Coaches
Jimbo Fisher
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Jimbo Fisher
Played at Salem 1985-1986, Samford 1987 · alma mater (CFBD): Salem International
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-1990 | Samford | Position | GA/QB | not known |
| 1991-1992 | Samford | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 1993-1998 | Auburn | Position | QB | Terry Bowden |
| 1999 | Cincinnati | OC | OC/QB | Rick Minter |
| 2000-2006 | LSU | OC | OC/QB✓ | Nick Saban (2000-2004), Les Miles (2005-2006) |
| 2007-2009 | Florida State | OC | OC/QB✓ | Bobby Bowden |
| 2010-2017 | Florida State | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2018-2023 | Texas A&M | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | LSU | Offensive coordinator | 24 | 66 | 30 | 24 | 119 |
| 2006 | LSU | Offensive coordinator | 5 | 22 | 7 | 24 | 119 |
| 2007 | Florida State | Offensive coordinator | 65 | 105 | 89 | 82 | 119 |
| 2008 | Florida State | Offensive coordinator | 36 | 25 | 22 | 65 | 120 |
| 2009 | Florida State | Offensive coordinator | 9 | 26 | 5 | 36 | 120 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Florida State | 10-4 | 20 → 17 | 30 | 50 | 19.7 | 54% wins | 120 |
| 2011 | Florida State | 9-4 | 6 → 23 | 49 | 10 | 22.8 | 71% wins | 120 |
| 2012 | Florida State | 12-2 | 7 → 10 | 4 | 2 | 30.8 | 69% wins | 124 |
| 2013 | Florida State | 14-0 | 11 → 1 | 1 | 3 | 38.5 | 86% wins | 125 |
| 2014 | Florida State | 13-1 | 1 → 5 | 25 | 56 | 28.5 | 100% wins | 128 |
| 2015 | Florida State | 10-3 | 10 → 14 | 35 | 34 | 23.2 | 93% wins | 128 |
| 2016 | Florida State | 10-3 | 4 → 8 | 19 | 36 | 24.0 | 77% wins | 128 |
| 2017 | Florida State | 5-6 (11 of 13) | 3 → - | 82 | 27 | 22.8 | 77% wins | 130 |
| 2018 | Texas A&M | 9-4 | - → - | 31 | 68 | 21.6 | 54% wins | 130 |
| 2019 | Texas A&M | 8-5 | 12 → - | 66 | 44 | 15.0 | 69% wins | 130 |
| 2020 | Texas A&M | 9-1 | 13 → 4 | 17 | 40 | 16.2 | 62% wins | 127 |
| 2021 | Texas A&M | 8-4 | 6 → - | 82 | 3 | 21.1 | 90% wins | 130 |
| 2022 | Texas A&M | 5-7 | 6 → - | 79 | 34 | 9.1 | 67% wins | 131 |
| 2023 | Texas A&M | 6-4 (10 of 13) | 23 → - | 50 | 18 | 15.6 | 42% wins | 133 |
Worked under
- Terry Bowden · Auburn 1993-1998 (Position)
- Rick Minter · Cincinnati 1999 (OC, Position)
- Nick Saban · LSU 2000-2004 (OC, Position)
- Les Miles · LSU 2005-2006 (OC, Position)
- Bobby Bowden · Florida State 2007-2009 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 35
- D. J. Eliot · Florida State 2010-2012 (DC, Position)
- Dameyune Craig · Florida State 2010-2017 (Analyst, Position)
- Eddie Gran · Florida State 2010-2012 (OC, Other, Position)
- Greg Hudson · Florida State 2010-2012 (Other, Position)
- James Coley · Florida State 2010-2012 (OC, Position)
- Lawrence Dawsey · Florida State 2010-2017 (OC, Other, Position)
- Mark Stoops · Florida State 2010-2012 (DC, Position)
- Odell Haggins · Florida State 2010-2017 (Position)
- Terrell Buckley · Florida State 2010-2011 (Position)
- Travis Trickett · Florida State 2010 (GA)
- Ryan Stanchek · Florida State 2011 (Analyst)
- Brian Williams · Florida State 2013-2014 (Analyst)
- Charles Kelly* · Florida State 2013-2017 (DC, Position, ST coord.)
- Jeremy Pruitt · Florida State 2013 (DC, Position)
- Randy Sanders · Florida State 2013-2017 (OC, Position)
- Sal Sunseri · Florida State 2013-2014 (Position)
- Tim Brewster · Florida State 2013-2017 (Position)
- Bill Miller · Florida State 2014-2017 (Position)
- Tino Sunseri · Florida State 2016-2017 (Analyst)
- Bradley Dale Peveto · Texas A&M 2018-2019 (Position, ST coord.)
- Darrell Dickey · Texas A&M 2018-2022 (OC, Position)
- Elijah Robinson · Texas A&M 2018-2023 (DC, Other, Position)
- Maurice Linguist · Texas A&M 2018-2019 (Position)
- Mike Elko* · Texas A&M 2018-2021 (DC, Position)
- Tyler Santucci · Texas A&M 2018-2022 (Analyst, DC, Position)
- Brandon Bailey · Texas A&M 2019-2021 (Analyst, GA)
- Joe Jon Finley · Texas A&M 2019 (Position)
- Josh Henson · Texas A&M 2019-2021 (Position)
- Luke Huard · Texas A&M 2019-2021 (Analyst)
- Robb Smith · Texas A&M 2019 (Analyst)
- D.J. Durkin · Texas A&M 2022-2023 (DC, Position)
- Steve Addazio · Texas A&M 2022-2023 (Position)
- Bobby Petrino · Texas A&M 2023 (OC, Position)
- Jim Chaney · Texas A&M 2023 (Analyst)
- Marquel Blackwell · Texas A&M 2023 (Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 50
- Chad Scott · Kentucky 2013-2015 (Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Derrick Ansley · Kentucky 2013-2015 (Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Matt Powledge · Kentucky 2013 (GA) · under Mark Stoops
- Neal Brown* · Kentucky 2013-2014 (OC, Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Shannon Dawson · Kentucky 2015 (OC, Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Darin Hinshaw · Kentucky 2016-2020 (OC, Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Steve Clinkscale · Kentucky 2016-2020 (Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Dean Hood · Kentucky 2017-2019 (Position, ST coord.) · under Mark Stoops
- John Jancek · Kentucky 2017 (Analyst) · under Mark Stoops
- Matt House · Kentucky 2017-2018 (DC) · under Mark Stoops
- Brad White · Kentucky 2018-2025 (DC, Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Chris Rumph · Tennessee 2018-2019 (DC, Position) · under Jeremy Pruitt
- Kevin Sherrer · Tennessee 2018-2019 (DC, Position, ST coord.) · under Jeremy Pruitt
- Tyson Helton* · Tennessee 2018 (OC, Position) · under Jeremy Pruitt
- Walt Wells · Kentucky 2018-2019 (Analyst) · under Mark Stoops
- Jon Sumrall* · Kentucky 2019-2021 (DC, Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Tee Martin · Tennessee 2019-2020 (Other, Position) · under Jeremy Pruitt
- Chris Weinke · Tennessee 2020 (Position) · under Jeremy Pruitt
- Andy McCollum · Buffalo 2021-2022 (Analyst) · under Maurice Linguist
- Joe Cauthen · Buffalo 2021 (DC) · under Maurice Linguist
- Liam Coen · Kentucky 2021-2023 (OC, Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Shane Montgomery · Buffalo 2021-2022 (OC, Position) · under Maurice Linguist
- Adam Cushing · Duke 2022-2023 (Position) · under Mike Elko
- Greg Knox · Buffalo 2022 (Position) · under Maurice Linguist
- Jess Simpson · Duke 2022-2023 (DC, Other, Position) · under Mike Elko
- Kevin Johns · Duke 2022-2023 (OC, Position) · under Mike Elko
- Lyle Hemphill · Duke 2022-2023 (DC, Position) · under Mike Elko
- Mike Stoops · Kentucky 2022-2025 (Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Rich Scangarello · Kentucky 2022 (OC) · under Mark Stoops
- Rich Skrosky · Duke 2022-2023 (Analyst) · under Mike Elko
- Trooper Taylor · Duke 2022-2023 (Other, Position) · under Mike Elko
- DJ Mangas · Buffalo 2023 (OC, Position) · under Maurice Linguist
- Robert Wright · Buffalo 2023 (DC) · under Maurice Linguist
- Bush Hamdan · Kentucky 2024-2025 (OC, Position) · under Mark Stoops
- Collin Klein* · Texas A&M 2024-2025 (OC, Position) · under Mike Elko
- Holmon Wiggins · Texas A&M 2024-2026 (OC, Position) · under Mike Elko
- Jay Bateman · Texas A&M 2024-2025 (DC, Position) · under Mike Elko
- Jordan Peterson · Texas A&M 2024-2025 (DC, Position) · under Mike Elko
- Sean Spencer · Texas A&M 2024-2025 (Position) · under Mike Elko
- Brad Lambert · Kentucky 2025 (Analyst) · under Mark Stoops
- Chris Wilson · Arkansas 2025 (DC, Position) · under Bobby Petrino
- Clint Trickett · Jacksonville State 2025 (OC, Position) · under Charles Kelly
- John Perry · Texas A&M 2025-2026 (Position) · under Mike Elko
- Kevin Barbay · Kentucky 2025 (Analyst) · under Mark Stoops
- Kolby Smith · Arkansas 2025 (OC, Position) · under Bobby Petrino
- Marcus Woodson · Arkansas 2025 (DC, Position) · under Bobby Petrino
- Maxwell Thurmond · Jacksonville State 2025-2026 (Position, ST coord.) · under Charles Kelly
- Taylor Housewright · Jacksonville State 2025-2026 (OC, Position) · under Charles Kelly
- Travis Williams · Arkansas 2025 (DC) · under Bobby Petrino
- Joey Lynch · Texas A&M 2026 (Position) · under Mike Elko
Level 3: on their staffs · 46
- Kenny Edenfield · Troy 2015-2017 (OC, Position) · under Neal Brown
- Vic Koenning · Troy 2015-2018 (DC, Position) · under Neal Brown
- Matt Moore · Troy 2016-2018 (OC) · under Neal Brown
- Brandon Hall · Troy 2018 (Position, ST coord.) · under Neal Brown
- Sean Reagan · Troy 2018 (OC) · under Neal Brown
- Bryan Ellis · Western Kentucky 2019-2021 (OC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Clayton White · Western Kentucky 2019-2020 (DC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Jahmile Addae · West Virginia 2019-2020 (DC, Position) · under Neal Brown
- Kim Helton · Western Kentucky 2019 (Analyst) · under Tyson Helton
- Matt Moore · West Virginia 2019 (OC) · under Neal Brown
- Maurice Crum Jr. · Western Kentucky 2019-2021 (DC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Gerad Parker* · West Virginia 2020-2021 (OC, Position) · under Neal Brown
- Jeff Casteel · West Virginia 2020-2024 (Analyst, Position) · under Neal Brown
- Jeff Koonz · West Virginia 2020-2024 (DC) · under Neal Brown
- Jordan Lesley · West Virginia 2020-2024 (DC) · under Neal Brown
- Ryan Aplin · Western Kentucky 2020 (OC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Ben Arbuckle · Western Kentucky 2021-2022 (Analyst, OC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Kirk Ciarrocca · West Virginia 2021 (Analyst) · under Neal Brown
- ShaDon Brown · West Virginia 2021-2024 (DC) · under Neal Brown
- Zach Kittley* · Western Kentucky 2021 (OC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Graham Harrell · West Virginia 2022 (OC, Position) · under Neal Brown
- Joe Craddock · Troy 2022-2023 (OC, Position) · under Jon Sumrall
- Josh Crawford · Western Kentucky 2022 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Michael Hutchings · Western Kentucky 2022 (Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Shiel Wood · Troy 2022 (DC, Position) · under Jon Sumrall
- Travis Pearson · Troy 2022-2023 (Position) · under Jon Sumrall
- Tyson Summers · Western Kentucky 2022-2024 (DC, Position) · under Tyson Helton
- Drew Hollingshead · Western Kentucky 2023-2024 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Greg Gasparato · Troy 2023 (DC) · under Jon Sumrall
- Dan Roushar · Tulane 2024 (Position) · under Jon Sumrall
- Evan McKissack · Tulane 2024-2025 (OC) · under Jon Sumrall
- Tayler Polk · Tulane 2024-2025 (DC) · under Jon Sumrall
- 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
- Will Hall* · Tulane 2025 (Other) · under Jon Sumrall
- Bodie Reeder · Western Kentucky 2026 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Brandon Harris · Florida 2026 (Position) · under Jon Sumrall
- Buster Faulkner · Florida 2026 (OC) · under Jon Sumrall
- Jeremiah Johnson · Kansas State 2026 (Position) · under Collin Klein
- Joe Bernardi · Western Kentucky 2026 (OC) · under Tyson Helton
- Matt Mattox · North Texas 2026 (Position) · under Neal Brown
- Sean Gleeson · Kansas State 2026 (OC) · under Collin Klein
- Steve Spurrier Jr. · Florida 2026 (Analyst) · under Jon Sumrall
- Tim DeRuyter · Kansas State 2026 (Other) · under Collin Klein
Coached together
- Jeff Bowden · Samford 1988-1990 · him GA, Position, them OC
- Terry Bowden · Samford 1988-1992 · him GA, OC, Position, them Head coach
- Todd Stroud · Samford 1988-1992 · him GA, OC, Position, them Position, Strength
- Charles Kelly* · Auburn 1993 · him Position, them GA
- Jess Simpson · Auburn 1993 · him Position, them Other
- Terry Bowden · Auburn 1993-1998 · him Position, them Head coach
- Todd Stroud · Auburn 1993 · him Position, them Strength
- Tommy Bowden · Auburn 1993-1996 · him Position, them OC
- Will Muschamp · Auburn 1995-1996 · him Position, them GA
- Greg Hudson · Cincinnati 1999 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Rick Minter · Cincinnati 1999 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Rick Smith · Cincinnati 1999 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Derek Dooley · LSU 2000-2004 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Freddie Kitchens · LSU 2000 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Mel Tucker · LSU 2000 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Michael Haywood · LSU 2000-2002 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Nick Saban · LSU 2000-2004 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Phil Elmassian · LSU 2000 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Sal Sunseri · LSU 2000 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Charlie Harbison · LSU 2001-2002 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Will Muschamp · LSU 2001 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Harlon Barnett · LSU 2003 · him OC, Position, them GA
- James Coley · LSU 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Lawrence Dawsey · LSU 2003 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Mike Collins · LSU 2003-2004 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Tim Walton · LSU 2003 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Dameyune Craig · LSU 2004 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Jason Woodman · LSU 2004-2006 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Kirby Smart*+ · LSU 2004 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Bo Pelini · LSU 2005-2006 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Bradley Dale Peveto · LSU 2005-2006 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Doug Mallory · LSU 2005-2006 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Josh Henson · LSU 2005-2006 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Larry Porter · LSU 2005-2006 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Les Miles · LSU 2005-2006 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Mike Ekeler · LSU 2005-2006 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Todd Monken · LSU 2005-2006 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Bobby Bowden · Florida State 2007-2009 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Chuck Amato · Florida State 2007-2009 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Garin Justice · Florida State 2007-2008 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Jason Woodman · Florida State 2007 · him OC, Position, them GA
- Lawrence Dawsey · Florida State 2007-2017 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Mickey Andrews · Florida State 2007-2009 · him OC, Position, them DC, Other
- Odell Haggins · Florida State 2007-2017 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them Head coach, Position
- Pat Meyer · Florida State 2007 · him OC, Position, them Strength
- Terrell Buckley · Florida State 2007-2011 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them GA, Position
- Todd Stroud · Florida State 2007-2009 · him OC, Position, them Strength
- James Coley · Florida State 2008-2012 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Travis Trickett · Florida State 2008-2010 · him Head coach, OC, Position, them GA
- D. J. Eliot · Florida State 2010-2012 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Dameyune Craig · Florida State 2010-2017 · him Head coach, them Analyst, Position
- Eddie Gran · Florida State 2010-2012 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
- Greg Hudson · Florida State 2010-2012 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Mark Stoops · Florida State 2010-2012 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Ryan Stanchek · Florida State 2011 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Brian Williams · Florida State 2013-2014 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Charles Kelly* · Florida State 2013-2017 · him Head coach, them DC, Position, ST coord.
- Jeremy Pruitt · Florida State 2013 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Randy Sanders · Florida State 2013-2017 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Sal Sunseri · Florida State 2013-2014 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tim Brewster · Florida State 2013-2017 · him Head coach, them Position
- Bill Miller · Florida State 2014-2017 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tino Sunseri · Florida State 2016-2017 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Bradley Dale Peveto · Texas A&M 2018-2019 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Dameyune Craig · Texas A&M 2018-2023 · him Head coach, them Position
- Darrell Dickey · Texas A&M 2018-2022 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Elijah Robinson · Texas A&M 2018-2023 · him Head coach, them DC, Head coach, Other, Position
- Maurice Linguist · Texas A&M 2018-2019 · him Head coach, them Position
- Mike Elko* · Texas A&M 2018-2021 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Tim Brewster · Texas A&M 2018 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tyler Santucci · Texas A&M 2018-2022 · him Head coach, them Analyst, DC, Position
- Brandon Bailey · Texas A&M 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst, GA
- Joe Jon Finley · Texas A&M 2019 · him Head coach, them Position
- Josh Henson · Texas A&M 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them Position
- Luke Huard · Texas A&M 2019-2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Robb Smith · Texas A&M 2019 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- James Coley · Texas A&M 2020-2023 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Lawrence Dawsey · Texas A&M 2020-2021 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- D.J. Durkin · Texas A&M 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Steve Addazio · Texas A&M 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them Position
- Bobby Petrino · Texas A&M 2023 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Jim Chaney · Texas A&M 2023 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Marquel Blackwell · Texas A&M 2023 · him Head coach, them Position