(Photo: Taylor Craig Sutton/ABH Staff, Taylorcraigsutton.com)
(Photo: Taylor Craig Sutton/ABH Staff, Taylorcraigsutton.com)

DOB: 2/18/60

Miami Hurricanes Head Coach

Contract: TBA
Years:
Buyout:

Alma Mater: Miami

Coaching Career

1985-1988: Florida State – Graduate Assistant
1989: East Carolina – Offensive Coordinator
1990-1993: Florida State – Quarterbacks Coach
1994-2000: Florida State – Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach
2001-2015: Georgia – Head Coach
2016-: Miami – Head Coach

Results

Year Position W L Off. PPG Off. PPG+ Def. PPG Def. PPG+ SRS F/+ FPI Effi. Off Def ST
1989 ECU OC 27.4 113
1994 FSU OC 35.7 146
1995 FSU OC 46.9 185
1996 FSU OC 37.2 146
1997 FSU OC 39.0 152
1998 FSU OC 30.8 120
1999 FSU OC 38.2 149
2000 FSU OC 39.3 151
2001 UGA HC 8 4 27.6 103 19.0 138 11.51
2002 UGA HC 13 1 32.1 118 15.1 175 18.18
2003 UGA HC 11 3 26.5 99 14.5 179 17.46
2004 UGA HC 10 2 27.9 106 16.5 158 12.66
2005 UGA HC 10 3 29.5 111 16.4 159 13.75 45.3 17.7 78.2 70.9 69.8 71.8
2006 UGA HC 9 4 25.2 101 17.6 132 10.21 25.6 10.2 63.2 44.8 75.4 48.1
2007 UGA HC 11 2 32.6 116 20.2 135 17.20 44.4 15.1 74.5 71.1 67.7 56.7
2008 UGA HC 10 3 31.5 117 24.5 105 11.60 25.3 15.2 71.1 79.5 55.6 43.6
2009 UGA HC 8 5 28.9 107 25.9 98 9.06 17.9 11.2 66.0 62.0 60.5 61.6
2010 UGA HC 6 7 32.1 115 22.1 120 6.35 19.7 13.8 71.4 67.8 61.9 67.9
2011 UGA HC 10 4 32.0 114 20.6 130 10.67 33.9 15.4 73.4 61.3 81.5 38.2
2012 UGA HC 12 2 37.8 130 19.6 140 17.93 47.9 22.7 82.4 83.6 70.6 51.0
2013 UGA HC 8 5 36.7 126 29.0 96 12.82 22.3 18.4 71.2 79.6 51.8 53.6
2014 UGA HC 10 3 41.3 141 20.7 134 18.84 55.0 24.3 86.3 87.8 70.0 61.4
2015 UGA HC 10 3 26.3 90 16.9 164 8.98 21.4 15.9 72.7 54.8 79.6 54.6
2016 Miami HC

PPG+: Points per game adjusted to league average, where above 100 is above average. Above 100 is better for both offense and defense.

SRS: Simple Rating System, courtesy of Sports-Reference.com, expressed as points above or below average.

F/+: Football Outsiders’  F/+ ranking, expressed as a % better or worse than average.

FPI: ESPN’s FPI ranking, expressed as points above or below average.

*For years 2005 and later, the green plus icon shows 4 statistics based on expected points added, which is arguably the truest measure of efficiency: Effi. (overall team efficiency), Off (offensive efficiency), Def (defensive efficiency), and ST (special teams efficiency), where 50 is average and all numbers are scaled 0-100.

Offense

PPG+: points per game set to the FBS average, where over 100 is above average.
EFF+: ESPN’s Expected Points Added efficiency, adjusted for opponent and set to the FBS average, where over 100 is above average.

Defense

PPG+: points per game set to the FBS average, where over 100 is better than average.
EFF+: ESPN’s Expected Points Added efficiency, adjusted for opponent and set to the FBS average, where over 100 is above average.

Special Teams

EFF+: ESPN’s Expected Points Added efficiency, adjusted for opponent and set to the FBS average, where over 100 is above average.

Recruiting

 

Coming soon

Opponents by Quality

*Hover over the wins and losses cells for lists of teams
** Years 2011-2015

 

 

Tactics

1994 Florida State offensive playbook

2004 Georgia Bulldogs offensive playbook (TE version)

 

Coaching Tree

Coached under:
– Bobby Bowden (1985-1988; 1990-2000)
– Bill Lewis (1989)

Coached alongside:
– Chuck Pagano (1989, ECU DB coach)

Employed:
– Mike Bobo (2001-2014)
– Neil Callaway (2001-2006)
– Todd Grantham (2010-2013)
– Willie Martinez (2001-2009)
– Bryan McClendon (2007-)
– Kirk Olivadotti (2010-2013)
– Jeremy Pruitt (2014-)
– Tracy Rocker (2014-)
– Brian Schottenheimer (2015-)
– Kirby Smart (2005)
– Brian VanGorder (2001-2004)