Coaches
Elijah Robinson
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Elijah Robinson
Played at Penn State 2004-2007 · alma mater (CFBD): Penn State
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-2010 | Penn State | GA | GA | Joe Paterno |
| 2011 | Penn State | Position | GA/DL | Joe Paterno |
| 2012-2013 | Penn State | Other | / | Bill O'Brien* |
| 2014-2015 | Temple | Position | DL | Matt Rhule* |
| 2016 | Temple | Position | DL/RGC | Matt Rhule* |
| 2017 | Baylor | Position | DL | Matt Rhule* |
| 2018-2021 | Texas A&M | Position | DL | Jimbo Fisher |
| 2022 | Texas A&M | Position | DL/RGC | Jimbo Fisher |
| 2023 | Texas A&M | DC | DL/co-DC/AHC✓ | Jimbo Fisher |
| 2023 | Texas A&M | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Jimbo Fisher |
| 2024-2025 | Syracuse | DC | AHC/DC✓ | Fran Brown* |
| 2026- | Texas A&M | DC | co-DC/DL✓ | Mike Elko* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas A&M | Co-defensive coordinator | 18 | 39 | 15 | 34 | 133 |
| 2024 | Syracuse | Defensive coordinator | 107 | 108 | 91 | 32 | 134 |
| 2025 | Syracuse | Defensive coordinator | 129 | 123 | 119 | 107 | 136 |
| 2026 | Texas A&M | Co-defensive coordinator | 35 | 24 | 25 | 55 | 138 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Texas A&M | 1-2 (3 of 13) | 23 → - | 50 | 18 | 15.6 | 42% wins | 133 |
Worked under
- Joe Paterno · Penn State 2009-2011 (GA, Position)
- Matt Rhule* · Temple 2014-2016 (Other, Position)
- Matt Rhule* · Baylor 2017 (Position)
- Jimbo Fisher · Texas A&M 2018-2023 (DC, Other, Position)
- Fran Brown* · Syracuse 2024-2025 (DC, Other)
- Mike Elko* · Texas A&M 2026 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Galen Hall · Penn State 2009-2011 · him GA, Position, them OC, Position
- Joe Paterno · Penn State 2009-2011 · him GA, Position, them Head coach
- Larry Johnson · Penn State 2009-2011 · him GA, Position, them DC, Position
- Ron Vanderlinden · Penn State 2009-2011 · him GA, Position, them DC, Position
- Tom Bradley · Penn State 2009-2011 · him GA, Position, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Ed Foley · Temple 2014-2016 · him Other, Position, them Head coach, Other, Position, ST coord.
- Fran Brown* · Temple 2014-2016 · him Other, Position, them Other, Position
- Marcus Satterfield · Temple 2014-2015 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Rhule* · Temple 2014-2016 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Phil Snow · Temple 2014-2016 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Glenn Thomas · Temple 2015-2016 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- George DeLeone · Temple 2016 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Fran Brown* · Baylor 2017 · him Position, them Other, Position
- George DeLeone · Baylor 2017 · him Position, them Position
- Glenn Thomas · Baylor 2017 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jeff Nixon · Baylor 2017 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Joey McGuire*+ · Baylor 2017 · him Position, them Position
- Matt Rhule* · Baylor 2017 · him Position, them Head coach
- Phil Snow · Baylor 2017 · him Position, them DC
- Shawn Bell · Baylor 2017 · him Position, them Analyst
- Bradley Dale Peveto · Texas A&M 2018-2019 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Dameyune Craig · Texas A&M 2018-2023 · him DC, Head coach, Other, Position, them Position
- Darrell Dickey · Texas A&M 2018-2022 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Jimbo Fisher · Texas A&M 2018-2023 · him DC, Head coach, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Maurice Linguist · Texas A&M 2018-2019 · him Position, them Position
- Mike Elko* · Texas A&M 2018-2026 · him DC, Position, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Tim Brewster · Texas A&M 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Tyler Santucci · Texas A&M 2018-2022 · him Other, Position, them Analyst, DC, Position
- Brandon Bailey · Texas A&M 2019-2021 · him Position, them Analyst, GA
- Joe Jon Finley · Texas A&M 2019 · him Position, them Position
- Josh Henson · Texas A&M 2019-2021 · him Position, them Position
- Luke Huard · Texas A&M 2019-2021 · him Position, them Analyst
- Robb Smith · Texas A&M 2019 · him Position, them Analyst
- James Coley · Texas A&M 2020-2023 · him DC, Head coach, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Lawrence Dawsey · Texas A&M 2020-2021 · him Position, them Analyst
- D.J. Durkin · Texas A&M 2022-2023 · him DC, Head coach, Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Steve Addazio · Texas A&M 2022-2023 · him DC, Head coach, Other, Position, them Position
- Bobby Petrino · Texas A&M 2023 · him DC, Head coach, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Jim Chaney · Texas A&M 2023 · him DC, Head coach, Other, Position, them Analyst
- Marquel Blackwell · Texas A&M 2023 · him DC, Head coach, Other, Position, them Position
- Fran Brown* · Syracuse 2024-2025 · him DC, Other, them Head coach
- Jeff Nixon · Syracuse 2024-2025 · him DC, Other, them OC, Position
- Mike Johnson · Syracuse 2024-2025 · him DC, Other, them OC, Position
- Nunzio Campanile · Syracuse 2024-2025 · him DC, Other, them Position
- Robert Wright · Syracuse 2024-2025 · him DC, Other, them DC
- Don Brown · Syracuse 2025 · him DC, Other, them Analyst
- Josh Gattis · Syracuse 2025 · him DC, Other, them Position
- Kevin Coyle · Syracuse 2025 · him DC, Other, them Analyst
- Holmon Wiggins · Texas A&M 2026 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Joey Lynch · Texas A&M 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position
- John Perry · Texas A&M 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Lyle Hemphill · Texas A&M 2026 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Travis Williams · Texas A&M 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Trooper Taylor · Texas A&M 2026 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position