Coaches
Colin Hitschler
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Colin Hitschler
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Philadelphia Eagles (pro) | Other | TCA | not known |
| 2010 | Kansas City Chiefs (pro) | Other | PPA | not known |
| 2011 | Salve Regina | ST coord. | co-STC/DL | not known |
| 2012 | Widener | ST coord. | STC/DB | not known |
| 2013 | Arkansas State | GA | GA | Bryan Harsin |
| 2014 | South Alabama | GA | GA | Joey Jones |
| 2015-2016 | South Alabama | Other | FBO | Joey Jones |
| 2017 | South Alabama | Position | S | Joey Jones |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | Analyst | QC/D | Luke Fickell* |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | Other | SDA | Luke Fickell* |
| 2020-2021 | Cincinnati | Position | S | Luke Fickell* |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | DC | co-DC/S✓ | Luke Fickell* |
| 2023 | Wisconsin | DC | co-DC/S✓ | Luke Fickell* |
| 2024 | Alabama | DC | co-DC/S✓ | Kalen DeBoer*+ |
| 2025 | James Madison | DC | DC✓ | Bob Chesney*+ |
| 2026- | UCLA | DC | DC✓ | Bob Chesney*+ |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cincinnati | Co-defensive coordinator | 13 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 131 |
| 2023 | Wisconsin | Co-defensive coordinator | 28 | 20 | 60 | 20 | 133 |
| 2024 | Alabama | Co-defensive coordinator | 6 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 134 |
| 2025 | James Madison | Defensive coordinator | 6 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 136 |
| 2026 | UCLA | Defensive coordinator | 1 | 7 | 2 | 126 | 138 |
Worked under
- Bryan Harsin · Arkansas State 2013 (GA)
- Joey Jones · South Alabama 2014-2017 (GA, Position)
- Luke Fickell* · Cincinnati 2018-2022 (Analyst, DC, Position)
- Luke Fickell* · Wisconsin 2023 (DC, Position)
- Kalen DeBoer*+ · Alabama 2024 (DC, Position)
- Bob Chesney*+ · James Madison 2025 (DC)
- Bob Chesney*+ · UCLA 2026 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Bob Chesney*+ · Salve Regina 2011 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Isaac Collins · Widener 2012 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Anthony Tucker · Arkansas State 2013 · him GA, them Position
- Blake Baker · Arkansas State 2013 · him GA, them Position
- Bryan Harsin · Arkansas State 2013 · him GA, them Head coach
- Bush Hamdan · Arkansas State 2013 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Arkansas State 2013 · him GA, them OC, Position
- John Thompson · Arkansas State 2013 · him GA, them DC, Head coach, Position
- Lee Marks · Arkansas State 2013 · him GA, them Strength
- Bryant Vincent* · South Alabama 2014-2017 · him GA, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Joey Jones · South Alabama 2014-2017 · him GA, Position, them Head coach
- Robert Matthews · South Alabama 2014 · him GA, them OC
- Travis Pearson · South Alabama 2014 · him GA, them DC
- Kane Wommack · South Alabama 2017 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Richard Owens · South Alabama 2017 · him Position, them OC
- Doug Phillips · Cincinnati 2018 · him Analyst, them Position
- Gino Guidugli · Cincinnati 2018-2022 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Joker Phillips · Cincinnati 2018 · him Analyst, them Position
- Jon Tenuta · Cincinnati 2018-2020 · him Analyst, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Luke Fickell* · Cincinnati 2018-2022 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them Head coach
- Marcus Freeman*+ · Cincinnati 2018-2020 · him Analyst, Position, them DC, Position
- Mike Denbrock · Cincinnati 2018-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them OC, Position
- Steve Stripling · Cincinnati 2018 · him Analyst, them Position
- Dan Enos · Cincinnati 2020 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Perry Eliano · Cincinnati 2020-2021 · him Position, them Position
- Mike Tressel · Cincinnati 2021-2022 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Kerry Coombs · Cincinnati 2022 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, Position, ST coord.
- Ricky Brown · Cincinnati 2022 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Jack Bicknell · Wisconsin 2023 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Luke Fickell* · Wisconsin 2023 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Mike Tressel · Wisconsin 2023 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Paul Haynes · Wisconsin 2023 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Phil Longo* · Wisconsin 2023 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Bryan Ellis · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Chris Kapilovic · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Chuck Morrell · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- JaMarcus Shephard* · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- John McNulty · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Kalen DeBoer*+ · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Kane Wommack · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Maurice Linguist · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Nick Sheridan · Alabama 2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Bob Chesney*+ · James Madison 2025 · him DC, them Head coach
- Dean Kennedy · James Madison 2025 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Bob Chesney*+ · UCLA 2026 · him DC, them Head coach
- Dean Kennedy · UCLA 2026 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Vic So'oto · UCLA 2026 · him DC, them Position