Coaches
Scotty Walden
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Scotty Walden*
Head coach, UTEP · Played at Dordt 2008, Hardin Simmons 2009-2010, Sul Ross 2011
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sul Ross | OC | OC | not known |
| 2013-2015 | East Texas Baptist | OC | OC | not known |
| 2016 | East Texas Baptist | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2017-2018 | Southern Miss | Position | WR | Jay Hopson |
| 2019-2020 | Southern Miss | OC | co-OC/WR✓ | Jay Hopson (2019), Tim Billings (2020) |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Tim Billings |
| 2020-2023 | Austin Peay | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2024- | UTEP | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southern Miss | Co-offensive coordinator | 81 | 81 | 102 | 113 | 130 |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | Co-offensive coordinator | 61 | 74 | 81 | 81 | 127 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 1-3 (4 of 10) | - → - | 61 | 96 | -7.9 | 54% wins | 127 |
| 2020 | Austin Peay (FCS) | 0-3 | - → - | - | - | - | 73% wins | - |
| 2021 | Austin Peay (FCS) | 6-5 | - → - | 80 | 70 | - | 0% wins | 128 |
| 2022 | Austin Peay (FCS) | 7-4 | - → - | 62 | 22 | - | 55% wins | 130 |
| 2023 | Austin Peay (FCS) | 9-3 | - → - | 29 | 43 | - | 64% wins | 128 |
| 2024 | UTEP | 3-9 | - → - | 122 | 55 | -22.7 | 25% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | UTEP | 2-10 | - → - | 131 | 43 | -17.5 | 25% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | UTEP | 1-8 | - → - | 137 | 127 | -26.3 | 17% wins | 138 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | East Texas Baptist | Division III | 7-3 |
Worked under
- Jay Hopson · Southern Miss 2017-2019 (OC, Position)
- Tim Billings · Southern Miss 2020 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 9
- J. J. Clark · UTEP 2024 (DC)
- Jake Brown · UTEP 2024 (OC)
- Kelvin Sigler · UTEP 2024-2026 (DC)
- Ryan Stanchek · UTEP 2024-2026 (OC, Position)
- Bobby Daly · UTEP 2025 (DC)
- Mark Cala · UTEP 2025 (OC, Position)
- Joe Pappalardo · UTEP 2026 (OC)
- Kyle Beyer · UTEP 2026 (DC)
- Lanear Sampson · UTEP 2026 (OC, Position)
Coached together
- Akeem Davis · Southern Miss 2017-2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them GA, Position
- Derek Nicholson · Southern Miss 2017-2019 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Jay Hopson · Southern Miss 2017-2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Head coach
- Shannon Dawson · Southern Miss 2017-2018 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Tim Billings · Southern Miss 2017-2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC, Head coach, Other, Position
- Tony Pecoraro · Southern Miss 2017-2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them DC
- Les Koenning · Southern Miss 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Reed Stringer · Southern Miss 2018-2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Analyst, Position, ST coord.
- Buster Faulkner · Southern Miss 2019 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Ryan Stanchek · Southern Miss 2019-2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Position
- Cedric Thomas · Southern Miss 2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Position
- Mark Powell · Austin Peay 2020-2021 · him Head coach, them DC
- Matt Kubik · Southern Miss 2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC
- Rick Minter · Southern Miss 2020 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Analyst
- Akeem Davis · Austin Peay 2021-2022 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Austin Silvoy · Austin Peay 2021 · him Head coach, them OC
- Chris Kappas · Austin Peay 2021-2022 · him Head coach, them DC
- Josh Cochran · Austin Peay 2021 · him Head coach, them OC
- Lanear Sampson · Austin Peay 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
- Ryan Stanchek · Austin Peay 2022 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Chris Jones · Austin Peay 2023 · him Head coach, them DC
- J. J. Clark · Austin Peay 2023 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jared Kaster · Austin Peay 2023 · him Head coach, them OC
- J. J. Clark · UTEP 2024 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jake Brown · UTEP 2024 · him Head coach, them OC
- Kelvin Sigler · UTEP 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Ryan Stanchek · UTEP 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Bobby Daly · UTEP 2025 · him Head coach, them DC
- Mark Cala · UTEP 2025 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Joe Pappalardo · UTEP 2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Kyle Beyer · UTEP 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Lanear Sampson · UTEP 2026 · him Head coach, them OC, Position