Coaches
Nick Howell
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Nick Howell
Played at Snow 2000-2001
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Sky View HS (UT) (HS) | Position | DL | not known |
| 2003 | Weber HS (UT) (HS) | DC | DC | not known |
| 2004-2006 | Ben Lomond HS (UT) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2007 | BYU | GA | intern | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2008-2009 | BYU (GA) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2010 | BYU | Position | OLB | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2011-2012 | BYU | ST coord. | ST/DB | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2013-2015 | BYU | DC | DC/DB✓ | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2016-2021 | Virginia | DC | DC/DB✓ | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2022-2023 | Vanderbilt | DC | DC✓ | Clark Lea* |
| 2024 | New Mexico | DC | DC✓ | Bronco Mendenhall* |
| 2025- | Utah State (unknown) | DC | DC | not known |
| 2025-2026 | Utah State | DC | Defensive coordinator · season pages | Bronco Mendenhall* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | BYU | Defensive coordinator | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 125 |
| 2014 | BYU | Defensive coordinator | 45 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 128 |
| 2015 | BYU | Defensive coordinator | 24 | 33 | 24 | 45 | 128 |
| 2016 | Virginia | Defensive coordinator | 106 | 94 | 83 | 94 | 128 |
| 2017 | Virginia | Defensive coordinator | 57 | 72 | 49 | 106 | 130 |
| 2018 | Virginia | Defensive coordinator | 49 | 31 | 23 | 57 | 130 |
| 2019 | Virginia | Defensive coordinator | 78 | 73 | 40 | 49 | 130 |
| 2020 | Virginia | Defensive coordinator | 64 | 62 | 41 | 78 | 127 |
| 2021 | Virginia | Defensive coordinator | 114 | 97 | 111 | 64 | 130 |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | Defensive coordinator | 126 | 122 | 109 | 120 | 131 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | Defensive coordinator | 131 | 127 | 110 | 126 | 133 |
| 2024 | New Mexico | Defensive coordinator | 132 | 133 | 133 | 124 | 134 |
Worked under
- Bronco Mendenhall* · BYU 2007-2015 (DC, GA, Position, ST coord.)
- Bronco Mendenhall* · Virginia 2016-2021 (DC, Position)
- Clark Lea* · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 (DC)
- Bronco Mendenhall* · New Mexico 2024 (DC)
- Bronco Mendenhall* · Utah State 2025-2026 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Bronco Mendenhall* · BYU 2007-2015 · him DC, GA, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Jason Beck · BYU 2007-2015 · him DC, GA, Position, them GA, Position
- Patrick Higgins · BYU 2007-2010 · him GA, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Robert Anae · BYU 2007-2015 · him DC, GA, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Jaime Hill · BYU 2010 · him Position, them DC
- Shaun Nua · BYU 2010-2011 · him Position, ST coord., them GA
- Brandon Doman · BYU 2011-2012 · him Position, ST coord., them OC
- Kelly Poppinga · BYU 2011-2015 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Position, ST coord.
- Vic So'oto · BYU 2015 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Bronco Mendenhall* · Virginia 2016-2021 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Jason Beck · Virginia 2016-2021 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Kelly Poppinga · Virginia 2016-2021 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Patrick Higgins · Virginia 2016-2017 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Robert Anae · Virginia 2016-2021 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Ruffin McNeill · Virginia 2016 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Vic So'oto · Virginia 2016-2019 · him DC, Position, them GA, Position
- Rod Smith · Virginia 2021 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Clark Lea* · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 · him DC, them Head coach
- Dan Jackson · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 · him DC, them Position
- Joey Lynch · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Bronco Mendenhall* · New Mexico 2024 · him DC, them Head coach
- Jason Beck · New Mexico 2024 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Bronco Mendenhall* · Utah State 2025-2026 · him DC, them Head coach
- Kevin McGiven · Utah State 2025 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Robert Anae · Utah State 2026 · him DC, them OC