Coaches
Phil Longo
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Phil Longo*
Head coach, Sam Houston · Played at East Stroudsburg 1987, Rowan 1988-1991 · alma mater (CFBD): Rowan
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-1999 | Parsippany Hills HS (NJ) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2000-2001 | William Paterson | OC | AHC/OC | not known |
| 2002-2003 | La Salle | OC | AHC/OC | not known |
| 2004-2005 | La Salle | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2006-2007 | Minnesota Duluth | OC | OC | not known |
| 2008-2009 | Southern Illinois | OC | OC | not known |
| 2010 | Youngstown State | Position | WR/RC | not known |
| 2011 | Slippery Rock | Position | WR | not known |
| 2012-2013 | Slippery Rock | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 2014-2016 | Sam Houston | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 2017-2018 | Ole Miss | OC | OC/QB✓ | Matt Luke |
| 2019-2022 | North Carolina | OC | OC/QB✓ | Mack Brown |
| 2023-2024 | Wisconsin | OC | OC/QB✓ | Luke Fickell* |
| 2025- | Sam Houston | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ole Miss | Offensive coordinator | 21 | 48 | 23 | 54 | 130 |
| 2018 | Ole Miss | Offensive coordinator | 12 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 130 |
| 2019 | North Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 20 | 46 | 38 | 95 | 130 |
| 2020 | North Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 127 |
| 2021 | North Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 27 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 130 |
| 2022 | North Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 15 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 131 |
| 2023 | Wisconsin | Offensive coordinator | 82 | 92 | 48 | 65 | 133 |
| 2024 | Wisconsin | Offensive coordinator | 89 | 110 | 79 | 82 | 134 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 2-10 | - → - | 132 | 118 | -27.8 | 77% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Sam Houston | 1-8 | - → - | 130 | 85 | -20.7 | 17% wins | 138 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | La Salle | FCS | 3-7 |
| 2005 | La Salle | FCS | 4-7 |
Worked under
- Matt Luke · Ole Miss 2017-2018 (OC, Position)
- Mack Brown · North Carolina 2019-2022 (OC, Position)
- Luke Fickell* · Wisconsin 2023-2024 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 6
- Dovonte Edwards · Sam Houston 2025-2026 (Position)
- Eric Raisbeck · Sam Houston 2025-2026 (Other, ST coord.)
- Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay · Sam Houston 2025-2026 (DC)
- Matt Merkens · Sam Houston 2025 (Position)
- Zack Patterson · Sam Houston 2025-2026 (OC)
- Jack Bicknell · Sam Houston 2026 (Position)
Coached together
- Bubba Schweigert · Minnesota Duluth 2006-2007 · him OC, them Head coach
- Bubba Schweigert · Southern Illinois 2008-2009 · him OC, them DC
- Eric Schmidt · Southern Illinois 2008-2009 · him OC, them Position
- Kenni Burns · Southern Illinois 2008-2009 · him OC, them Position
- Andre Coleman · Youngstown State 2010 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Shane Montgomery · Youngstown State 2010 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay · Slippery Rock 2011 · him Position, them Position
- Dan Lanning*+ · Sam Houston 2014 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- K.C. Keeler* · Sam Houston 2014-2016 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Matt Merkens · Sam Houston 2014-2025 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Analyst, Other, Position
- Matt Powledge · Sam Houston 2014-2015 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Mike Collins · Sam Houston 2014-2015 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Patrick Toney · Sam Houston 2015 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Bradley Dale Peveto · Ole Miss 2017 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Chris Rippon · Ole Miss 2017-2018 · him OC, Position, them ST coord.
- Derrick Nix · Ole Miss 2017-2018 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Jack Bicknell · Ole Miss 2017-2018 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Jason Jones · Ole Miss 2017-2018 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Matt Luke · Ole Miss 2017-2018 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Wesley McGriff · Ole Miss 2017-2018 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay · Ole Miss 2018 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Jon Sumrall* · Ole Miss 2018 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Jay Bateman · North Carolina 2019-2021 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Mack Brown · North Carolina 2019-2022 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Scott Boone · North Carolina 2019 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Tim Brewster · North Carolina 2019 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Tommy Thigpen · North Carolina 2019-2022 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Jovan Dewitt · North Carolina 2020-2021 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Larry Porter · North Carolina 2021-2022 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Charlton Warren · North Carolina 2022 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Gene Chizik · North Carolina 2022 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other
- Jack Bicknell · North Carolina 2022 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Colin Hitschler · Wisconsin 2023 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Jack Bicknell · Wisconsin 2023-2024 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Luke Fickell* · Wisconsin 2023-2024 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Mike Tressel · Wisconsin 2023-2024 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Paul Haynes · Wisconsin 2023-2024 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Alex Grinch · Wisconsin 2024 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Eric Raisbeck · Wisconsin 2024 · him OC, Position, them Other
- Kenny Guiton · Wisconsin 2024 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Dovonte Edwards · Sam Houston 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them Position
- Eric Raisbeck · Sam Houston 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them Head coach, Other, ST coord.
- Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay · Sam Houston 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them DC, Head coach
- Zack Patterson · Sam Houston 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Jack Bicknell · Sam Houston 2026 · him Head coach, them Position