Coaches
Lance Taylor
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Lance Taylor*
Head coach, Western Michigan · Played at Alabama 2000-2003
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-2008 | Alabama | GA | GA | Nick Saban |
| 2009 | App State | Position | WR | not known |
| 2010 | New York Jets (pro) | GA | intern | not known |
| 2011 | New York Jets (pro) | Analyst | QC | not known |
| 2012 | New York Jets (pro) | Analyst | QC/asst. TE | not known |
| 2013 | Carolina Panthers (pro) | Other | asst. WR | not known |
| 2014-2016 | Stanford | Position | RB | David Shaw |
| 2017-2018 | Carolina Panthers (pro) | Position | WR | not known |
| 2019-2020 | Notre Dame | Position | RB | Brian Kelly |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | Position | RB/RGC | Brian Kelly |
| 2022 | Louisville | OC | OC✓ | Scott Satterfield* |
| 2023- | Western Michigan | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louisville | Offensive coordinator | 75 | 77 | 84 | 10 | 131 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Western Michigan | 4-8 | - → - | 100 | 100 | -15.9 | 42% wins | 133 |
| 2024 | Western Michigan | 6-7 | - → - | 30 | 125 | -10.2 | 33% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 10-4 | - → - | 106 | 17 | -1.4 | 46% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Western Michigan | 7-3 | - → - | 68 | 55 | -0.9 | 71% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Nick Saban · Alabama 2007-2008 (GA)
- David Shaw · Stanford 2014-2016 (Position)
- Brian Kelly · Notre Dame 2019-2021 (Other, Position)
- Scott Satterfield* · Louisville 2022 (OC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 9
- Billy Cosh · Western Michigan 2023 (OC, Position)
- Chris Cosh · Western Michigan 2023 (Analyst)
- Lou Esposito · Western Michigan 2023 (DC, Position)
- Mike Minter · Western Michigan 2024-2026 (Analyst)
- Scott Power · Western Michigan 2024 (DC, Position)
- Walt Bell · Western Michigan 2024-2026 (OC, Position)
- Chris O'Leary · Western Michigan 2025 (DC, Position)
- Duane Vaughn · Western Michigan 2026 (DC)
- Greer Martini · Western Michigan 2026 (DC)
Coached together
- Curt Cignetti*+ · Alabama 2007-2008 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Kevin Steele · Alabama 2007-2008 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Kirby Smart*+ · Alabama 2007-2008 · him GA, them DC, Other, Position
- Major Applewhite* · Alabama 2007 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Nick Saban · Alabama 2007-2008 · him GA, them Head coach
- Rob Sale · Alabama 2007-2008 · him GA, them Analyst, Strength
- Travis Trickett · Alabama 2007 · him GA, them GA
- Glenn Schumann · Alabama 2008 · him GA, them Other
- Jim McElwain · Alabama 2008 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Brad Glenn · App State 2009 · him Position, them Position
- Dale Jones · App State 2009 · him Position, them Position
- Mark Speir · App State 2009 · him Position, them Position
- Shawn Elliott · App State 2009 · him Position, them Position
- David Shaw · Stanford 2014-2016 · him Position, them Head coach
- Duane Akina · Stanford 2014-2016 · him Position, them Position
- Lance Anderson · Stanford 2014-2016 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Mike Bloomgren · Stanford 2014-2016 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Pete Alamar · Stanford 2014-2016 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Peter Hansen · Stanford 2014-2016 · him Position, them Position
- Tavita Pritchard* · Stanford 2014-2016 · him Position, them Position
- Eric Sanders · Stanford 2015 · him Position, them Analyst
- Brian Kelly · Notre Dame 2019-2021 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Brian Polian · Notre Dame 2019-2021 · him Other, Position, them Other, ST coord.
- Chip Long · Notre Dame 2019 · him Position, them OC
- Chris O'Leary · Notre Dame 2019-2021 · him Other, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Clark Lea* · Notre Dame 2019-2020 · him Position, them DC
- Del Alexander · Notre Dame 2019-2021 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Jeff Quinn · Notre Dame 2019-2021 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Todd Lyght · Notre Dame 2019 · him Position, them Position
- Tommy Rees · Notre Dame 2019-2021 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- John McNulty · Notre Dame 2020-2021 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Kerry Cooks · Notre Dame 2020-2021 · him Other, Position, them Analyst
- Marcus Freeman*+ · Notre Dame 2021 · him Other, Position, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Bryan Brown · Louisville 2022 · him OC, them DC, Other, Position
- Deion Branch · Louisville 2022 · him OC, them Head coach
- Derek Nicholson · Louisville 2022 · him OC, them Position
- Greg Gasparato · Louisville 2022 · him OC, them Position
- Mark Ivey · Louisville 2022 · him OC, them Position
- Pete Thomas · Louisville 2022 · him OC, them Position
- Scott Satterfield* · Louisville 2022 · him OC, them Head coach
- Wesley McGriff · Louisville 2022 · him OC, them DC
- Billy Cosh · Western Michigan 2023 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Chris Cosh · Western Michigan 2023 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Lou Esposito · Western Michigan 2023 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Mike Minter · Western Michigan 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Scott Power · Western Michigan 2024 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Walt Bell · Western Michigan 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Chris O'Leary · Western Michigan 2025 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Duane Vaughn · Western Michigan 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Greer Martini · Western Michigan 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
Played together
- Gabe Giardina · Alabama 2000-2003
- Todd Bates · Alabama 2001-2003