Coaches
Chris Petersen
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Chris Petersen
Played at Sacramento City 1983-1984, UC Davis 1985-1986 · alma mater (CFBD): UC Davis
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-1988 | UC Davis | Other | freshman | not known |
| 1989-1991 | UC Davis | Position | WR | not known |
| 1992 | Pittsburgh | Position | QB | Paul Hackett |
| 1993-1994 | Portland State | Position | QB | not known |
| 1995-2000 | Oregon | Position | WR | Mike Bellotti |
| 2001-2005 | Boise State | OC | OC✓ | Dan Hawkins |
| 2006-2013 | Boise State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2014-2019 | Washington | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Boise State | Offensive coordinator | 51 | 6 | 48 | 13 | 119 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Boise State | 13-0 | - → 5 | 11 | 35 | 18.7 | 69% wins | 119 |
| 2007 | Boise State | 10-3 | 24 → - | 39 | 19 | 13.1 | 100% wins | 119 |
| 2008 | Boise State | 12-1 | - → 11 | 16 | 6 | 19.8 | 77% wins | 120 |
| 2009 | Boise State | 14-0 | 14 → 4 | 22 | 6 | 19.9 | 92% wins | 120 |
| 2010 | Boise State | 12-1 | 3 → 9 | 6 | 1 | 26.4 | 100% wins | 120 |
| 2011 | Boise State | 12-1 | 5 → 8 | 33 | 29 | 23.0 | 92% wins | 120 |
| 2012 | Boise State | 11-2 | 24 → 18 | 57 | 36 | 13.4 | 92% wins | 124 |
| 2013 | Boise State | 8-4 (12 of 13) | 19 → - | 34 | 81 | 11.3 | 85% wins | 125 |
| 2014 | Washington | 8-6 | 25 → - | 43 | 24 | 7.8 | 69% wins | 128 |
| 2015 | Washington | 7-6 | - → - | 56 | 16 | 9.7 | 57% wins | 128 |
| 2016 | Washington | 12-2 | 14 → 4 | 9 | 7 | 26.7 | 54% wins | 128 |
| 2017 | Washington | 10-3 | 8 → 16 | 15 | 14 | 22.1 | 86% wins | 130 |
| 2018 | Washington | 10-4 | 6 → - | 44 | 19 | 19.9 | 77% wins | 130 |
| 2019 | Washington | 8-5 | 13 → - | 46 | 24 | 18.3 | 71% wins | 130 |
Worked under
- Paul Hackett · Pittsburgh 1992 (Position)
- Mike Bellotti · Oregon 1995-2000 (Position)
- Dan Hawkins · Boise State 2001-2005 (OC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 19
- Brent Pease · Boise State 2006-2011 (OC, Other, Position)
- Bryan Harsin · Boise State 2006-2010 (OC, Position)
- Jeff Choate* · Boise State 2006-2011 (Position, ST coord.)
- Justin Wilcox · Boise State 2006-2009 (DC)
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Boise State 2006-2013 (DC, Position)
- Sean Kugler · Boise State 2006 (Other, Position)
- Bob Gregory · Boise State 2010-2013 (Position)
- Robert Prince · Boise State 2011-2013 (OC, Position)
- Andy Avalos · Boise State 2012-2013 (Position)
- Jimmy Lake · Boise State 2012-2013 (Other, Position)
- Jonathan Smith · Boise State 2012-2013 (Position)
- Joel Filani · Boise State 2013 (GA)
- Bush Hamdan · Washington 2015-2019 (Analyst, OC, Other, Position)
- Kirby Moore* · Washington 2015-2016 (GA)
- Ikaika Malloe · Washington 2016-2019 (Position)
- Jeff Tedford · Washington 2016 (Analyst)
- Kane Ioane · Washington 2017-2018 (Analyst)
- Matt Lubick · Washington 2017-2018 (OC, Position)
- Junior Adams · Washington 2019 (Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 72
- Anthony Tucker · Arkansas State 2013 (Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Blake Baker · Arkansas State 2013 (Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Brian Natkin · UTEP 2013-2016 (Position, ST coord.) · under Sean Kugler
- Colin Hitschler · Arkansas State 2013 (GA) · under Bryan Harsin
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Arkansas State 2013 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- John Thompson · Arkansas State 2013 (DC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Lee Marks · Arkansas State 2013 (Strength) · under Bryan Harsin
- Patrick Higgins · UTEP 2013-2015 (OC, Position) · under Sean Kugler
- Scott Stoker · UTEP 2013-2015 (DC, Position) · under Sean Kugler
- Todd Whitten · UTEP 2013-2015 (Position) · under Sean Kugler
- Marcel Yates · Boise State 2014-2015 (DC) · under Bryan Harsin
- Mike Sanford Jr. · Boise State 2014 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Nate Potter · Boise State 2014 (Analyst) · under Bryan Harsin
- Matt Miller · Boise State 2015-2020 (Analyst, Other, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Mack Leftwich · UTEP 2016 (Other) · under Sean Kugler
- Scott Huff · Boise State 2016 (OC) · under Bryan Harsin
- Tom Mason · UTEP 2016 (DC, Position) · under Sean Kugler
- Zak Hill · Boise State 2016-2019 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Beau Baldwin · California 2017-2019 (OC, Other, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Charlie Ragle · California 2017-2021 (Position, ST coord.) · under Justin Wilcox
- Eric Kiesau · Boise State 2017-2020 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Erik Meyer · California 2017-2019 (Analyst) · under Justin Wilcox
- Jamar Cain · Fresno State 2017-2018 (Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Jerry Azzinaro · California 2017 (Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Kalen DeBoer*+ · Fresno State 2017-2018 (OC, Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Marques Tuiasosopo · California 2017-2020 (Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Orlondo Steinauer · Fresno State 2017 (DC) · under Jeff Tedford
- Ryan Grubb · Fresno State 2017-2019 (OC, Other, Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Spencer Danielson*+ · Boise State 2017-2020 (DC, GA, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Tim DeRuyter · California 2017-2020 (DC, Other, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Bert Watts · Fresno State 2018-2019 (DC) · under Jeff Tedford
- Brian Lindgren · Oregon State 2018-2023 (OC, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Jim Michalczik · Oregon State 2018-2023 (Other, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Kefense Hynson · Oregon State 2018-2023 (Other, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Mike Riley · Oregon State 2018 (Analyst) · under Jonathan Smith
- Peter Sirmon · California 2018-2024 (DC, Other, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Tim Tibesar · Oregon State 2018-2021 (DC, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Trent Bray · Oregon State 2018-2023 (DC, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Danny Langsdorf · Fresno State 2019 (Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Jeff Schmedding · Boise State 2019-2020 (DC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Zac Alley · Boise State 2019-2020 (Position, ST coord.) · under Bryan Harsin
- Bill Musgrave · California 2020-2022 (OC, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- John Donovan · Washington 2020-2021 (OC, Position) · under Jimmy Lake
- Thomas Ford · Washington 2020-2021 (Analyst) · under Jimmy Lake
- Cadillac Williams · Auburn 2021-2022 (Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Derek Mason* · Auburn 2021 (DC) · under Bryan Harsin
- Frank Maile · Boise State 2021-2022 (Other, Position) · under Andy Avalos
- Keith Heyward · California 2021-2025 (Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Mike Bobo · Auburn 2021 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Nick Eason · Auburn 2021 (Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Stacy Collins · Boise State 2021 (Position, ST coord.) · under Andy Avalos
- Tim Plough · Boise State 2021-2022 (OC, Position) · under Andy Avalos
- Dirk Koetter · Boise State 2022 (Analyst, OC) · under Andy Avalos
- Ike Hilliard · Auburn 2022 (OC, Position) · under Bryan Harsin
- Kelly Poppinga · Boise State 2022 (Position, ST coord.) · under Andy Avalos
- Kenny Hill · California 2022 (Analyst) · under Justin Wilcox
- Kevin Coyle · Fresno State 2022-2023 (DC) · under Jeff Tedford
- Tim Skipper · Fresno State 2022-2023 (Other, Position) · under Jeff Tedford
- Vic So'oto · California 2022-2025 (DC, Position, ST coord.) · under Justin Wilcox
- Erik Chinander · Boise State 2023 (Other, Position) · under Andy Avalos
- Jake Spavital · California 2023 (OC, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- Lance Anderson · Boise State 2023 (Analyst) · under Andy Avalos
- Pat McCann · Fresno State 2023 (OC) · under Jeff Tedford
- Chad Wilt · Michigan State 2024-2025 (Position, ST coord.) · under Jonathan Smith
- Joe Rossi · Michigan State 2024-2025 (DC, Position) · under Jonathan Smith
- Mike Bloesch · California 2024 (OC) · under Justin Wilcox
- Sterlin Gilbert · California 2024 (Other, Position) · under Justin Wilcox
- David Gilbertson · Nevada 2025 (OC) · under Jeff Choate
- Nick Rolovich · California 2025 (Analyst) · under Justin Wilcox
- Terrence Brown · California 2025 (DC) · under Justin Wilcox
- Brett Bartolone · Nevada 2026 (OC) · under Jeff Choate
- Derek Sage · Washington State 2026 (Position, ST coord.) · under Kirby Moore
Level 3: on their staffs · 54
- Clayton White · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (DC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Maurice Crum Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Mike Sanford Sr. · Western Kentucky 2017-2018 (Position, ST coord.) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Steve Spurrier Jr. · Western Kentucky 2017 (Other, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Charlie Harbison · App State 2019 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- D. J. Smith · App State 2019 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Garrett Riley · App State 2019 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Greg Gasparato · App State 2019 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Shawn Clark · App State 2019 (Other, Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Ted Roof · App State 2019 (DC) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Casey Woods* · Missouri 2020-2021 (Other, Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Curtis Luper · Missouri 2020-2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- David Gibbs · Missouri 2020 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Eric Schmidt · Fresno State 2020-2021 (Position, ST coord.) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Ryan Walters · Missouri 2020 (DC, Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- William Inge · Fresno State 2020-2021 (DC, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Matt Linehan · Missouri 2021 (GA) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Steve Wilks · Missouri 2021 (DC) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Brian Cabral · Colorado 2022 (Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Chris Wilson · Colorado 2022 (DC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Chuck Morrell · Washington 2022-2023 (DC, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Clay Patterson · Colorado 2022 (OC, Position) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- Gerald Chatman · Colorado 2022 (DC) · under Mike Sanford Jr.
- JaMarcus Shephard* · Washington 2022-2023 (Other, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Nick Sheridan · Washington 2022-2023 (Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Bodie Reeder · Middle Tennessee 2024-2025 (OC) · under Derek Mason
- Brian Stewart · Middle Tennessee 2024-2026 (DC) · under Derek Mason
- Bryan Ellis · Alabama 2024-2026 (Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Chris Ball · Missouri 2024-2026 (Analyst) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Chris Kapilovic · Alabama 2024-2025 (Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Corey Batoon · Missouri 2024-2026 (DC) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- David Blackwell · Missouri 2024-2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Ilaisa Tuiaki · Oregon State 2024-2025 (Position) · under Trent Bray
- Jacob Yoro · Missouri 2024-2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- John McNulty · Alabama 2024 (Analyst) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Kane Wommack · Alabama 2024-2026 (DC) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Maurice Linguist · Alabama 2024-2026 (DC, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
- Ryan Gunderson · Oregon State 2024-2025 (OC, Position) · under Trent Bray
- Sean Gleeson · Missouri 2024-2025 (Analyst, Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Steve Cooper · Boise State 2024 (Analyst, Other, Position) · under Spencer Danielson
- Tyler Stockton · Boise State 2024-2025 (DC, Position) · under Spencer Danielson
- Clancy Pendergast · UCLA 2025 (Analyst) · under Tim Skipper
- Derek Nicholson · Missouri 2025-2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Jerry Neuheisel · UCLA 2025 (OC, Other, Position) · under Tim Skipper
- Mark Criner · Oregon State 2025 (Analyst) · under Trent Bray
- Noel Mazzone · UCLA 2025 (Analyst) · under Tim Skipper
- Rod Chance · Oregon State 2025 (DC) · under Trent Bray
- Tino Sunseri · UCLA 2025 (OC, Position) · under Tim Skipper
- Alex Atkins · Missouri 2026 (Position) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Anthony Scelfo · Middle Tennessee 2026 (OC) · under Derek Mason
- Chip Lindsey · Missouri 2026 (OC) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Derrick Nix · Alabama 2026 (Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
- John Papuchis · Missouri 2026 (Analyst, ST coord.) · under Eli Drinkwitz
- Terrence Brown · Boise State 2026 (DC) · under Spencer Danielson
Coached together
- Matt Cavanaugh · Pittsburgh 1992 · him Position, them Position
- Sal Sunseri · Pittsburgh 1992 · him Position, them Head coach, Other
- Jaime Hill · Portland State 1993 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Mark Criner · Portland State 1993-1994 · him Position, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Tim Walsh · Portland State 1993-1994 · him Position, them Head coach
- Al Borges · Oregon 1995 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Don Pellum · Oregon 1995-2000 · him Position, them Position
- Mike Bellotti · Oregon 1995-2000 · him Position, them Head coach
- Dirk Koetter · Oregon 1996-1997 · him Position, them OC
- Mark Helfrich · Oregon 1997 · him Position, them GA
- Bob Gregory · Oregon 1998-2000 · him Position, them Position
- Jeff Tedford · Oregon 1998-2000 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Bob Gregory · Boise State 2001-2013 · him Head coach, OC, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Bryan Harsin · Boise State 2001-2010 · him Head coach, OC, them GA, OC, Position
- Dan Hawkins · Boise State 2001-2005 · him OC, them Head coach
- Justin Wilcox · Boise State 2001-2009 · him Head coach, OC, them DC, GA
- Robert Prince · Boise State 2001-2013 · him Head coach, OC, them OC, Other, Position
- Ron Collins · Boise State 2005 · him OC, them DC
- Brent Pease · Boise State 2006-2011 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
- Jeff Choate* · Boise State 2006-2011 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Boise State 2006-2013 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Sean Kugler · Boise State 2006 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Andy Avalos · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Head coach, them Position
- Jimmy Lake · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Jonathan Smith · Boise State 2012-2013 · him Head coach, them Position
- Joel Filani · Boise State 2013 · him Head coach, them GA
- Bob Gregory · Washington 2014-2019 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Brent Pease · Washington 2014-2015 · him Head coach, them Position
- Jeff Choate* · Washington 2014-2015 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Jimmy Lake · Washington 2014-2019 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Jonathan Smith · Washington 2014-2017 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Pete Kwiatkowski · Washington 2014-2019 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Bush Hamdan · Washington 2015-2019 · him Head coach, them Analyst, OC, Other, Position
- Kirby Moore* · Washington 2015-2016 · him Head coach, them GA
- Ikaika Malloe · Washington 2016-2019 · him Head coach, them Position
- Jeff Tedford · Washington 2016 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Kane Ioane · Washington 2017-2018 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Matt Lubick · Washington 2017-2018 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Junior Adams · Washington 2019 · him Head coach, them Position