Bob Diaco
Bob Diaco went 11–26 as a head coach, 2014–2016, at UConn. Share
- Record
- 11–26 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Feb 19, 1973
- Alma mater
- Iowa 1996
- Best season
- 2015 6–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | UConn | 2–10 | T–10th | |||
| 2015 | UConn | 6–7 | T–3rd (East) | St. Petersburg Bowl L | ||
| 2016 | UConn | 3–9 | T–4th (East) |
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.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Conference games | 24 | 6–18 | 25% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 16 | 8–8 | 50% |
| At home | 20 | 9–11 | 45% |
| On the road | 15 | 2–13 | 13% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 26 | 7–19 | 27% |
His own 37 games on file, 2014–2016, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronco Mendenhall 2014–2016 | 1–2 | BYU, Virginia | 3 | |
| Tommy Tuberville 2014–2016 | 1–2 | Cincinnati | 3 | |
| Matt Rhule 2014–2016 | 0–3 | Temple | 3 | |
| Willie Taggart 2014–2016 | 0–3 | South Florida | 3 |
Bob Diaco’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 |
|---|---|---|
| UCFseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| East Carolinaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| South Floridaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Templeseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Houstonseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Armyseries | 2 | 1–1 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2012 Notre Dame: Broyles Award
Other roles
- Team MVP, Iowa 1995
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Iowa | Graduate assistant | |
| 1999–2000 | Western Illinois | Running backs and special teams coach | |
| 2001 | Eastern Michigan | Running backs and special teams coach | |
| 2002 | Eastern Michigan | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 2003 | Eastern Michigan | Outside linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 2004 | Western Michigan | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 2005 | Central Michigan | Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2006–08 | Virginia | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 2009 | Cincinnati | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2010–11 | Notre Dame | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2012–13 | Notre Dame | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2014–16 | UConn | Head coach | |
| 2017 | Nebraska | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | Outside linebackers coach | |
| 2019 | Louisiana Tech | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2020 | Purdue | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2022–23 | New Jersey Generals USFL | Defensive line coach | |
| 2023–24 | LSU | Special teams and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2025–present | North Carolina | Defensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Hayden FryIowa
- Don PattersonWestern Illinois
- Jeff WoodruffEastern Michigan
- Al LavanEastern Michigan
- Gary DarnellWestern Michigan
- Brian KellyCentral Michigan, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, LSU
- Al GrohVirginia
- Jeff QuinnCincinnati
- Mike RileyNebraska, New Jersey Generals
- Lincoln RileyOklahoma
- Skip HoltzLouisiana Tech
- Jeff BrohmPurdue
- and 1 more
Assistants who became head coaches
- Don PattersonWestern Illinois
- Vincent BrownNorth Carolina A&T
Worked under (13)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Fry | Iowa | 1996–97 | Graduate assistant | |
| Don Patterson | Western Illinois | 1999–2000 | Running backs and special teams coach | |
| Jeff Woodruff | Eastern Michigan | 2001–03 | 2001: running backs and special teams coach; 2002: linebackers and special teams coach; 2003: outside linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Al Lavan | Eastern Michigan | 2003 | Outside linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Gary Darnell | Western Michigan | 2004 | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Brian Kelly | Central Michigan | 2005 | Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Al Groh | Virginia | 2006–08 | Linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Jeff Quinn | Cincinnati | 2009 | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| Brian Kelly | Cincinnati | 2009 | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| Brian Kelly | Notre Dame | 2010–13 | 2010–11: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach; 2012–13: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Mike Riley | Nebraska | 2017 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Lincoln Riley | Oklahoma | 2018 | Outside linebackers coach | |
| Skip Holtz | Louisiana Tech | 2019 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Jeff Brohm | Purdue | 2020 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Mike Riley | New Jersey Generals pro | 2022–23 | Defensive line coach | |
| Brian Kelly | LSU | 2023–24 | Special teams and outside linebackers coach | |
| Bill Belichick | North Carolina | 2025–26 | Defensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Patterson | UConn, 2014: associate head coach and quarterbacks coach; 2015: assistant head coach and tight ends coach | Western Illinois | |
| Vincent Brown | UConn, 2014–15: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2016: co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | North Carolina A&T |
Other assistants under him (7)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Poindexter | UConn, 2014–16: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| David Corley Jr. | UConn, 2014: running backs coach; 2015: wide receivers and special teams coach; 2016: offensive coordinator and special teams coach | |
| Kevin Wolthausen | UConn, 2014–15: defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator; 2016: special teams and linebackers coach | |
| Mike Cummings | UConn, 2014: offensive coordinator | |
| Tyler Stockton | UConn, 2014–15: graduate assistant | |
| Wayne Lineburg | UConn, 2014: wide receivers and special teams coach; 2015–16: quarterbacks coach | |
| Frank Verducci | UConn, 2015–16: offensive coordinator |
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 | State payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Nebraska | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $330,000 | $825,000 USA Today | ||
| 2017 | UConn | head coach in 2016 | $3,590,432 | ||
| 2016 | UConn | head coachbonuses up to $450,000; $33,333 in bonuses paid | $1,700,000 USA Today | $1,748,333 | |
| 2015 | UConn | head coachbonuses up to $450,000 | $1,550,000 USA Today | $1,564,423 | |
| 2014 | UConn | head coachbonuses up to $450,000 | $1,500,000 USA Today | $965,729 |
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.
Connecticut’s state payroll (Open Data Portal): what the state actually paid in the calendar year, salary and special payments together.
Contract pay and the state payroll differ by design: one is the season’s contract, the other what the state paid in a calendar or fiscal year, so a December hire’s short first year, bonuses and camp money paid as special payments, and pay that ran on after he left all show in the payroll.
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.