Coaches
Rob Ianello
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Rob Ianello
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1989 | Alabama | Other | assistant | not known |
| 1990-1993 | Wisconsin | Other | assistant | Barry Alvarez |
| 1994-2002 | Arizona | Other | assistant | Dick Tomey (1994-2000), John Mackovic (2001-2002) |
| 2003-2004 | Wisconsin | Position | TE | Barry Alvarez |
| 2005-2009 | Notre Dame | Position | WR/RC | Charlie Weis |
| 2010-2011 | Akron | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2012-2013 | Kansas | Position | WR/RC | Charlie Weis |
| 2015-2020 | Buffalo | Position | AHC/WR/RC | Lance Leipold* |
| 2021- | Kansas | Other | GM | Lance Leipold* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Akron | 1-11 | 0 → 0 | 115 | 87 | -28.2 | 25% wins | 120 |
| 2011 | Akron | 1-11 | 0 → 0 | 115 | 92 | -29.1 | 8% wins | 120 |
Worked under
- Barry Alvarez · Wisconsin 1990-2004 (Other, Position)
- Dick Tomey · Arizona 1994-2000 (Other)
- John Mackovic · Arizona 2001-2002 (Other)
- Charlie Weis · Notre Dame 2005-2009 (Other, Position)
- Charlie Weis · Kansas 2012-2013 (Other, Position)
- Lance Leipold* · Buffalo 2015-2020 (Other, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 5
- Curt Mallory · Akron 2010 (DC)
- John Latina · Akron 2010-2011 (OC)
- Kevin Cosgrove · Akron 2011 (DC)
- Kim McCloud · Akron 2011 (Position)
- Sean Lewis* · Akron 2011 (GA)
Level 2: on their staffs · 11
- Andrew Sowder · Kent State 2018-2022 (OC) · under Sean Lewis
- Matt Johnson · Kent State 2018-2022 (Analyst, Position) · under Sean Lewis
- Tom Kaufman · Kent State 2018-2021 (DC, Other, Position) · under Sean Lewis
- Will Windham · Kent State 2018-2020 (Position) · under Sean Lewis
- Jeremiah Johnson · Kent State 2022 (DC) · under Sean Lewis
- Eric Schmidt · San Diego State 2024 (DC, Position) · under Sean Lewis
- Lanear Sampson · San Diego State 2024-2025 (Other, 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
- Zac Barton · San Diego State 2024-2026 (Other) · under Sean Lewis
- Demetrius Sumler · San Diego State 2026 (DC) · under Sean Lewis
Coached together
- A. J. Christoff · Alabama 1988-1989 · him Other, them Position
- T. J. Weist · Alabama 1988-1989 · him Other, them GA, Position
- Ted Roof · Alabama 1988 · him Other, them GA
- Tommy Bowden · Alabama 1988-1989 · him Other, them Position
- Barry Alvarez · Wisconsin 1990-2004 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Bill Callahan · Wisconsin 1990-1993 · him Other, them Position
- Dan McCarney · Wisconsin 1990-1993 · him Other, them DC, Position
- Jay Norvell · Wisconsin 1990-1993 · him Other, them Position
- Kevin Cosgrove · Wisconsin 1990-2003 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Lance Leipold* · Wisconsin 1991-1993 · him Other, them GA
- Dick Tomey · Arizona 1994-2000 · him Other, them Head coach
- Duane Akina · Arizona 1994-2000 · him Other, them OC, Position
- Larry Mac Duff · Arizona 1994-2002 · him Other, them DC
- Dino Babers · Arizona 1995-2000 · him Other, them OC, Position
- Pete Alamar · Arizona 1995-1999 · him Other, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Rich Ellerson · Arizona 1997-2000 · him Other, them DC
- Brent Brennan*+ · Arizona 2000 · him Other, them GA
- Dave Fipp · Arizona 2000 · him Other, them GA
- Bobby Kennedy · Arizona 2001 · him Other, them Position
- Brian White · Wisconsin 2003-2004 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jeff Horton · Wisconsin 2003-2004 · him Position, them Position
- Thomas Hammock · Wisconsin 2003-2004 · him Position, them GA
- Bret Bielema* · Wisconsin 2004 · him Position, them DC
- Brian Polian · Notre Dame 2005-2009 · him Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Charlie Weis · Notre Dame 2005-2009 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Michael Haywood · Notre Dame 2005-2008 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Peter Vaas · Notre Dame 2005-2006 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Rick Minter · Notre Dame 2005-2007 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Corwin Brown · Notre Dame 2007-2009 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Jon Tenuta · Notre Dame 2008-2009 · him Other, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Curt Mallory · Akron 2010 · him Head coach, them DC
- John Latina · Akron 2010-2011 · him Head coach, them OC
- Kevin Cosgrove · Akron 2011 · him Head coach, them DC
- Kim McCloud · Akron 2011 · him Head coach, them Position
- Sean Lewis* · Akron 2011 · him Head coach, them GA
- Charlie Weis · Kansas 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Clint Bowen · Kansas 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Dave Campo · Kansas 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- DeMontie Cross · Kansas 2012 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Maurice Crum Jr. · Kansas 2012-2013 · him Other, Position, them GA, Other
- Andy Kotelnicki · Buffalo 2015-2020 · him Other, Position, them OC
- Brian Borland · Buffalo 2015-2020 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Lance Leipold* · Buffalo 2015-2020 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Brad McCaslin · Buffalo 2016-2019 · him Other, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Jim Zebrowski · Buffalo 2017-2020 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Jarod Dodson · Buffalo 2018 · him Other, Position, them Analyst
- Greg Colby · Buffalo 2019 · him Other, Position, them Analyst
- Chris Simpson · Buffalo 2020 · him Other, Position, them DC