THIRD AND DATA

Coaches

Ryan Held

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

All coaches

Ryan Held

Played at Nebraska 1993-1996

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28

YearsTeamRoleTitleHead coach
1997NebraskaOtherSAnot known
1998-1999TennesseeGAGAPhillip Fulmer
2001Peru StateHead coachHead coachhimself
2002-2004Oklahoma Panhandle StateHead coachHead coachhimself
2005-2008Southwestern Oklahoma StateHead coachHead coachhimself
2011Butler (KS)OCOCnot known
2012-2013HighlandHead coachHead coachhimself
2014-2015Northeastern Oklahoma A&MHead coachHead coachhimself
2016-2017UCFPositionRBScott Frost*
2018-2021NebraskaPositionRBScott Frost*
2022North AlabamaOCAHC/OC/QB✓not known
2022North AlabamaHead coachinteriminterim HCnot known
2023-Nebraska KearneyHead coachHead coachhimself

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

SeasonTeamJobEPA/playPoints/poss.SuccessYear beforeTeams
SeasonHead coach below FBSLevelRecord
2001Peru StateNAIA5-5
2002Oklahoma Panhandle StateDivision II2-9
2003Oklahoma Panhandle StateDivision II6-5
2004Oklahoma Panhandle StateDivision II6-5
2005Southwestern Oklahoma StateDivision II1-10
2006Southwestern Oklahoma StateDivision II6-5
2007Southwestern Oklahoma StateDivision II6-5
2008Southwestern Oklahoma StateDivision II3-8
2012HighlandJunior college2-7
2013HighlandJunior college6-4
2014Northeastern Oklahoma A&MJunior college5-6
2015Northeastern Oklahoma A&MJunior college4-5
2022North AlabamaFCS0-3
2023Nebraska–KearneyDivision II3-8
2024Nebraska–KearneyDivision II5-6
2025Nebraska–KearneyDivision II6-5

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Coaches who were on his staffs

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No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.

Coached together

  • Craig Bohl · Nebraska 1997 · him Other, them Position
  • Frank Solich · Nebraska 1997 · him Other, them Position
  • Turner Gill · Nebraska 1997 · him Other, them Position
  • David Cutcliffe · Tennessee 1998 · him GA, them OC, Other, Position
  • John Chavis · Tennessee 1998-1999 · him GA, them DC, Position
  • Kurt Roper · Tennessee 1998 · him GA, them GA
  • Marion Hobby · Tennessee 1998 · him GA, them Strength
  • Phillip Fulmer · Tennessee 1998-1999 · him GA, them Head coach
  • Randy Sanders · Tennessee 1998-1999 · him GA, them OC, Other, Position
  • Shawn Quinn · Tennessee 1999 · him GA, them GA
  • Chuck Bresnahan · UCF 2016 · him Position, them DC, Position
  • Erik Chinander · UCF 2016-2017 · him Position, them DC
  • Jovan Dewitt · UCF 2016-2017 · him Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
  • Scott Frost* · UCF 2016-2017 · him Position, them Head coach
  • Troy Walters · UCF 2016-2017 · him Position, them OC, Position
  • Erik Chinander · Nebraska 2018-2021 · him Position, them DC
  • Jovan Dewitt · Nebraska 2018-2019 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
  • Scott Frost* · Nebraska 2018-2021 · him Position, them Head coach
  • Steve Cooper · Nebraska 2018-2021 · him Position, them Analyst, Position
  • Troy Walters · Nebraska 2018-2019 · him Position, them OC, Position
  • Bill McGovern · Nebraska 2020 · him Position, them Analyst
  • Matt Lubick · Nebraska 2020-2021 · him Position, them OC, Position
  • Bill Busch · Nebraska 2021 · him Position, them Analyst
  • Chris Willis · North Alabama 2022 · him Head coach, OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
  • Steadman Campbell · North Alabama 2022 · him Head coach, OC, Other, Position, them DC

Played together