Coaches
Adam Cushing
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Adam Cushing
Played at Chicago 1998-2001
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-2003 | La Verne | GA | GA | not known |
| 2004-2008 | Northwestern | Position | TE | Randy Walker (2004-2005), Pat Fitzgerald* (2006-2008) |
| 2009-2018 | Northwestern | Position | OL | Pat Fitzgerald* |
| 2019-2021 | Eastern Illinois | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2022-2023 | Duke | Position | OL | Mike Elko* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Eastern Illinois (FCS) | 1-11 | - → - | - | - | - | 27% wins | - |
| 2021 | Eastern Illinois (FCS) | 1-10 | - → - | 95 | 46 | - | - | 128 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Eastern Illinois | FCS | 1-5 |
Worked under
- Randy Walker · Northwestern 2004-2005 (Position)
- Pat Fitzgerald* · Northwestern 2006-2018 (Position)
- Mike Elko* · Duke 2022-2023 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Garrick McGee · Northwestern 2004-2007 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Greg Colby · Northwestern 2004-2007 · him Position, them DC
- Howard Feggins · Northwestern 2004 · him Position, them Position
- Jim O'Neil · Northwestern 2004 · him Position, them GA
- Kevin Johns · Northwestern 2004-2010 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Mike Dunbar · Northwestern 2004-2005 · him Position, them OC
- Pat Fitzgerald* · Northwestern 2004-2018 · him Position, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Randy Walker · Northwestern 2004-2005 · him Position, them Head coach
- Randy Bates · Northwestern 2006-2017 · him Position, them Position
- Mick McCall · Northwestern 2008-2018 · him Position, them OC
- Mike Hankwitz · Northwestern 2008-2018 · him Position, them DC
- Tim McGarigle · Northwestern 2011-2018 · him Position, them GA, Position
- Tim Tibesar · Northwestern 2014 · him Position, them Analyst
- Jeff Genyk · Northwestern 2015-2018 · him Position, them Analyst, ST coord.
- Tommy Rees · Northwestern 2015 · him Position, them GA
- Adam Gristick · Eastern Illinois 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them Position
- Chris Bowers · Eastern Illinois 2021 · him Head coach, them DC
- John Kuceyeski · Eastern Illinois 2021 · him Head coach, them OC
- Jess Simpson · Duke 2022-2023 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Kevin Johns · Duke 2022-2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Lyle Hemphill · Duke 2022-2023 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Mike Elko* · Duke 2022-2023 · him Position, them Head coach
- Rich Skrosky · Duke 2022-2023 · him Position, them Analyst
- Robb Smith · Duke 2022 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Trooper Taylor · Duke 2022-2023 · him Position, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Tyler Santucci · Duke 2023 · him Position, them DC, Position