Andy Avalos
Andy Avalos went 22–14 as a head coach, 2021–2023, at Boise State. Share
- Record
- 22–14 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Nov 5, 1981
- Alma mater
- Boise State 2004
- Best season
- 2022 10–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boise State | 7–5 | 3rd (Mountain) | Arizona (not played) | ||
| 2022 | Boise State | 10–4 | 1st (Mountain) | Frisco Bowl W | ||
| 2023 | Boise State coached 10 of 14 games | 5–5 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Against rivals | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Conference games | 22 | 17–5 | 77% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 5–8 | 38% |
| At home | 18 | 12–6 | 67% |
| On the road | 17 | 9–8 | 53% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 28 | 19–9 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
His own 36 games on file, 2021–2023, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Bohl 2021–2023 | 3–0 | Wyoming | 3 | |
| Danny Gonzales 2021–2023 | 3–0 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Brady Hoke 2021–2023 | 2–1 | San Diego State | 3 | |
| Jay Norvell 2021–2023 | 1–2 | Nevada, Colorado State | 3 | |
| Jeff Tedford 2022–2023 | 1–2 | Fresno State | 3 |
Andy Avalos’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Fresno Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| New Mexicoseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Wyomingseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| San Diego Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Utah Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| BYUseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Air Forceseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Also a player: Andy Avalos’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–08 | Colorado | Graduate assistant | |
| 2009–10 | Nebraska–Kearney | Defensive line coach | |
| 2011 | Sacramento State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2012–13 | Boise State | Defensive line coach | |
| 2014–15 | Boise State | Linebackers coach | |
| 2016–18 | Boise State | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2019–20 | Oregon | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2021–23 | Boise State | Head coach | |
| 2024–present | TCU | Defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dan HawkinsColorado
- Chris PetersenBoise State
- Bob GregoryBoise State
- Bryan HarsinBoise State
- Mario CristobalOregon
- Sonny DykesTCU
Assistants who became head coaches
- Frank MaileUtah State
- Spencer DanielsonBoise State
- Stacy CollinsSouth Dakota Mines
- Tim PloughUC Davis
- Demario WarrenSouthern Utah
- Dirk KoetterBoise State, Arizona State, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Lance AndersonUtah Tech
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Hawkins | Colorado | 2006–08 | Graduate assistant | |
| Chris Petersen | Boise State | 2012–13 | Defensive line coach | |
| Bob Gregory | Boise State | 2013 | Defensive line coach | |
| Bryan Harsin | Boise State | 2014–18 | 2014–15: linebackers coach; 2016–18: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Mario Cristobal | Oregon | 2019–20 | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| Sonny Dykes | TCU | 2024–26 | Defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (7)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Maile | Boise State, 2021–22: assistant head coach and defensive line coach | Utah State | |
| Spencer Danielson | Boise State, 2021–23: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | Boise State | |
| Stacy Collins | Boise State, 2021: special teams coordinator and EDGE | South Dakota Mines | |
| Tim Plough | Boise State, 2021–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UC Davis | |
| Demario Warren | Boise State, 2022: cornerbacks coach; 2023: cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator | Southern Utah | |
| Dirk Koetter | Boise State, 2022: offensive analyst; 2022: interim offensive coordinator | Boise State, Arizona State, Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Lance Anderson | Boise State, 2023: senior analyst | Utah Tech |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Kane Ioane | Boise State, 2021–23: co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Matt Miller | Boise State, 2021–23: wide receivers coach | |
| Kelly Poppinga | Boise State, 2022: co-special teams coach and edge | |
| Nate Potter | Boise State, 2022–23: tight ends coach and running game coordinator | |
| Bush Hamdan | Boise State, 2023: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Erik Chinander | Boise State, 2023: assistant head coach, defensive run game coordinator and defensive line coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Boise State | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $35,750 | $315,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Boise State | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $21,250 | $309,520 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Avalos’s teams went for it on 17% of fourth downs and on 28% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 25.3 seconds a play, 2021–2022.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 12 g | 16 of 95 17% | 27% | 50% | 24.1 | +0.05 | |
| 2022 12 g | 16 of 94 17% | 29% | 43% | 26.5 | +0.04 | |
| All 24 g | 32 of 189 17% | 28% | 47% | 25.3 | +0.04 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.