Coaches
Mark Helfrich
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Mark Helfrich
Played at Southern Oregon · alma mater (CFBD): Southern Oregon
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Southern Oregon | Position | Running backs coach | not known |
| 1997 | Oregon | GA | Graduate assistant | Mike Bellotti |
| 1997 | Vienna Vikings (unknown) | OC | Offensive coordinator | not known |
| 1998-2000 | Boise State | Position | Quarterbacks coach | Dirk Koetter |
| 2001-2002 | Arizona State | Position | Quarterbacks coach | Dirk Koetter |
| 2003-2005 | Arizona State | Position | Passing game coordinator & quarterbacks coach | Dirk Koetter |
| 2006-2008 | Colorado | OC | Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach✓ | Dan Hawkins |
| 2009-2012 | Oregon | OC | Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach✓ | Chip Kelly |
| 2013-2016 | Oregon | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2018-2019 | Chicago Bears (pro) | OC | Offensive coordinator | not known |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Colorado | Offensive coordinator | 77 | 112 | 81 | 77 | 119 |
| 2007 | Colorado | Offensive coordinator | 59 | 92 | 85 | 77 | 119 |
| 2008 | Colorado | Offensive coordinator | 84 | 105 | 104 | 59 | 120 |
| 2009 | Oregon | Offensive coordinator | 29 | 21 | 41 | 60 | 120 |
| 2010 | Oregon | Offensive coordinator | 21 | 3 | 20 | 29 | 120 |
| 2011 | Oregon | Offensive coordinator | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 120 |
| 2012 | Oregon | Offensive coordinator | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 124 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Oregon | 11-2 | 3 → 9 | 4 | 14 | 28.7 | 92% wins | 125 |
| 2014 | Oregon | 13-2 | 3 → 2 | 1 | 63 | 24.7 | 85% wins | 128 |
| 2015 | Oregon | 9-4 | 7 → 19 | 13 | 102 | 15.9 | 87% wins | 128 |
| 2016 | Oregon | 4-8 | 24 → - | 16 | 126 | 6.1 | 69% wins | 128 |
Worked under
- Mike Bellotti · Oregon 1997 (GA)
- Dirk Koetter · Boise State 1998-2000 (Position)
- Dirk Koetter · Arizona State 2001-2005 (Other, Position)
- Dan Hawkins · Colorado 2006-2008 (OC, Position)
- Chip Kelly · Oregon 2009-2012 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 7
- Don Pellum · Oregon 2013-2016 (DC, Position)
- Matt Lubick · Oregon 2013-2016 (OC, Other, Position)
- Nick Aliotti · Oregon 2013 (DC)
- Scott Frost* · Oregon 2013-2015 (OC)
- Erik Chinander · Oregon 2014-2015 (Position)
- Brady Hoke · Oregon 2016 (DC)
- David Yost · Oregon 2016 (Other, Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 21
- Jeff Hecklinski · San Diego State 2009-2022 (OC, Other, Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Chuck Bresnahan · UCF 2016 (DC, Position) · under Scott Frost
- Jovan Dewitt · UCF 2016-2017 (Other, Position, ST coord.) · under Scott Frost
- Ryan Held · UCF 2016-2017 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- Troy Walters · UCF 2016-2017 (OC, Position) · under Scott Frost
- Steve Cooper · Nebraska 2018-2021 (Analyst, Position) · under Scott Frost
- Bill McGovern · Nebraska 2020 (Analyst) · under Scott Frost
- Jeff Horton · San Diego State 2020-2022 (Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Kevin Wolthausen · San Diego State 2020-2023 (Analyst) · under Brady Hoke
- Kurt Mattix · San Diego State 2020-2023 (DC, Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Matt Linehan · San Diego State 2020 (GA) · under Brady Hoke
- Bill Busch · Nebraska 2021 (Analyst) · under Scott Frost
- Justin Ena · San Diego State 2022 (Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Ryan Lindley · San Diego State 2022-2023 (OC, Position) · under Brady Hoke
- Alex Grinch · UCF 2025-2026 (DC, Position) · under Scott Frost
- Brandon Harris · UCF 2025 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- Danny Hope · UCF 2025 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- Mark D'Onofrio · UCF 2025-2026 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- Pete Alamar · UCF 2025-2026 (ST coord.) · under Scott Frost
- Shawn Clark · UCF 2025 (Position) · under Scott Frost
- Kefense Hynson · UCF 2026 (Other) · under Scott Frost
Coached together
- Chris Petersen · Oregon 1997 · him GA, them Position
- Dirk Koetter · Oregon 1997 · him GA, them OC
- Don Pellum · Oregon 1997-2016 · him GA, Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Mike Bellotti · Oregon 1997 · him GA, them Head coach
- Brent Guy · Boise State 1998-2000 · him Position, them DC
- Dan Hawkins · Boise State 1998-2000 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position, ST coord.
- Dirk Koetter · Boise State 1998-2000 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jeff Grimes · Boise State 2000 · him Position, them Position
- Ted Monachino · Boise State 2000 · him Position, them Position
- Brent Guy · Arizona State 2001-2004 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Dirk Koetter · Arizona State 2001-2005 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Jeff Grimes · Arizona State 2001-2003 · him Other, Position, them Other, Position
- Ron English · Arizona State 2001-2002 · him Position, them Position
- Ted Monachino · Arizona State 2001-2005 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Bill Miller · Arizona State 2005 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Andy Avalos · Colorado 2006-2008 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Brian Cabral · Colorado 2006-2008 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Dan Hawkins · Colorado 2006-2008 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Eric Kiesau · Colorado 2006-2008 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Greg Brown · Colorado 2006-2008 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Ron Collins · Colorado 2006-2008 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Jeff Grimes · Colorado 2007-2008 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Lee Marks · Colorado 2007-2008 · him OC, Position, them Strength
- Chip Kelly · Oregon 2009-2012 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Jerry Azzinaro · Oregon 2009 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Nick Aliotti · Oregon 2009-2013 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC
- Peter Sirmon · Oregon 2009 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Scott Frost* · Oregon 2009-2015 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Erik Chinander · Oregon 2010-2015 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them GA, Position
- Matt Lubick · Oregon 2013-2016 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
- Brady Hoke · Oregon 2016 · him Head coach, them DC
- David Yost · Oregon 2016 · him Head coach, them Other, Position