Coaches
John Scott Jr.
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
John Scott Jr.
Played at Western Carolina 1995-1998
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Lexington (NC) West Davidson HS (HS) | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2002-2004 | Louisiana | GA | Graduate assistant | Rickey Bustle |
| 2005 | Norfolk State | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2006-2007 | Western Carolina | Position | Defensive end coach/Outside linebacker coach | not known |
| 2008 | Western Carolina | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2009 | Missouri State | Position | Defensive end coach | not known |
| 2010-2012 | Georgia Southern | ST coord. | Special teams coordinator/Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2013-2014 | Texas Tech | Position | Defensive line coach | Kliff Kingsbury |
| 2015 | New York Jets (pro) | Analyst | Quality control coach | not known |
| 2016 | New York Jets (pro) | Position | Assistant Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2017-2018 | Arkansas | Position | Defensive line coach | Bret Bielema* (2017), Chad Morris (2018) |
| 2019 | South Carolina | Position | Defensive line coach | Will Muschamp |
| 2020-2021 | Penn State | Position | Defensive line coach | James Franklin* |
| 2022 | Penn State | Position | Running game coordinator/Defensive line coach | James Franklin* |
| 2023 | Detroit Lions (pro) | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2024-2025 | Clemson | Other | Volunteer assistant | Dabo Swinney* |
| 2026 | Syracuse | DC | Assistant Head Coach/co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive line coach✓ | Fran Brown* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Syracuse | Co-defensive coordinator | 65 | 69 | 70 | 129 | 138 |
Worked under
- Rickey Bustle · Louisiana 2002-2004 (GA)
- Kliff Kingsbury · Texas Tech 2013-2014 (Position)
- Bret Bielema* · Arkansas 2017 (Position)
- Chad Morris · Arkansas 2018 (Position)
- Will Muschamp · South Carolina 2019 (Position)
- James Franklin* · Penn State 2020-2022 (Position)
- Dabo Swinney* · Clemson 2024-2025 (Other)
- Fran Brown* · Syracuse 2026 (DC, Other, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Brent Pry · Louisiana 2002-2004 · him GA, them DC, Other, Position
- Broderick Fobbs · Louisiana 2002 · him GA, them GA
- Rickey Bustle · Louisiana 2002-2004 · him GA, them Head coach
- Shawn Quinn · Louisiana 2002-2004 · him GA, them Position
- Bobby April III · Louisiana 2004 · him GA, them GA
- Keith Heckendorf · Western Carolina 2008 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Steve Clinkscale · Western Carolina 2008 · him Position, them Position
- Brent Pry · Georgia Southern 2010 · him Position, ST coord., them DC, Position
- Jeff Monken* · Georgia Southern 2010-2012 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Shawn Quinn · Georgia Southern 2010-2011 · him Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
- David Raih · Texas Tech 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Eric Morris*+ · Texas Tech 2013-2014 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Kliff Kingsbury · Texas Tech 2013-2014 · him Position, them Head coach
- Lee Hays · Texas Tech 2013-2014 · him Position, them Position
- Matt Brock · Texas Tech 2013-2014 · him Position, them Analyst, Position
- Matt Wallerstedt · Texas Tech 2013-2014 · him Position, them DC
- Mike Jinks · Texas Tech 2013-2014 · him Position, them Position
- Mike Smith · Texas Tech 2013-2014 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Scott Parr · Texas Tech 2013 · him Position, them Analyst
- Sonny Cumbie* · Texas Tech 2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Zach Kittley* · Texas Tech 2013-2014 · him Position, them Other
- Darrin Chiaverini · Texas Tech 2014 · him Position, them ST coord.
- Barry Lunney Jr. · Arkansas 2017-2018 · him Position, them Position
- Bret Bielema* · Arkansas 2017 · him Position, them Head coach
- Dan Enos · Arkansas 2017 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Morris Watts · Arkansas 2017 · him Position, them Analyst
- Paul Rhoads · Arkansas 2017 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Chad Morris · Arkansas 2018 · him Position, them Head coach
- G.J. Kinne* · Arkansas 2018 · him Position, them Analyst
- Jeff Traylor* · Arkansas 2018 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Joe Craddock · Arkansas 2018 · him Position, them OC, Position
- John Chavis · Arkansas 2018 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Ron Cooper · Arkansas 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Bryan McClendon · South Carolina 2019 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Coleman Hutzler · South Carolina 2019 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Taylor Lamb · South Carolina 2019 · him Position, them GA
- Thomas Brown · South Carolina 2019 · him Position, them Position
- Travaris Robinson · South Carolina 2019 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Will Muschamp · South Carolina 2019 · him Position, them Head coach
- Brent Pry · Penn State 2020-2021 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Eric Raisbeck · Penn State 2020-2022 · him Position, them Analyst
- Ja'Juan Seider · Penn State 2020-2022 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- James Franklin* · Penn State 2020-2022 · him Position, them Head coach
- Kirk Ciarrocca · Penn State 2020 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Terry Smith · Penn State 2020-2022 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Tim Banks · Penn State 2020 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Ty Howle · Penn State 2020-2022 · him Position, them Analyst, Position
- Tyler Bowen · Penn State 2020 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Anthony Poindexter · Penn State 2021-2022 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Mike Yurcich · Penn State 2021-2022 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Charlie Frye · Penn State 2022 · him Position, them Analyst
- Danny Rocco · Penn State 2022 · him Position, them Analyst
- Manny Diaz* · Penn State 2022 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Stacy Collins · Penn State 2022 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Chris Rumph · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Other, them Position
- Dabo Swinney* · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Other, them Head coach
- Garrett Riley · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Other, them OC, Position
- John Grass · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Other, them Analyst
- Kyle Richardson · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Other, them OC, Position
- Matt Luke · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Other, them OC, Other, Position
- Mickey Conn · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Other, them DC, Position
- Nick Eason · Clemson 2024-2025 · him Other, them DC, Other, Position
- Wes Goodwin · Clemson 2024 · him Other, them DC, Position
- Mike Houston · Clemson 2025 · him Other, them Other
- Tom Allen · Clemson 2025 · him Other, them DC, Position
- Don Brown · Syracuse 2026 · him DC, Other, Position, them Analyst
- Fran Brown* · Syracuse 2026 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Jeff Nixon · Syracuse 2026 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Josh Gattis · Syracuse 2026 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Mike Johnson · Syracuse 2026 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Perry Eliano · Syracuse 2026 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Vince Kehres · Syracuse 2026 · him DC, Other, Position, them DC