Coaches
Nick Petrino
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Nick Petrino
Played at Arkansas 2007-2009 · alma mater (CFBD): Western Kentucky
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | Arkansas | Other | SA | Bobby Petrino |
| 2013 | Western Kentucky | GA | GA | Bobby Petrino |
| 2014-2015 | Louisville | GA | GA | Bobby Petrino |
| 2016-2018 | Louisville | Position | QB | Bobby Petrino (2016-2017), Lorenzo Ward (2018) |
| 2019 | UT Martin | OC | co-OC/QB | not known |
| 2020-2025 | Missouri State | OC | OC/QB✓ | Ryan Beard* (2025) |
| 2025 | Missouri State | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Ryan Beard* |
| 2026- | Coastal Carolina | OC | OC/QB✓ | Ryan Beard* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Missouri State | Offensive coordinator | 66 | 85 | 110 | 8 | 136 |
| 2026 | Coastal Carolina | Offensive coordinator | 93 | 101 | 112 | 120 | 138 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Missouri State | 0-1 (1 of 13) | - → - | 66 | 122 | -10.7 | 67% wins | 136 |
Worked under
- Bobby Petrino · Arkansas 2010-2011 (Other)
- Bobby Petrino · Western Kentucky 2013 (GA)
- Bobby Petrino · Louisville 2014-2017 (GA, Position)
- Lorenzo Ward · Louisville 2018 (Position)
- Ryan Beard* · Missouri State 2025 (OC, Position)
- Ryan Beard* · Coastal Carolina 2026 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Bobby Petrino · Arkansas 2010-2011 · him Other, them Head coach
- Garrick McGee · Arkansas 2010-2011 · him Other, them OC, Position
- John Smith · Arkansas 2010-2011 · him Other, them ST coord.
- Willy Robinson · Arkansas 2010-2011 · him Other, them DC, Position
- Bobby Petrino · Western Kentucky 2013 · him GA, them Head coach
- JaMarcus Shephard* · Western Kentucky 2013 · him GA, them Analyst
- Jeff Brohm* · Western Kentucky 2013 · him GA, them OC, Other, Position
- Kolby Smith · Western Kentucky 2013 · him GA, them Position
- Neil Callaway · Western Kentucky 2013 · him GA, them Position
- Nick Holt · Western Kentucky 2013 · him GA, them DC
- Bobby Petrino · Louisville 2014-2018 · him GA, Position, them Head coach
- Derek Nicholson · Louisville 2014 · him GA, them Position
- Garrick McGee · Louisville 2014-2015 · him GA, them OC, Other, Position
- Greg Brown · Louisville 2014-2015 · him GA, them Position
- Kolby Smith · Louisville 2014-2018 · him GA, Position, them Position
- Ryan Beard* · Louisville 2014-2018 · him GA, Position, them Analyst, Other
- Terrell Buckley · Louisville 2014-2015 · him GA, them Position
- Todd Grantham · Louisville 2014-2016 · him GA, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Will Stein*+ · Louisville 2014 · him GA, them Analyst
- Chris Klenakis · Louisville 2016 · him Position, them OC
- Keith Heyward · Louisville 2016 · him Position, them Position
- Lonnie Galloway · Louisville 2016-2018 · him Position, them OC
- Lorenzo Ward · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Position, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Mike Summers · Louisville 2017-2018 · him Position, them OC
- Peter Sirmon · Louisville 2017 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Brian VanGorder · Louisville 2018 · him Position, them DC
- Grady Brown · Louisville 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Jason Simpson · UT Martin 2019 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Bobby Petrino · Missouri State 2020-2022 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Ryan Beard* · Missouri State 2020-2025 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Head coach
- Skyler Cassity · Missouri State 2020-2021 · him OC, Position, them Position
- L. D. Scott · Missouri State 2023-2025 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC
- L. D. Scott · Coastal Carolina 2026 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Ryan Beard* · Coastal Carolina 2026 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
Played together
- Alex Mortensen* · Arkansas 2008