Coaches
Tim McGarigle
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Tim McGarigle
Played at Northwestern
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Northwestern | GA | Graduate assistant | Pat Fitzgerald* |
| 2012-2013 | Western Michigan | Position | Linebackers coach | Bill Cubit (2012), P.J. Fleck* (2013) |
| 2014-2015 | Western Michigan | Position | Linebackers coach & run game coordinator | P.J. Fleck* |
| 2016 | Illinois | Position | Linebackers coach | Lovie Smith |
| 2017 | Green Bay Packers (pro) | Analyst | Defensive quality control coach | not known |
| 2018-2023 | Northwestern | Position | Linebackers coach | Pat Fitzgerald* (2018-2022), David Braun* (2023) |
| 2024- | Northwestern | DC | Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach✓ | David Braun* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northwestern | Defensive coordinator | 64 | 74 | 100 | 40 | 134 |
| 2025 | Northwestern | Defensive coordinator | 80 | 45 | 123 | 64 | 136 |
| 2026 | Northwestern | Defensive coordinator | 47 | 35 | 93 | 80 | 138 |
Worked under
- Pat Fitzgerald* · Northwestern 2011-2022 (GA, Position)
- Bill Cubit · Western Michigan 2012 (Position)
- P.J. Fleck* · Western Michigan 2013-2015 (Other, Position)
- Lovie Smith · Illinois 2016 (Position)
- David Braun* · Northwestern 2023-2026 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Adam Cushing · Northwestern 2011-2018 · him GA, Position, them Position
- Mick McCall · Northwestern 2011-2019 · him GA, Position, them OC
- Mike Hankwitz · Northwestern 2011-2020 · him GA, Position, them DC
- Pat Fitzgerald* · Northwestern 2011-2022 · him GA, Position, them Head coach
- Randy Bates · Northwestern 2011 · him GA, them Position
- A. J. Ricker · Western Michigan 2012 · him Position, them Position
- Bill Cubit · Western Michigan 2012 · him Position, them Head coach
- Lou Esposito · Western Michigan 2012 · him Position, them Position
- Rich Nagy · Western Michigan 2012 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Ryan Cubit · Western Michigan 2012 · him Position, them OC
- Steve Casula · Western Michigan 2012 · him Position, them Position
- Charles Huff* · Western Michigan 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Ed Pinkham · Western Michigan 2013-2015 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Kirk Ciarrocca · Western Michigan 2013-2015 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Luke Getsy · Western Michigan 2013 · him Position, them Position
- P.J. Fleck* · Western Michigan 2013-2015 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Matt Simon · Western Michigan 2014-2015 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Mike Hart · Western Michigan 2014-2015 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Greg Harbaugh Jr. · Western Michigan 2015 · him Other, Position, them GA
- Garrick McGee · Illinois 2016 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Hardy Nickerson · Illinois 2016 · him Position, them DC
- Jeff Hecklinski · Illinois 2016 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Lovie Smith · Illinois 2016 · him Position, them Head coach
- Nathan Scheelhaase · Illinois 2016 · him Position, them Analyst
- Jeff Genyk · Northwestern 2018-2023 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Mike Bajakian · Northwestern 2020-2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jim O'Neil · Northwestern 2021-2022 · him Position, them DC
- David Braun* · Northwestern 2023-2026 · him DC, Position, them DC, Head coach
- Sean Gleeson · Northwestern 2023 · him Position, them Analyst
- Harlon Barnett · Northwestern 2024-2025 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Zach Lujan · Northwestern 2024-2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Chip Kelly · Northwestern 2026 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Jerry Neuheisel · Northwestern 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Tim Drevno · Northwestern 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position