Brad Cornelsen
Brad Cornelsen went 1–0 as a head coach, 2024, at Sam Houston. Share
- Record
- 1–0 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2024 10–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sam Houston interim, bowl game | 1–0 | New Orleans Bowl W |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
His own one games on file, 2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Southernseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Missouri Southern | Student assistant | |
| 2000 | Northeastern State | Student assistant | |
| 2001 | Northwest Missouri State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2001–02 | Oklahoma State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2003–06 | Illinois State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2007 | Illinois State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2008 | Oklahoma State | Quality control coach | |
| 2009–11 | Northeastern State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2012–14 | Memphis | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2015 | Memphis | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2016–21 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023–24 | Sam Houston | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | Interim head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| 2025–present | Enid HS (OK) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Les MilesOklahoma State
- Denver JohnsonIllinois State
- Mike GundyOklahoma State
- Kenny EvansNortheastern State
- Justin FuenteMemphis, Virginia Tech
- Darrell DickeyMemphis
- J.C. PriceVirginia Tech
- K.C. KeelerSam Houston
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Miles | Oklahoma State | 2001–02 | Graduate assistant | |
| Denver Johnson | Illinois State | 2003–07 | 2003–06: wide receivers coach; 2007: quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State | 2008 | Quality control coach | |
| Kenny Evans | Northeastern State | 2009–11 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Justin Fuente | Memphis | 2012–15 | 2012–14: quarterbacks coach; 2015: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Darrell Dickey | Memphis | 2015 | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Justin Fuente | Virginia Tech | 2016–21 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| J.C. Price | Virginia Tech | 2021 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| K.C. Keeler | Sam Houston | 2023–24 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Merkens | Sam Houston, 2024: tight ends coach | |
| Skyler Cassity | Sam Houston, 2024: defensive 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | offensive coordinator | $450,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | offensive coordinator | $450,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Memphis | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $18,083 | $221,340 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.