Coaches
Bill Callahan
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Bill Callahan
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Oak Lawn Community High School (HS) | Position | Assistant coach | not known |
| 1979 | De La Salle Institute (unknown) | Position | Assistant coach | not known |
| 1980-1981 | Illinois | GA | Graduate assistant | not known |
| 1982-1983 | Illinois | ST coord. | Special teams & tight ends coach | not known |
| 1984-1985 | Illinois | Position | Offensive line coach | not known |
| 1986 | Illinois | Position | Quarterbacks coach | not known |
| 1987-1988 | Northern Arizona | Position | Offensive line coach | not known |
| 1989 | Southern Illinois | OC | Offensive coordinator | not known |
| 1990-1994 | Wisconsin | Position | Offensive line coach | Barry Alvarez |
| 1995-1997 | Philadelphia Eagles (pro) | Position | Offensive line coach | not known |
| 1998 | Oakland Raiders (pro) | OC | Offensive coordinator & tight ends coach | not known |
| 1999-2001 | Oakland Raiders (pro) | OC | Offensive coordinator & offensive line coach | not known |
| 2002-2003 | Oakland Raiders (pro) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2004-2007 | Nebraska | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2008-2011 | New York Jets (pro) | Position | Assistant head coach & offensive line coach | not known |
| 2012-2014 | Dallas Cowboys (pro) | OC | Offensive coordinator & offensive line coach | not known |
| 2015-2016 | Washington Redskins (pro) | Position | Offensive line coach | not known |
| 2017-2019 | Washington Redskins (pro) | Position | Assistant head coach & offensive line coach | not known |
| 2019 | Washington Redskins (pro) | Head coachinterim | Interim head coach | not known |
| 2020-2023 | Cleveland Browns (pro) | Position | Offensive line coach | not known |
| 2024-2025 | Tennessee Titans (pro) | Position | Offensive line coach | not known |
| 2026- | Atlanta Falcons (pro) | Position | Offensive line coach | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Nebraska | 5-6 | - → - | 66 | 54 | 1.9 | 77% wins | 119 |
| 2005 | Nebraska | 8-4 | - → 24 | 106 | 41 | 10.3 | 46% wins | 119 |
| 2006 | Nebraska | 9-5 | 20 → - | 23 | 62 | 14.7 | 67% wins | 119 |
| 2007 | Nebraska | 5-7 | 20 → - | 10 | 108 | 10.0 | 64% wins | 119 |
Worked under
- Barry Alvarez · Wisconsin 1990-1994 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 9
- Bill Busch · Nebraska 2004-2007 (Position, ST coord.)
- Jay Norvell · Nebraska 2004-2006 (OC, Position)
- Kevin Cosgrove · Nebraska 2004-2007 (DC, Position)
- Phil Elmassian · Nebraska 2004-2007 (Position)
- Turner Gill · Nebraska 2004 (Position)
- Keith Heckendorf · Nebraska 2005 (Analyst)
- Shawn Watson · Nebraska 2006-2007 (OC, Other, Position)
- Joe Rudolph · Nebraska 2007 (Position)
- Nick Holz · Nebraska 2007 (Analyst)
Level 2: on their staffs · 22
- Gerald Carr · Buffalo 2006-2007 (OC, Position) · under Turner Gill
- Matt House · Buffalo 2006-2007 (Other, Position) · under Turner Gill
- Danny Barrett · Buffalo 2007-2009 (Other, Position) · under Turner Gill
- Joe Dailey · Buffalo 2008-2009 (GA, Position) · under Turner Gill
- Vantz Singletary · Buffalo 2008 (Position) · under Turner Gill
- Fred Reed · Buffalo 2009 (DC) · under Turner Gill
- Jarod Dodson · Buffalo 2009 (Position, ST coord.) · under Turner Gill
- Carl Torbush · Kansas 2010-2011 (DC) · under Turner Gill
- Chuck Long · Kansas 2010-2011 (OC) · under Turner Gill
- Tom Kaufman · Kansas 2010 (Analyst) · under Turner Gill
- Vic Shealy · Kansas 2010-2011 (DC, Position) · under Turner Gill
- David Beaty · Kansas 2011 (OC, Position) · under Turner Gill
- Jeff Casteel · Nevada 2017-2019 (DC, Position) · under Jay Norvell
- Matt Mumme · Nevada 2017-2021 (OC, Position) · under Jay Norvell
- Timmy Chang* · Nevada 2017-2021 (Position) · under Jay Norvell
- Vai Taua · Nevada 2017-2021 (Analyst, Position) · under Jay Norvell
- Robert Wimberly · Liberty 2018 (DC) · under Turner Gill
- Jody Sears · Nevada 2019-2020 (DC, Position) · under Jay Norvell
- Brian Ward · Nevada 2020-2021 (DC) · under Jay Norvell
- Freddie Banks · Nevada 2020 (Position) · under Jay Norvell
- John Jancek · Colorado State 2025 (Position) · under Jay Norvell
- Tyson Summers · Colorado State 2025 (DC) · under Jay Norvell
Level 3: on their staffs · 18
- Clint Bowen · Kansas 2015-2018 (DC, Other, Position) · under David Beaty
- Dave Campo · Kansas 2015 (DC, Other, Position) · under David Beaty
- Kenny Perry · Kansas 2015-2018 (DC, Other, Position, ST coord.) · under David Beaty
- Kevin Kane · Kansas 2015 (Position) · under David Beaty
- Nate Dreiling · Kansas 2015-2016 (GA) · under David Beaty
- Rob Likens · Kansas 2015-2016 (OC, Position) · under David Beaty
- Garrett Riley · Kansas 2016-2018 (Analyst, Position) · under David Beaty
- Doug Meacham · Kansas 2017-2018 (OC, Position) · under David Beaty
- A. J. Ricker · Kansas 2018 (Position) · under David Beaty
- Bill Miller · Kansas 2018 (Position) · under David Beaty
- Abe Elimimian · Hawai'i 2022-2023 (Position) · under Timmy Chang
- Ian Shoemaker · Hawai'i 2022-2023 (OC, Position) · under Timmy Chang
- Jacob Yoro · Hawai'i 2022-2023 (DC, Position) · under Timmy Chang
- Eti Ena · Hawai'i 2023 (DC) · under Timmy Chang
- Roman Sapolu · Hawai'i 2023 (OC) · under Timmy Chang
- Dan Morrison · Hawai'i 2024 (OC) · under Timmy Chang
- Dennis Thurman · Hawai'i 2024-2026 (DC, Position) · under Timmy Chang
- Anthony Arceneaux · Hawai'i 2025-2026 (OC) · under Timmy Chang
Coached together
- Greg Colby · Illinois 1980 · him GA, them Other
- Kevin Cosgrove · Illinois 1980-1986 · him GA, Position, ST coord., them GA, Position
- Walt Harris · Illinois 1980-1982 · him GA, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Shawn Watson · Illinois 1983-1986 · him Position, ST coord., them GA, Position
- Steve Hagen · Illinois 1984 · him Position, them GA
- Steve Hagen · Northern Arizona 1987-1988 · him Position, them Position
- Barry Alvarez · Wisconsin 1990-1994 · him Position, them Head coach
- Dan McCarney · Wisconsin 1990-1994 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Jay Norvell · Wisconsin 1990-1994 · him Position, them Position
- Kevin Cosgrove · Wisconsin 1990-1994 · him Position, them Position
- Rob Ianello · Wisconsin 1990-1993 · him Position, them Other
- Lance Leipold* · Wisconsin 1991-1993 · him Position, them GA
- Bill Busch · Wisconsin 1994 · him Position, them GA
- Bill Busch · Nebraska 2004-2007 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Jay Norvell · Nebraska 2004-2006 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Kevin Cosgrove · Nebraska 2004-2007 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Phil Elmassian · Nebraska 2004-2007 · him Head coach, them Position
- Turner Gill · Nebraska 2004 · him Head coach, them Position
- Keith Heckendorf · Nebraska 2005 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Shawn Watson · Nebraska 2006-2007 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
- Joe Rudolph · Nebraska 2007 · him Head coach, them Position
- Nick Holz · Nebraska 2007 · him Head coach, them Analyst