illinois 2011-2012 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Head coach
Eddie Faulkner · Northern Illinois 2011 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
Jay Niemann · Northern Illinois 2011-2015 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Position
Kevin Kane · Northern Illinois 2011-2017 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Position, ST coord.
Matt Canada · Northern Illinois 2011 · him Position, them OC, Position
Ryan Nielsen · Northern Illinois 2011-2012 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
Tom Matukewicz · Northern Illinois 2011 · him Position, them Position
Mike Dunbar · Northern Illinois 2012 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC
Mike Uremovich* · Northern Illinois 2012-2018 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC, Other, Position, ST coord.
Bob Cole · Northern Illinois 2013-2015 · him Head coach, them OC
Tim Polasek* · Northern Illinois 2013 · him Head coach, them Position
Jake Landry · Northern Illinois 2018 · him Head coach, them Position
Jeff Knowles · Northern Illinois 2018 · him Head coach, them DC
Fran Brown* · Temple 2019 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
Jake Landry · Temple 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst, Position
Jeff Knowles · Temple 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them DC
Mike Uremovich* · Temple 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
Adam Henry · Indiana 2022 · him Analyst, Position, them OC, Position
Chad Wilt · Indiana 2022-2023 · him Analyst, OC, Position, them DC, Position
Paul Randolph · Indiana 2022-2023 · him Analyst, OC, Position, them Position
Tom Allen · Indiana 2022-2023 · him Analyst, OC, Position, them Head coach
Walt Bell · Indiana 2022-2023 · him Analyst, OC, Position, them OC, Position
Anthony Tucker · Indiana 2023 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
Justin Fuente · Indiana 2023 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
Matt Guerrieri · Indiana 2023 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position

Played together

Chris Merritt · Indiana 1990-1992