Biff Poggi
Biff Poggi went 8–17 as a head coach, 2023–2025, at Charlotte and Michigan. Share
- Record
- 8–17 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2025 9–4, No. 21
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Charlotte | 3–9 | T–11th | |||
| 2024 | Charlotte coached 10 of 12 games | 3–7 | ||||
| 2025 | Michigan interim, games 3–4, bowl game | 2–1 | Citrus Bowl L | 21 |
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 | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Conference games | 15 | 5–10 | 33% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| At home | 12 | 4–8 | 33% |
| On the road | 12 | 4–8 | 33% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 4–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 21 | 4–17 | 19% |
His own 25 games on file, 2023–2025, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| East Carolinaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Riceseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| South Floridaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Memphisseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Navyseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Nebraskaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tulsaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Central Michiganseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Brown | Assistant coach | |
| 1987 | Temple | Assistant coach | |
| 1987 | The Citadel | Assistant coach | |
| 1988–95 | Gilman School (MD) high school | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 1996–2015 | Gilman School (MD) high school | Head coach | |
| 2016 | Michigan | Analyst | |
| 2017–20 | Saint Frances Academy (MD) high school | Head coach | |
| 2021–22 | Michigan | Associate head coach | |
| 2023–24 | Charlotte | Head coach | |
| 2025 | Michigan | Associate and interim head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bruce AriansTemple
- Charlie TaaffeThe Citadel
- John RosenbergBrown
- Jim HarbaughMichigan
Assistants who became head coaches
- Steve WilksArizona Cardinals
- Tim BrewsterMinnesota, Charlotte
- Chip LindseyTroy
- Kerry CoombsCincinnati
- Lou EspositoSaint Joseph’s (IN), Davenport
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Arians | Temple | 1987 | Assistant coach | |
| Charlie Taaffe | The Citadel | 1987 | Assistant coach | |
| John Rosenberg | Brown | 1987 | Assistant coach | |
| Jim Harbaugh | Michigan | 2016–22 | 2016: analyst; 2021–22: associate head coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Wilks | Charlotte, 2024: volunteer advisor | Arizona Cardinals | |
| Tim Brewster | Charlotte, 2024: assistant head coach and tight ends coach | Minnesota, Charlotte | |
| Chip Lindsey | Michigan, 2025: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Troy | |
| Kerry Coombs | Michigan, 2025: special teams coordinator | Cincinnati | |
| Lou Esposito | Michigan, 2025: defensive line coach | Saint Joseph’s (IN), Davenport |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Miller | Charlotte, 2023–24: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Ryan Osborn | Charlotte, 2023–24: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Bret Ingalls | Michigan, 2025: senior offensive assistant | |
| Don Martindale | Michigan, 2025: defensive coordinator | |
| Fred Jackson | Michigan, 2025: analyst and running backs coach | |
| Steve Casula | Michigan, 2025: co-offensive coordinator and tight ends 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.
How he coached
Poggi’s teams went for it on 28% of fourth downs and on 52% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 27.9 seconds a play, 2023–2024.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 12 g | 34 of 114 30% | 55% | 46% | 28.9 | −0.13 | |
| 2024 11 g | 21 of 82 26% | 47% | 52% | 26.8 | −0.08 | |
| All 23 g | 55 of 196 28% | 52% | 49% | 27.9 | −0.10 |
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.