Coaches
Spencer Danielson
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Spencer Danielson*+
Head coach, Boise State · Played at San Diego 2008, Azusa Pacific 2009-2011
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Azusa Pacific | GA | GA | not known |
| 2014-2016 | Azusa Pacific | Position | LB | not known |
| 2017 | Boise State | GA | GA | Bryan Harsin |
| 2018 | Boise State (DE) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2019-2020 | Boise State | DC | co-DC/DL✓ | Bryan Harsin |
| 2021-2023 | Boise State | DC | DC/ILB✓ | Andy Avalos |
| 2023- | Boise State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Boise State | Co-defensive coordinator | 45 | 32 | 41 | 54 | 130 |
| 2020 | Boise State | Co-defensive coordinator | 65 | 41 | 10 | 45 | 127 |
| 2021 | Boise State | Defensive coordinator | 25 | 15 | 21 | 65 | 130 |
| 2022 | Boise State | Defensive coordinator | 18 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 131 |
| 2023 | Boise State | Defensive coordinator | 82 | 62 | 48 | 18 | 133 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Boise State | 3-1 (4 of 14) | - → - | 39 | 82 | 5.9 | 71% wins | 133 |
| 2024 | Boise State | 12-2 | - → 8 | 5 | 68 | 10.1 | 57% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | Boise State | 9-5 | 25 → - | 60 | 42 | 3.1 | 86% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Boise State | 8-1 | - → - | 3 | 78 | 13.8 | 64% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Bryan Harsin · Boise State 2017-2020 (DC, GA, Position)
- Andy Avalos · Boise State 2021-2023 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 10
- Dirk Koetter · Boise State 2024-2026 (Analyst, OC, Position)
- Erik Chinander · Boise State 2024-2026 (DC, Position)
- Matt Miller · Boise State 2024-2025 (OC, Position)
- Nate Potter · Boise State 2024-2026 (OC, Position)
- Stacy Collins · Boise State 2024-2026 (Other, Position, ST coord.)
- Steve Cooper · Boise State 2024 (Analyst, Other, Position)
- Tyler Stockton · Boise State 2024-2025 (DC, Position)
- Frank Maile · Boise State 2025-2026 (Other)
- Zak Hill · Boise State 2025-2026 (OC, Other, Position)
- Terrence Brown · Boise State 2026 (DC)
Coached together
- Victor Santa Cruz · Azusa Pacific 2013-2016 · him GA, Position, them Head coach
- Andy Avalos · Boise State 2017-2023 · him DC, GA, Head coach, Position, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Bryan Harsin · Boise State 2017-2020 · him DC, GA, Position, them Head coach
- Eric Kiesau · Boise State 2017-2020 · him DC, GA, Position, them OC, Position
- Lee Marks · Boise State 2017-2019 · him DC, GA, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Zak Hill · Boise State 2017-2026 · him DC, GA, Head coach, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Jeff Schmedding · Boise State 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Zac Alley · Boise State 2019-2020 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Matt Miller · Boise State 2020-2025 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Frank Maile · Boise State 2021-2026 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Other, Position
- Kane Ioane · Boise State 2021-2023 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC, Position
- Stacy Collins · Boise State 2021-2026 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Tim Plough · Boise State 2021-2022 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Dirk Koetter · Boise State 2022-2026 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Analyst, OC, Position
- Kelly Poppinga · Boise State 2022 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Nate Potter · Boise State 2022-2026 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Bush Hamdan · Boise State 2023 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC, Position
- Erik Chinander · Boise State 2023-2026 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Lance Anderson · Boise State 2023 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Analyst
- Steve Cooper · Boise State 2024 · him Head coach, them Analyst, Other, Position
- Tyler Stockton · Boise State 2024-2025 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Terrence Brown · Boise State 2026 · him Head coach, them DC