Coaches
David Braun
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
David Braun*
Head coach, Northwestern · Played at Winona State 2004-2007
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-2009 | Winona State | GA | GA | not known |
| 2010 | Culver–Stockton | DC | DC/LB | not known |
| 2011-2014 | Winona State | DC | co-DC/LB | not known |
| 2015-2016 | UC Davis | Position | DL | not known |
| 2017 | Northern Iowa | Position | RGC/DL | not known |
| 2018 | Northern Iowa | ST coord. | STC/OLB | not known |
| 2019-2022 | North Dakota State | DC | DC/S✓ | not known |
| 2023 | Northwestern | Head coachinterim | interim HC / DC | not known |
| 2023- | Northwestern | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Northwestern | 8-5 | - → - | 112 | 40 | -1.3 | 8% wins | 133 |
| 2024 | Northwestern | 4-8 | - → - | 130 | 64 | -8.2 | 62% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | Northwestern | 7-6 | - → - | 84 | 80 | 5.8 | 33% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Northwestern | 6-3 | - → - | 13 | 47 | 12.4 | 54% wins | 138 |
Worked under
None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 9
- Jeff Genyk · Northwestern 2023 (Position, ST coord.)
- Mike Bajakian · Northwestern 2023 (OC, Position)
- Sean Gleeson · Northwestern 2023 (Analyst)
- Tim McGarigle · Northwestern 2023-2026 (DC, Position)
- Harlon Barnett · Northwestern 2024-2025 (Other, Position)
- Zach Lujan · Northwestern 2024-2025 (OC, Position)
- Chip Kelly · Northwestern 2026 (OC)
- Jerry Neuheisel · Northwestern 2026 (Position)
- Tim Drevno · Northwestern 2026 (Position)
Coached together
- Jason Eck* · Winona State 2008 · him GA, them Position
- Matt Entz* · Winona State 2008-2009 · him GA, them DC, Other, Position
- Eric Raisbeck · Winona State 2012 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Kevin Daft · UC Davis 2015-2016 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Bryant Haines · UC Davis 2016 · him Position, them Position
- Jeff Burris · Northern Iowa 2017 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Jeremiah Johnson · Northern Iowa 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them DC, Position
- John Bond · Northern Iowa 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Mark Farley · Northern Iowa 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Dan Larson · North Dakota State 2019-2022 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Matt Entz* · North Dakota State 2019-2022 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Tyler Roehl · North Dakota State 2019-2022 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Jeff Genyk · Northwestern 2023 · him DC, Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Mike Bajakian · Northwestern 2023 · him DC, Head coach, them OC, Position
- Sean Gleeson · Northwestern 2023 · him DC, Head coach, them Analyst
- Tim McGarigle · Northwestern 2023-2026 · him DC, Head coach, them DC, Position
- Harlon Barnett · Northwestern 2024-2025 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Zach Lujan · Northwestern 2024-2025 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Chip Kelly · Northwestern 2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Jerry Neuheisel · Northwestern 2026 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tim Drevno · Northwestern 2026 · him Head coach, them Position