Coaches
Barry Lunney Jr.
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Barry Lunney Jr.
Played at Arkansas 1992-1995 · alma mater (CFBD): Arkansas
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-1999 | Arkansas | GA | GA | Houston Nutt |
| 2000-2001 | Tulsa | Position | QB | Keith Burns |
| 2002 | Tulsa | Position | WR | Keith Burns |
| 2003-2004 | San José State | OC | co-OC/QB | Fitz Hill |
| 2005-2012 | Bentonville HS (AR) (HS) | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 2013-2018 | Arkansas | Position | TE | Bret Bielema* (2013-2017), Chad Morris (2018) |
| 2019 | Arkansas | ST coord. | ST/TE | Chad Morris |
| 2019 | Arkansas | Head coachinterim | interim HC | Chad Morris |
| 2020-2021 | UTSA | OC | AHC/OC/QB✓ | Jeff Traylor* |
| 2022- | Illinois | OC | OC/QB✓ | Bret Bielema* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | UTSA | Offensive coordinator | 66 | 67 | 89 | 106 | 127 |
| 2021 | UTSA | Offensive coordinator | 41 | 11 | 46 | 66 | 130 |
| 2022 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator | 81 | 90 | 55 | 115 | 131 |
| 2023 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator | 61 | 87 | 38 | 81 | 133 |
| 2024 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator | 35 | 39 | 41 | 61 | 134 |
| 2025 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator | 39 | 28 | 15 | 35 | 136 |
| 2026 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator | 31 | 24 | 27 | 39 | 138 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arkansas | 0-2 (2 of 12) | - → - | 116 | 124 | -10.6 | 17% wins | 130 |
Worked under
- Houston Nutt · Arkansas 1998-1999 (GA)
- Keith Burns · Tulsa 2000-2002 (Position)
- Fitz Hill · San José State 2003-2004 (OC, Position)
- Bret Bielema* · Arkansas 2013-2017 (Position)
- Chad Morris · Arkansas 2018-2019 (Position, ST coord.)
- Jeff Traylor* · UTSA 2020-2021 (OC, Other, Position)
- Bret Bielema* · Illinois 2022-2026 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Houston Nutt · Arkansas 1998-1999 · him GA, them Head coach
- Mark Hutson · Arkansas 1998-1999 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- Keith Burns · Tulsa 2000-2002 · him Position, them Head coach
- Mark Hutson · Tulsa 2000-2002 · him Position, them Position
- Kenny Edenfield · Tulsa 2001 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Charlie Stubbs · Tulsa 2002 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Matt Wells · Tulsa 2002 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Chris Wilkerson · San José State 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Keith Burns · San José State 2004 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Bret Bielema* · Arkansas 2013-2017 · him Position, them Head coach
- Charlie Partridge · Arkansas 2013 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Chris Ash · Arkansas 2013 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Jim Chaney · Arkansas 2013-2014 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Joel Thomas · Arkansas 2013-2014 · him Position, them Position
- Randy Shannon · Arkansas 2013-2014 · him Position, them Position
- Sam Pittman · Arkansas 2013-2015 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Taver Johnson · Arkansas 2013 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Aaron Henry · Arkansas 2014-2015 · him Position, them GA
- Robb Smith · Arkansas 2014-2016 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Carl Reese · Arkansas 2015 · him Position, them Analyst
- Dan Enos · Arkansas 2015-2017 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Paul Rhoads · Arkansas 2016-2017 · him Position, them DC, Position
- John Scott Jr. · Arkansas 2017-2018 · him Position, them Position
- Morris Watts · Arkansas 2017 · him Position, them Analyst
- Chad Morris · Arkansas 2018-2019 · him Head coach, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- G.J. Kinne* · Arkansas 2018 · him Position, them Analyst
- Jeff Traylor* · Arkansas 2018-2019 · him Head coach, Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
- Joe Craddock · Arkansas 2018-2019 · him Head coach, Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- John Chavis · Arkansas 2018-2019 · him Head coach, Position, ST coord., them DC, Position
- Ron Cooper · Arkansas 2018-2019 · him Head coach, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Alonzo Hampton · Arkansas 2019 · him Head coach, Position, ST coord., them Analyst
- Jeff Traylor* · UTSA 2020-2021 · him OC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Justin Burke · UTSA 2020-2021 · him OC, Other, Position, them Analyst
- Matt Mattox · UTSA 2020-2021 · him OC, Other, Position, them Other, Position
- Tyrone Nix · UTSA 2020 · him OC, Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Will Stein*+ · UTSA 2020-2021 · him OC, Other, Position, them Other, Position
- Jess Loepp · UTSA 2021 · him OC, Other, Position, them DC
- Rod Wright · UTSA 2021 · him OC, Other, Position, them DC
- Aaron Henry · Illinois 2022-2025 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Bret Bielema* · Illinois 2022-2026 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Courtney Messingham · Illinois 2022 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- George McDonald · Illinois 2022-2023 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Kevin Kane · Illinois 2022 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Ryan Walters · Illinois 2022 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Terrance Jamison · Illinois 2022-2025 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Jim Leonhard · Illinois 2023 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Dana Dimel · Illinois 2024 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Myers Hendrickson · Illinois 2024-2026 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Mark Farley · Illinois 2025-2026 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Mike Neu · Illinois 2025-2026 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Bobby Hauck · Illinois 2026 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Jared Elliott · Illinois 2026 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Tyrone Wheatley · Illinois 2026 · him OC, Position, them Position