Coaches
Walt Harris
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Walt Harris
Played at Pacific 1966-1967
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | El Camino HS (CA) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1971-1973 | Pacific | Position | DB | not known |
| 1974-1977 | California | Position | LB | not known |
| 1978 | Air Force | Position | DB | not known |
| 1978-1979 | Michigan State (unknown) | Position | LB | not known |
| 1980-1982 | Illinois | Position | QB | not known |
| 1983-1988 | Tennessee | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 1989-1991 | Pacific | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 1992-1994 | New York Jets (pro) | Position | QB | not known |
| 1995-1996 | Ohio State | Position | QB | John Cooper |
| 1997-2004 | Pittsburgh | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2005-2006 | Stanford | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2009 | Akron | Position | QB | J.D. Brookhart |
| 2010 | California (PA) | OC | OC | not known |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Pacific | 2-10 | - → - | - | - | -20.2 | 18% wins | 106 |
| 1990 | Pacific | 4-7 | - → - | - | - | -13.3 | 17% wins | 107 |
| 1991 | Pacific | 5-7 | - → - | - | - | -9.7 | 36% wins | 107 |
| 1997 | Pittsburgh | 6-6 | - → - | - | - | -6.7 | 36% wins | 112 |
| 1998 | Pittsburgh | 2-9 | - → - | - | - | -8.0 | 50% wins | 112 |
| 1999 | Pittsburgh | 5-6 | - → - | - | - | 2.8 | 18% wins | 114 |
| 2000 | Pittsburgh | 7-5 | - → - | - | - | 9.6 | 46% wins | 116 |
| 2001 | Pittsburgh | 7-5 | - → - | - | - | 12.0 | 58% wins | 117 |
| 2002 | Pittsburgh | 9-4 | - → 19 | - | - | 14.5 | 58% wins | 117 |
| 2003 | Pittsburgh | 8-5 | 10 → - | - | - | 11.0 | 69% wins | 117 |
| 2004 | Pittsburgh | 8-4 | - → 25 | 46 | 33 | 6.4 | 62% wins | 119 |
| 2005 | Stanford | 5-6 | - → - | 60 | 117 | 0.6 | 36% wins | 119 |
| 2006 | Stanford | 1-11 | - → - | 103 | 111 | -14.1 | 46% wins | 119 |
Worked under
- John Cooper · Ohio State 1995-1996 (Position)
- J.D. Brookhart · Akron 2009 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 14
- Hue Jackson · Pacific 1989 (GA, Position)
- Bill McGovern · Pittsburgh 1997-1999 (Position)
- Curt Cignetti*+ · Pittsburgh 1997-1999 (Position)
- J.D. Brookhart · Pittsburgh 1997-2003 (OC, Position)
- Larry Coyer · Pittsburgh 1997-1999 (DC)
- Joe Moorhead* · Pittsburgh 1998-1999 (GA)
- David Blackwell · Pittsburgh 2000-2002 (Position)
- Paul Rhoads · Pittsburgh 2000-2004 (DC)
- Charlie Partridge · Pittsburgh 2003-2004 (Position)
- Dino Babers · Pittsburgh 2003 (Position)
- Matt Weiss · Stanford 2005-2006 (GA)
- Nathaniel Hackett · Stanford 2005 (Other)
- Tom Hayes · Stanford 2005 (DC, Other)
- A. J. Christoff · Stanford 2006 (DC, Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 55
- Jim Fleming · Akron 2004-2009 (DC, Position) · under J.D. Brookhart
- Jim Pry · Akron 2005 (OC) · under J.D. Brookhart
- Luke Getsy · Akron 2007-2008 (GA) · under J.D. Brookhart
- Chris Ash · Iowa State 2009 (Other, Position) · under Paul Rhoads
- Courtney Messingham · Iowa State 2009-2013 (OC, Position) · under Paul Rhoads
- Shane Montgomery · Akron 2009 (OC, Position) · under J.D. Brookhart
- Tom Herman · Iowa State 2009-2011 (OC, Position) · under Paul Rhoads
- Wally Burnham · Iowa State 2009-2015 (DC) · under Paul Rhoads
- Drew Mehringer · Iowa State 2010-2011 (GA) · under Paul Rhoads
- Todd Sturdy · Iowa State 2012-2015 (OC, Position) · under Paul Rhoads
- Brian Wright · Florida Atlantic 2014-2015 (OC, Other, Position) · under Charlie Partridge
- Kim McCloud · Bowling Green 2014-2015 (DC, Other, Position) · under Dino Babers
- Mark Mangino · Iowa State 2014-2015 (OC, Position) · under Paul Rhoads
- Matt Mattox · Bowling Green 2014 (OC, Position) · under Dino Babers
- Maurice Linguist · Iowa State 2014-2015 (Position) · under Paul Rhoads
- Nick Monroe · Bowling Green 2014-2015 (Position) · under Dino Babers
- Roc Bellantoni · Florida Atlantic 2014-2016 (DC) · under Charlie Partridge
- Sean Lewis* · Bowling Green 2014-2015 (OC, Position) · under Dino Babers
- Sterlin Gilbert · Bowling Green 2014 (OC, Position) · under Dino Babers
- Terrance Jamison · Florida Atlantic 2014-2016 (Position) · under Charlie Partridge
- Tom Kaufman · Bowling Green 2014-2015 (Position, ST coord.) · under Dino Babers
- Brian Ward · Bowling Green 2015 (DC) · under Dino Babers
- Mike Lynch · Bowling Green 2015 (OC) · under Dino Babers
- Adam Gristick · Syracuse 2016-2017 (Analyst, GA) · under Dino Babers
- Garin Justice · Florida Atlantic 2016 (Position) · under Charlie Partridge
- Lanear Sampson · Syracuse 2016-2021 (Analyst, GA, Position) · under Dino Babers
- Mark Cala · Florida Atlantic 2016 (Analyst) · under Charlie Partridge
- Mike Hart · Syracuse 2016 (Position) · under Dino Babers
- Mike Lynch · Syracuse 2016-2019 (OC) · under Dino Babers
- Travis Trickett · Florida Atlantic 2016 (OC, Position) · under Charlie Partridge
- Matt Johnson · Syracuse 2017 (Analyst) · under Dino Babers
- Steve Stanard · Syracuse 2017-2019 (DC, Position) · under Dino Babers
- Andrew Breiner · Mississippi State 2018-2019 (Other, Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Bob Shoop · Mississippi State 2018-2019 (DC, Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Charles Huff* · Mississippi State 2018 (Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Joey Jones · Mississippi State 2018-2019 (ST coord.) · under Joe Moorhead
- Mark Hudspeth · Mississippi State 2018 (Other, Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Mark Powell · Mississippi State 2018 (GA) · under Joe Moorhead
- Tem Lukabu · Mississippi State 2018 (Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Terrell Buckley · Mississippi State 2018-2019 (Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Van Malone · Mississippi State 2018 (Analyst) · under Joe Moorhead
- Billy Fessler · Mississippi State 2019 (GA) · under Joe Moorhead
- Chris Marve · Mississippi State 2019 (Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Mike Johnson · Mississippi State 2019 (Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Taylor Housewright · Mississippi State 2019 (Analyst) · under Joe Moorhead
- Tony White · Syracuse 2020-2022 (DC) · under Dino Babers
- Bryant Haines · James Madison 2022-2023 (DC, Position) · under Curt Cignetti
- Damian Wroblewski · James Madison 2022-2023 (Other, Position) · under Curt Cignetti
- Jason Beck · Syracuse 2022-2023 (OC, Position) · under Dino Babers
- Mike Shanahan · James Madison 2022-2023 (OC, Other, Position) · under Curt Cignetti
- Robert Anae · Syracuse 2022 (OC) · under Dino Babers
- Tim Tibesar · Akron 2022-2026 (DC, Position) · under Joe Moorhead
- Tino Sunseri · James Madison 2022-2023 (Position) · under Curt Cignetti
- Rocky Long · Syracuse 2023 (DC) · under Dino Babers
- Chandler Whitmer · Indiana 2025 (OC, Position) · under Curt Cignetti
Level 3: on their staffs · 53
- Craig Naivar · Houston 2015-2016 (DC) · under Tom Herman
- Jason Washington · Houston 2015-2016 (Position, ST coord.) · under Tom Herman
- Kenny Guiton · Houston 2015-2016 (GA) · under Tom Herman
- Major Applewhite* · Houston 2015-2016 (OC, Position) · under Tom Herman
- Todd Orlando · Houston 2015-2016 (DC, Position) · under Tom Herman
- A. J. Ricker · Houston 2016 (Analyst) · under Tom Herman
- Aaron Henry · Rutgers 2016 (Position) · under Chris Ash
- Bill Busch · Rutgers 2016-2017 (DC, Position) · under Chris Ash
- Jay Niemann · Rutgers 2016-2018 (DC, Position) · under Chris Ash
- Zak Kuhr · Rutgers 2016 (Position) · under Chris Ash
- Jerry Kill · Rutgers 2017 (OC, Position) · under Chris Ash
- Stan Drayton · Texas 2017-2020 (Other, Position) · under Tom Herman
- Tim Beck · Texas 2017-2019 (OC, Position) · under Tom Herman
- Will Stein*+ · Texas 2017 (Analyst) · under Tom Herman
- Andrew Sowder · Kent State 2018-2022 (OC) · under Sean Lewis
- Herb Hand · Texas 2018-2020 (OC, Position) · under Tom Herman
- John McNulty · Rutgers 2018 (OC, Position) · under Chris Ash
- Nunzio Campanile · Rutgers 2018 (Position) · under Chris Ash
- Will Windham · Kent State 2018-2020 (Position) · under Sean Lewis
- Andre Coleman · Texas 2019-2020 (Analyst, Position) · under Tom Herman
- Craig Naivar · Texas 2019 (DC) · under Tom Herman
- David Beaty · Texas 2019 (Analyst) · under Tom Herman
- Larry Fedora · Texas 2019 (Analyst) · under Tom Herman
- Coleman Hutzler · Texas 2020 (DC, Position) · under Tom Herman
- Dave Huxtable · Texas 2020 (Analyst) · under Tom Herman
- Everett Withers · Texas 2020 (Analyst) · under Tom Herman
- Mike Yurcich · Texas 2020 (OC, Position) · under Tom Herman
- Andy McCollum · Buffalo 2021-2022 (Analyst) · under Maurice Linguist
- Clint Trickett · Marshall 2021-2023 (OC, Other, Position) · under Charles Huff
- Joe Cauthen · Buffalo 2021 (DC) · under Maurice Linguist
- Lance Guidry · Marshall 2021-2022 (DC, Position) · under Charles Huff
- Tim Cramsey · Marshall 2021 (OC, Position) · under Charles Huff
- Brandon Bailey · Buffalo 2022 (DC, Position) · under Maurice Linguist
- Greg Knox · Buffalo 2022 (Position) · under Maurice Linguist
- Jeremiah Johnson · Kent State 2022 (DC) · under Sean Lewis
- Brandon Harris · Florida Atlantic 2023-2024 (DC, Position) · under Tom Herman
- Chad Lunsford · Florida Atlantic 2023-2024 (Other, Position, ST coord.) · under Tom Herman
- Charlie Frye · Florida Atlantic 2023-2024 (OC) · under Tom Herman
- DJ Mangas · Buffalo 2023 (OC, Position) · under Maurice Linguist
- Ed Warinner · Florida Atlantic 2023 (Other, Position) · under Tom Herman
- Jason Semore · Marshall 2023-2024 (DC) · under Charles Huff
- Robert Wright · Buffalo 2023 (DC) · under Maurice Linguist
- Eric Schmidt · San Diego State 2024 (DC, Position) · under Sean Lewis
- Rob Aurich · San Diego State 2024-2025 (DC, Position) · under Sean Lewis
- Ryan Lindley · San Diego State 2024-2026 (Analyst) · under Sean Lewis
- Seth Doege · Marshall 2024 (OC, Position) · under Charles Huff
- Zac Barton · San Diego State 2024-2026 (Other) · under Sean Lewis
- Blake Anderson* · Southern Miss 2025 (OC, Position) · under Charles Huff
- Joe Bolden · Southern Miss 2025 (ST coord.) · under Charles Huff
- Brad Salem · Memphis 2026 (Position) · under Charles Huff
- David Weeks · Memphis 2026 (OC) · under Charles Huff
- Demetrius Sumler · San Diego State 2026 (DC) · under Sean Lewis
- Kevin Decker · Memphis 2026 (OC) · under Charles Huff
Coached together
- Pete Carroll · Pacific 1973 · him Position, them GA
- Mike Riley · California 1975 · him Position, them GA
- Al Groh · Air Force 1978 · him Position, them DC
- Bob Trott · Air Force 1978 · him Position, them Other
- Ken Hatfield · Air Force 1978 · him Position, them OC
- Bill Callahan · Illinois 1980-1982 · him Position, them GA, Position, ST coord.
- Greg Colby · Illinois 1980 · him Position, them Other
- Kevin Cosgrove · Illinois 1980-1982 · him Position, them GA
- David Cutcliffe · Tennessee 1983-1988 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Dennis Therrell · Tennessee 1983-1984 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Phillip Fulmer · Tennessee 1983-1988 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Todd Berry · Tennessee 1983 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Ron Zook · Tennessee 1984-1986 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Dick Bumpas · Tennessee 1985-1988 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Kevin Steele · Tennessee 1987-1988 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Hue Jackson · Pacific 1989 · him Head coach, them GA, Position
- Bill Young · Ohio State 1995 · him Position, them DC
- Lovie Smith · Ohio State 1995 · him Position, them Position
- Jim Heacock · Ohio State 1996 · him Position, them Position
- Jon Tenuta · Ohio State 1996 · him Position, them Position
- Bill McGovern · Pittsburgh 1997-1999 · him Head coach, them Position
- Curt Cignetti*+ · Pittsburgh 1997-1999 · him Head coach, them Position
- J.D. Brookhart · Pittsburgh 1997-2003 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Larry Coyer · Pittsburgh 1997-1999 · him Head coach, them DC
- Joe Moorhead* · Pittsburgh 1998-1999 · him Head coach, them GA
- David Blackwell · Pittsburgh 2000-2002 · him Head coach, them Position
- Paul Rhoads · Pittsburgh 2000-2004 · him Head coach, them DC
- Charlie Partridge · Pittsburgh 2003-2004 · him Head coach, them Position
- Dino Babers · Pittsburgh 2003 · him Head coach, them Position
- Matt Weiss · Stanford 2005-2006 · him Head coach, them GA
- Nathaniel Hackett · Stanford 2005 · him Head coach, them Other
- Tom Hayes · Stanford 2005 · him Head coach, them DC, Other
- A. J. Christoff · Stanford 2006 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- J.D. Brookhart · Akron 2009 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jim Fleming · Akron 2009 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Shane Montgomery · Akron 2009 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Mike Jacobs* · California (PA) 2010 · him OC, them Position