Coaches
Pat Sullivan
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Pat Sullivan
Played at Auburn 1969-1971
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-1991 | Auburn | Position | Quarterbacks coach | not known |
| 1992-1997 | TCU | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 1999-2006 | UAB | OC | Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach✓ | Watson Brown |
| 2007-2014 | Samford | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | UAB | Offensive coordinator | 12 | 35 | 10 | 25 | 119 |
| 2006 | UAB | Offensive coordinator | 72 | 100 | 60 | 12 | 119 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | TCU | 2-8-1 | - → - | - | - | -13.8 | 64% wins | 107 |
| 1993 | TCU | 4-7 | - → - | - | - | -13.8 | 18% wins | 106 |
| 1994 | TCU | 7-5 | - → - | - | - | 0.8 | 36% wins | 107 |
| 1995 | TCU | 6-5 | - → - | - | - | -4.7 | 58% wins | 108 |
| 1996 | TCU | 4-7 | - → - | - | - | -14.0 | 55% wins | 111 |
| 1997 | TCU | 1-10 | - → - | - | - | -20.8 | 36% wins | 112 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Samford | FCS | 4-7 |
| 2008 | Samford | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2009 | Samford | FCS | 5-6 |
| 2010 | Samford | FCS | 4-7 |
| 2011 | Samford | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2012 | Samford | FCS | 7-4 |
| 2013 | Samford | FCS | 8-5 |
| 2014 | Samford | FCS | 7-4 |
Worked under
- Watson Brown · UAB 1999-2006 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 3
- Reggie Herring · TCU 1992-1993 (DC)
- Chris Thurmond · TCU 1995 (Position)
- Phil Bennett · TCU 1997 (DC, Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 2
- Jim Gush · SMU 2002-2007 (DC, Position) · under Phil Bennett
- Rusty Burns · SMU 2005-2007 (OC) · under Phil Bennett
Coached together
- Larry Blakeney · Auburn 1986-1990 · him Position, them Other
- Neil Callaway · Auburn 1986-1991 · him Position, them Position
- Reggie Herring · Auburn 1986-1991 · him Position, them Position
- Steve Campbell · Auburn 1988-1989 · him Position, them GA
- Tim Beckman · Auburn 1988-1989 · him Position, them GA
- Wayne Bolt · Auburn 1990 · him Position, them Analyst
- Tommy Bowden · Auburn 1991 · him Position, them OC
- Reggie Herring · TCU 1992-1993 · him Head coach, them DC
- Chris Thurmond · TCU 1995 · him Head coach, them Position
- Phil Bennett · TCU 1997 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Rick Christophel · UAB 1999-2006 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Watson Brown · UAB 1999-2006 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Wayne Bolt · UAB 2003-2005 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Sam Shade · Samford 2009-2014 · him Head coach, them ST coord.
- Rhett Lashlee* · Samford 2011 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Travis Trickett · Samford 2011-2014 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Kodi Burns · Samford 2014 · him Head coach, them Position
Played together
- Larry Blakeney · Auburn 1969