Coaches
Vance Bedford
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Vance Bedford
Played at Texas 1977-1981
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Forest Brook (TX) HS (HS) | Other | assistant | not known |
| 1986 | Navarro | Other | assistant | not known |
| 1987-1992 | Colorado State | Position | DB | not known |
| 1993-1994 | Oklahoma State | Position | DB | not known |
| 1995-1998 | Michigan | Position | DB | Lloyd Carr |
| 1999-2004 | Chicago Bears (pro) | Position | DB | not known |
| 2005-2006 | Oklahoma State (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2005-2006 | Oklahoma State | DC | Defensive coordinator · season pages | Mike Gundy |
| 2007 | Michigan | Position | DB | Lloyd Carr |
| 2008-2009 | Florida | Position | DB | Urban Meyer |
| 2010-2013 | Louisville | DC | DC✓ | Charlie Strong |
| 2014-2016 | Texas | DC | DC✓ | Charlie Strong |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Louisville | Defensive coordinator | 48 | 20 | 23 | 96 | 120 |
| 2011 | Louisville | Defensive coordinator | 25 | 24 | 44 | 48 | 120 |
| 2012 | Louisville | Defensive coordinator | 52 | 57 | 73 | 25 | 124 |
| 2013 | Louisville | Defensive coordinator | 10 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 125 |
| 2014 | Texas | Defensive coordinator | 15 | 29 | 32 | 53 | 128 |
| 2015 | Texas | Defensive coordinator | 84 | 79 | 116 | 15 | 128 |
| 2016 | Texas | Defensive coordinator | 82 | 63 | 58 | 84 | 128 |
Worked under
- Lloyd Carr · Michigan 1995-2007 (Position)
- Mike Gundy · Oklahoma State 2005-2006 (DC)
- Urban Meyer · Florida 2008-2009 (Position)
- Charlie Strong · Louisville 2010-2013 (DC)
- Charlie Strong · Texas 2014-2016 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Kevin Cosgrove · Colorado State 1989 · him Position, them Position
- Skip Holtz · Colorado State 1989 · him Position, them Position
- Mike DeBord · Colorado State 1990-1991 · him Position, them Position
- Urban Meyer · Colorado State 1990-1992 · him Position, them Position
- Chuck Heater · Colorado State 1991-1992 · him Position, them DC
- Todd Fitch · Colorado State 1992 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Mike Gundy · Oklahoma State 1993-2006 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Chad Glasgow · Oklahoma State 1994 · him Position, them GA
- Brady Hoke · Michigan 1995-1998 · him Position, them Position
- Jim Herrmann · Michigan 1995-1998 · him Position, them DC, Other
- Lloyd Carr · Michigan 1995-2007 · him Position, them Head coach
- Mike DeBord · Michigan 1995-2007 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Scot Loeffler · Michigan 1996-2007 · him Position, them GA, Position
- Stan Parrish · Michigan 1996-1998 · him Position, them Position
- Terry Malone · Michigan 1997-1998 · him Position, them Position
- Curtis Luper · Oklahoma State 2005-2006 · him DC, them Other, Position
- Doug Meacham · Oklahoma State 2005-2006 · him DC, them Position
- Gunter Brewer · Oklahoma State 2005-2006 · him DC, them Position
- Larry Fedora · Oklahoma State 2005-2006 · him DC, them OC
- Ron English · Michigan 2007 · him Position, them DC
- Steve Stripling · Michigan 2007 · him Position, them Position
- Billy Gonzales · Florida 2008-2009 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Charlie Strong · Florida 2008-2009 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Chuck Heater · Florida 2008-2009 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Dan McCarney · Florida 2008-2009 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Dan Mullen* · Florida 2008 · him Position, them OC, Position
- John Hevesy · Florida 2008 · him Position, them Position
- Steve Addazio · Florida 2008-2009 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Tommy Restivo · Florida 2008-2009 · him Position, them Analyst
- Urban Meyer · Florida 2008-2009 · him Position, them Head coach
- Brian White · Florida 2009 · him Position, them Position
- Justin Frye · Florida 2009 · him Position, them GA
- Scot Loeffler · Florida 2009 · him Position, them Position
- Charlie Strong · Louisville 2010-2013 · him DC, them Head coach
- Mike Groh · Louisville 2010 · him DC, them Position
- Mike Sanford Sr. · Louisville 2010-2011 · him DC, them OC, Other, Position
- Ron Dugans · Louisville 2010-2013 · him DC, them Position
- Sherrone Moore · Louisville 2010-2013 · him DC, them GA, Position
- Tommy Restivo · Louisville 2010-2013 · him DC, them Analyst, Position
- Justin Burke · Louisville 2011-2013 · him DC, them Analyst, GA
- Shawn Watson · Louisville 2011-2013 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Will Stein*+ · Louisville 2013 · him DC, them GA
- Charlie Strong · Texas 2014-2016 · him DC, them Head coach
- Chris Rumph · Texas 2014 · him DC, them Other, Position
- Eman Naghavi · Texas 2014 · him DC, them Analyst
- Ephraim Banda · Texas 2014 · him DC, them GA
- Joe Wickline · Texas 2014-2015 · him DC, them OC
- Justin Burke · Texas 2014-2016 · him DC, them Analyst
- Les Koenning · Texas 2014 · him DC, them Position
- Shawn Watson · Texas 2014-2015 · him DC, them Other, Position
- Jay Norvell · Texas 2015 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Jeff Traylor* · Texas 2015-2016 · him DC, them Position, ST coord.
- Will Stein*+ · Texas 2015-2016 · him DC, them Analyst
- Matt Mattox · Texas 2016 · him DC, them Other, Position
- Sterlin Gilbert · Texas 2016 · him DC, them OC, Position
Played together
- Les Koenning · Texas 1977-1980