Coaches
Bruce Barnum
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Bruce Barnum
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Central Valley HS (WA) (HS) | Other | AC | not known |
| 1987-1988 | Columbia River HS (WA) (HS) | Other | AC | not known |
| 1989-1990 | Western Washington | Position | OL | not known |
| 1991-1992 | Cornell | Position | OL | not known |
| 1993 | American International | Position | OL | not known |
| 1994-1997 | Coast Guard | Position | AHC/OL | not known |
| 1998 | Idaho State | Position | OL | not known |
| 1999 | Idaho State | Position | DL | not known |
| 2000 | Idaho State (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2001-2006 | Idaho State | OC | OC | not known |
| 2007-2009 | Cornell | OC | OC/OL | not known |
| 2010-2014 | Portland State | OC | OC | not known |
| 2015-2025 | Portland State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Portland State (FCS) | 9-3 | - → - | - | - | - | 25% wins | - |
| 2016 | Portland State (FCS) | 2-8 | - → - | - | - | - | 75% wins | - |
| 2017 | Portland State (FCS) | 0-11 | - → - | - | - | - | 20% wins | - |
| 2018 | Portland State (FCS) | 4-7 | - → - | - | - | - | 0% wins | - |
| 2019 | Portland State (FCS) | 5-7 | - → - | - | - | - | 36% wins | - |
| 2021 | Portland State (FCS) | 5-6 | - → - | 27 | 56 | - | - | 128 |
| 2022 | Portland State (FCS) | 4-7 | - → - | 65 | 115 | - | 46% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | Portland State (FCS) | 5-6 | - → - | 18 | 122 | - | 36% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | Portland State (FCS) | 3-8 | - → - | 24 | 129 | - | 46% wins | 129 |
| 2025 | Portland State (FCS) | 1-11 | - → - | 116 | 126 | - | 25% wins | 129 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Portland State | FCS | 0-1 |
Worked under
None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Andre Patterson · Cornell 1991 · him Position, them Position
- Jim Hofher · Cornell 1991-1992 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jim Knowles · Cornell 1991-2009 · him OC, Position, them Head coach, Position
- Derek Mason* · Idaho State 1998 · him Position, them Position
- Lance Anderson · Idaho State 1998 · him Position, them Position
- Chris Ball · Idaho State 1999 · him Position, them DC
- James Franklin* · Idaho State 1999 · him Position, them Position
- Jeff Banks · Idaho State 2001-2003 · him OC, them Position, ST coord.
- Johnny Nansen · Idaho State 2001-2003 · him OC, them Position
- Stacy Collins · Idaho State 2005-2006 · him OC, them Position
- David Archer · Cornell 2007-2009 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Zac Roper · Cornell 2007 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Brad Davis · Portland State 2010-2013 · him OC, them Other, Position
- Nigel Burton · Portland State 2010-2014 · him OC, them Head coach
- Steve Cooper · Portland State 2010-2017 · him Head coach, OC, them OC, Position
- Stacy Collins · Portland State 2011 · him OC, them ST coord.
- Ikaika Malloe · Portland State 2012-2013 · him OC, them Position, ST coord.
- Jaime Hill · Portland State 2013 · him OC, them DC
- Matt Leunen · Portland State 2021-2025 · him Head coach, them OC
- Payam Saadat · Portland State 2021-2022 · him Head coach, them DC
- Skyler Fulton · Portland State 2022 · him Head coach, them OC
- A. C. Patterson · Portland State 2023-2024 · him Head coach, them OC
- Colin Fry · Portland State 2023-2024 · him Head coach, them DC
- Mark Rhea · Portland State 2023-2024 · him Head coach, them DC
- Bryant Thomas · Portland State 2025 · him Head coach, them DC