Coaches
A. J. Ricker
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
A. J. Ricker
Played at Missouri 1999-2003
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | Western Michigan | GA | GA | Bill Cubit |
| 2008 | Western Michigan | Position | OL | Bill Cubit |
| 2009 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | Position | OL | not known |
| 2010 | Saint Joseph's (IN) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2011-2012 | Western Michigan | Position | RCG/OL | Bill Cubit |
| 2013 | Illinois | Position | OL | Tim Beckman |
| 2014-2015 | Missouri | Position | OL | Gary Pinkel |
| 2016 | Houston | Analyst | off. analyst | Tom Herman |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | Analyst | off. analyst | Mike Gundy |
| 2018 | Kansas | Position | OL | David Beaty |
| 2019 | SMU | Position | OL | Sonny Dykes* |
| 2020 | SMU | OC | co-OC/OL✓ | Sonny Dykes* |
| 2021-2026 | TCU | OC | co-OC/OL✓ | Gary Patterson (2021), Sonny Dykes* (2022-2026) |
| 2021 | SMU | OC | Co-offensive coordinator · season pages | Sonny Dykes* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | SMU | Co-offensive coordinator | 24 | 21 | 32 | 36 | 127 |
| 2022 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 20 | 16 | 53 | 25 | 131 |
| 2023 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 40 | 37 | 20 | 20 | 133 |
| 2024 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 21 | 25 | 23 | 40 | 134 |
| 2025 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 48 | 38 | 44 | 21 | 136 |
| 2026 | TCU | Co-offensive coordinator | 82 | 92 | 64 | 48 | 138 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Saint Joseph's | Division II | 5-5 |
Worked under
- Bill Cubit · Western Michigan 2006-2012 (GA, Position)
- Tim Beckman · Illinois 2013 (Position)
- Gary Pinkel · Missouri 2014-2015 (Position)
- Tom Herman · Houston 2016 (Analyst)
- Mike Gundy · Oklahoma State 2017 (Analyst)
- David Beaty · Kansas 2018 (Position)
- Sonny Dykes* · SMU 2019-2021 (OC, Position)
- Gary Patterson · TCU 2021 (OC, Position)
- Sonny Dykes* · TCU 2022-2026 (OC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Bill Cubit · Western Michigan 2006-2012 · him GA, Position, them Head coach
- Clayton White · Western Michigan 2006 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- George McDonald · Western Michigan 2006 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Jake Moreland · Western Michigan 2006-2011 · him GA, Position, them Position
- Scott Shafer · Western Michigan 2006 · him GA, them DC
- Steve Morrison · Western Michigan 2006-2008 · him GA, Position, them DC, Position
- Tim Lester · Western Michigan 2006 · him GA, them Position
- Bill Miller · Western Michigan 2007 · him GA, them DC
- Grant Heard · Western Michigan 2007 · him GA, them Position
- Dave Cohen · Western Michigan 2011 · him Position, them DC
- Josh Gattis · Western Michigan 2011 · him Position, them Position
- Lou Esposito · Western Michigan 2011-2012 · him Position, them Position
- Rich Nagy · Western Michigan 2011-2012 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Steve Casula · Western Michigan 2011-2012 · him Position, them GA, Position
- Ryan Cubit · Western Michigan 2012 · him Position, them OC
- Tim McGarigle · Western Michigan 2012 · him Position, them Position
- Alex Golesh* · Illinois 2013 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Bill Cubit · Illinois 2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Greg Colby · Illinois 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Tim Banks · Illinois 2013 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Tim Beckman · Illinois 2013 · him Position, them Head coach
- Alex Grinch · Missouri 2014 · him Position, them Position
- Dave Steckel · Missouri 2014 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Gary Pinkel · Missouri 2014-2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Josh Henson · Missouri 2014-2015 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Barry Odom* · Missouri 2015 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Ryan Walters · Missouri 2015 · him Position, them Position
- Craig Naivar · Houston 2016 · him Analyst, them DC
- Jason Washington · Houston 2016 · him Analyst, them Position, ST coord.
- Kenny Guiton · Houston 2016 · him Analyst, them GA
- Major Applewhite* · Houston 2016 · him Analyst, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Todd Orlando · Houston 2016 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Tom Herman · Houston 2016 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- Brian VanGorder · Oklahoma State 2017 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Glenn Spencer · Oklahoma State 2017 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Josh Henson · Oklahoma State 2017 · him Analyst, them Position
- Kasey Dunn · Oklahoma State 2017 · him Analyst, them Position
- Mike Gundy · Oklahoma State 2017 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- Mike Yurcich · Oklahoma State 2017 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Bill Miller · Kansas 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Clint Bowen · Kansas 2018 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- David Beaty · Kansas 2018 · him Position, them Head coach
- Doug Meacham · Kansas 2018 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Garrett Riley · Kansas 2018 · him Position, them Position
- Kenny Perry · Kansas 2018 · him Position, them Other, ST coord.
- Jonathan Brewer · SMU 2019 · him Position, them Analyst
- Kevin Kane · SMU 2019-2020 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Rhett Lashlee* · SMU 2019 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Sonny Dykes* · SMU 2019-2021 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Garrett Riley · SMU 2020-2021 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Chad Glasgow · TCU 2021 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Doug Meacham · TCU 2021-2024 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Gary Patterson · TCU 2021 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Jerry Kill · TCU 2021 · him OC, Position, them Head coach, Other
- Jim Leavitt · SMU 2021 · him OC, them DC, Head coach
- Kenny Hill · TCU 2021 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Kenny Perry · SMU 2021 · him OC, them Position, ST coord.
- Tim Beck · TCU 2021 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Tony Sanchez* · TCU 2021 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Garrett Riley · TCU 2022 · him OC, Position, them OC, Position
- Joe Gillespie · TCU 2022-2023 · him OC, Position, them DC, Position
- Sonny Dykes* · TCU 2022-2026 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Kendal Briles · TCU 2023-2025 · him OC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Mark Cala · TCU 2023-2024 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Andy Avalos · TCU 2024-2026 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Dana Holgorsen · TCU 2024 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Ken Wilson · TCU 2024-2026 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Todd Graham · TCU 2024-2026 · him OC, Position, them Analyst
- Brian Norwood · TCU 2025 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Gordon Sammis · TCU 2026 · him OC, Position, them OC
Played together
- Barry Odom* · Missouri 1999
- Jimmie Dougherty · Missouri 1999-2001