Coaches
Chris Wilson
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Chris Wilson
Played at Oklahoma
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Indiana State | GA | Graduate assistant | not known |
| 1994 | Indiana State | Position | Linebackers coach | not known |
| 1995 | Northern Illinois | Position | Outside linebackers coach | not known |
| 1996 | Northeastern State | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 1997 | Indiana State | Position | Outside linebackers coach | not known |
| 1998-1999 | Illinois State | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2000-2004 | Colorado | Position | Defensive line coach | Gary Barnett |
| 2005-2006 | Oklahoma | Position | Defensive ends coach | Bob Stoops |
| 2007-2009 | Oklahoma | ST coord. | Defensive ends coach & special teams coordinator | Bob Stoops |
| 2010 | Mississippi State | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & defensive line coach✓ | Dan Mullen* |
| 2011-2012 | Mississippi State | DC | Defensive coordinator & defensive line coach✓ | Dan Mullen* |
| 2013 | Georgia | Position | Defensive line coach | Mark Richt |
| 2014-2015 | USC | Position | Defensive line coach | Steve Sarkisian*+ (2014), Clay Helton* (2015) |
| 2016-2018 | Philadelphia Eagles (pro) | Position | Defensive line coach | not known |
| 2019 | Arizona Cardinals (pro) | Analyst | Defensive assistant | not known |
| 2020 | Colorado | Position | Defensive line coach | Karl Dorrell |
| 2021-2022 | Colorado | DC | Defensive coordinator & defensive line coach✓ | Karl Dorrell (2021), Mike Sanford Jr. (2022) |
| 2023 | Houston Gamblers (unknown) | DC | Defensive coordinator | not known |
| 2024-2025 | Houston Roughnecks (unknown) | DC | Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach | not known |
| 2025 | Arkansas | DC | Interim Defensive Coordinator & assistant defensive line coach✓ | Bobby Petrino |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mississippi State | Co-defensive coordinator | 27 | 28 | 33 | 21 | 120 |
| 2011 | Mississippi State | Defensive coordinator | 44 | 15 | 59 | 27 | 120 |
| 2012 | Mississippi State | Co-defensive coordinator | 78 | 45 | 106 | 44 | 124 |
| 2021 | Colorado | Defensive coordinator | 93 | 81 | 94 | 38 | 130 |
| 2022 | Colorado | Defensive coordinator | 131 | 131 | 131 | 93 | 131 |
| 2025 | Arkansas | Defensive coordinator (interim) | 123 | 127 | 124 | 48 | 136 |
Worked under
- Gary Barnett · Colorado 2000-2004 (Position)
- Bob Stoops · Oklahoma 2005-2009 (Position, ST coord.)
- Dan Mullen* · Mississippi State 2010-2012 (DC, Position)
- Mark Richt · Georgia 2013 (Position)
- Steve Sarkisian*+ · USC 2014 (Position)
- Clay Helton* · USC 2015 (Position)
- Karl Dorrell · Colorado 2020-2021 (DC, Position)
- Mike Sanford Jr. · Colorado 2022 (DC, Position)
- Bobby Petrino · Arkansas 2025 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Sam Pittman · Northern Illinois 1995 · him Position, them Position
- David Blackwell · Illinois State 1998-1999 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Dennis Therrell · Illinois State 1998-1999 · him Position, them DC
- John Bond · Illinois State 1998-1999 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Todd Berry · Illinois State 1998-1999 · him Position, them Head coach
- Brian Cabral · Colorado 2000-2022 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Gary Barnett · Colorado 2000-2004 · him Position, them Head coach
- Gregg Brandon · Colorado 2000 · him Position, them Position
- Jon Embree · Colorado 2000-2002 · him Position, them Position
- Shawn Watson · Colorado 2000-2004 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Eric Bieniemy · Colorado 2001-2002 · him Position, them Position
- Jason Eck* · Colorado 2002-2003 · him Position, them GA
- Bob Stoops · Oklahoma 2005-2009 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Brandon Hall · Oklahoma 2005 · him Position, them Analyst
- Brent Venables* · Oklahoma 2005-2009 · him Position, ST coord., them DC, Other, Position
- Cale Gundy · Oklahoma 2005-2009 · him Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
- Chuck Long · Oklahoma 2005 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jeff Lebby* · Oklahoma 2005-2006 · him Position, them Other
- Kevin Sumlin · Oklahoma 2005-2007 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Kevin Wilson · Oklahoma 2005-2009 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Josh Heupel*+ · Oklahoma 2006-2009 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Jay Norvell · Oklahoma 2008-2009 · him Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
- Joey Halzle · Oklahoma 2009 · him Position, ST coord., them Analyst
- Dan Mullen* · Mississippi State 2010-2012 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Greg Knox · Mississippi State 2010-2012 · him DC, Position, them Position
- John Hevesy · Mississippi State 2010-2012 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Les Koenning · Mississippi State 2010-2012 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Manny Diaz* · Mississippi State 2010 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Mark Hudspeth · Mississippi State 2010 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Geoff Collins · Mississippi State 2011-2012 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Will Windham · Mississippi State 2011-2012 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Brett Elliott · Mississippi State 2012 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Tim Brewster · Mississippi State 2012 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Bryan McClendon · Georgia 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Mark Richt · Georgia 2013 · him Position, them Head coach
- Mike Bobo · Georgia 2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Mike Macdonald · Georgia 2013 · him Position, them Analyst
- Todd Grantham · Georgia 2013 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Clay Helton* · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Johnny Nansen · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Justin Wilcox · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them DC
- Keith Heyward · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Marques Tuiasosopo · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Peter Sirmon · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Ricky Brown · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them Analyst
- Steve Sarkisian*+ · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Tee Martin · USC 2014-2015 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Tim Drevno · USC 2014 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Danny Langsdorf · Colorado 2020-2021 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Darrin Chiaverini · Colorado 2020-2021 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Karl Dorrell · Colorado 2020-2022 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Tyson Summers · Colorado 2020 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Clay Patterson · Colorado 2022 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Gerald Chatman · Colorado 2022 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Mike Sanford Jr. · Colorado 2022 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Bobby Petrino · Arkansas 2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Kolby Smith · Arkansas 2025 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Marcus Woodson · Arkansas 2025 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Sam Pittman · Arkansas 2025 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Travis Williams · Arkansas 2025 · him DC, Position, them DC