Coaches
Tom Amstutz
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Tom Amstutz
Played at Toledo 1974-1976
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-1980 | Toledo | Position | TE/OT | not known |
| 1981-1986 | Toledo (DE) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1987-1989 | Navy | Position | OLB | not known |
| 1990-1993 | Toledo | Position | OLB | Nick Saban (1990), Gary Pinkel (1991-1993) |
| 1994-1998 | Toledo (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1998-2001 | Toledo | DC | AHC/DC | Gary Pinkel (1998-2000) |
| 2001-2008 | Toledo | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Toledo | 10-2 | - → 23 | - | - | 4.0 | 91% wins | 117 |
| 2002 | Toledo | 9-5 | - → - | - | - | 7.6 | 83% wins | 117 |
| 2003 | Toledo | 8-4 | - → - | - | - | -1.1 | 64% wins | 117 |
| 2004 | Toledo | 9-4 | - → - | 84 | 99 | 0.3 | 67% wins | 119 |
| 2005 | Toledo | 9-3 | - → - | 22 | 46 | 7.6 | 69% wins | 119 |
| 2006 | Toledo | 5-7 | - → - | 91 | 38 | -9.6 | 75% wins | 119 |
| 2007 | Toledo | 5-7 | - → - | 24 | 73 | -12.8 | 42% wins | 119 |
| 2008 | Toledo | 3-9 | - → - | 68 | 76 | -11.4 | 42% wins | 120 |
Worked under
- Nick Saban · Toledo 1990 (Position)
- Gary Pinkel · Toledo 1991-2000 (DC, Other, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 6
- Paul Randolph · Toledo 2001 (Position, ST coord.)
- Rob Spence · Toledo 2001-2004 (OC, Position)
- Garrick McGee · Toledo 2002 (Position)
- John Shannon · Toledo 2005-2007 (OC)
- Tim Rose · Toledo 2005-2008 (DC)
- Ken Karcher · Toledo 2008 (Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 5
- Bryan Ellis · UAB 2012-2013 (GA) · under Garrick McGee
- Jeff Brohm* · UAB 2012 (OC, Position) · under Garrick McGee
- Reggie Johnson · UAB 2012-2013 (DC) · under Garrick McGee
- Tyson Helton* · UAB 2012 (Position) · under Garrick McGee
- Richard Owens · UAB 2013 (OC) · under Garrick McGee
Level 3: on their staffs · 37
- JaMarcus Shephard* · Western Kentucky 2014-2015 (Position, ST coord.) · under Jeff Brohm
- Neil Callaway · Western Kentucky 2014-2015 (Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Nick Holt · Western Kentucky 2014-2016 (DC, Other) · under Jeff Brohm
- Brian Brohm · Western Kentucky 2016 (OC, Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Ryan Beard* · Western Kentucky 2016 (Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Tony Levine · Western Kentucky 2016 (OC, Position, ST coord.) · under Jeff Brohm
- Anthony Poindexter · Purdue 2017-2020 (DC, Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Kevin Wolthausen · Purdue 2017-2019 (Analyst, Position, ST coord.) · under Jeff Brohm
- Clayton White · Western Kentucky 2019-2020 (DC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Greg Brown · Purdue 2019-2020 (Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Kim Helton · Western Kentucky 2019 (Analyst) · under Tyson Helton
- Maurice Crum Jr. · Western Kentucky 2019-2021 (DC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Bob Diaco · Purdue 2020 (DC, Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Ryan Aplin · Western Kentucky 2020 (OC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Terrance Jamison · Purdue 2020 (Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Ben Arbuckle · Western Kentucky 2021-2022 (Analyst, OC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Brad Lambert · Purdue 2021 (DC, Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- David Elson · Purdue 2021-2022 (Analyst, Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Mark Hagen · Purdue 2021-2022 (DC) · under Jeff Brohm
- Ron English · Purdue 2021-2022 (DC, Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Zach Kittley* · Western Kentucky 2021 (OC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Josh Crawford · Western Kentucky 2022 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Michael Hutchings · Western Kentucky 2022 (Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Tyson Summers · Western Kentucky 2022-2024 (DC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Brian Reader · Louisville 2023-2026 (Analyst) · under Jeff Brohm
- Chip Long · Louisville 2023 (Analyst) · under Jeff Brohm
- Drew Hollingshead · Western Kentucky 2023-2024 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Mark Hagen · Louisville 2023-2025 (DC) · under Jeff Brohm
- Mark Ivey · Louisville 2023-2026 (DC, Position) · under Jeff Brohm
- Will Friend · Western Kentucky 2024 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Da'Von Brown · Western Kentucky 2025 (DC) · under Tyson Helton
- Davis Merritt · Western Kentucky 2025-2026 (DC) · under Tyson Helton
- Rick Bowie · Western Kentucky 2025 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Bodie Reeder · Western Kentucky 2026 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Joe Bernardi · Western Kentucky 2026 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Paul Petrino · Louisville 2026 (Analyst) · under Jeff Brohm
- Steve Ellis · Louisville 2026 (DC) · under Jeff Brohm
Coached together
- Chuck Heater · Toledo 1977-1980 · him Position, them Position
- Chuck Bresnahan · Navy 1987 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Greg Mattison · Navy 1987-1988 · him Position, them Position
- Kevin Rogers · Navy 1987-1989 · him Position, them Position
- Carl Reese · Navy 1989 · him Position, them DC
- Randy Bates · Navy 1989 · him Position, them Position
- Nick Saban · Toledo 1990 · him Position, them Head coach
- Phil Parker · Toledo 1990-1998 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Gary Pinkel · Toledo 1991-2000 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Dave Christensen · Toledo 1992-2000 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Dave Steckel · Toledo 1992-1993 · him Position, them Position
- Matt Eberflus · Toledo 1992-2000 · him DC, Other, Position, them GA, Position
- Mike Dunbar · Toledo 1992-1993 · him Position, them OC
- David Yost · Toledo 1998-2000 · him DC, Other, them Position
- Paul Randolph · Toledo 2001 · him DC, Head coach, Other, them Position, ST coord.
- Rob Spence · Toledo 2001-2004 · him DC, Head coach, Other, them OC, Position
- Garrick McGee · Toledo 2002 · him Head coach, them Position
- John Shannon · Toledo 2005-2007 · him Head coach, them OC
- Tim Rose · Toledo 2005-2008 · him Head coach, them DC
- Ken Karcher · Toledo 2008 · him Head coach, them Position