Brad Lambert
Brad Lambert went 22–48 as a head coach, 2013–2018, at Charlotte. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2013–14 at Charlotte (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 22–48 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jan 14, 1965
- Alma mater
- Kansas State 1987
- Best season
- 2018 5–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Charlotte * | 5–6 | ||||
| 2014 | Charlotte * | 5–6 | ||||
| 2015 | Charlotte | 2–10 | 7th (East) | |||
| 2016 | Charlotte | 4–8 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2017 | Charlotte | 1–11 | 7th (East) | |||
| 2018 | Charlotte | 5–7 | 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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Conference games | 32 | 8–24 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 7–10 | 41% |
| At home | 24 | 7–17 | 29% |
| On the road | 24 | 5–19 | 21% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 40 | 8–32 | 20% |
His own 48 games on file, 2015–2018, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Wilder 2015–2018 | 1–3 | Old Dominion | 4 | |
| Doc Holliday 2015–2018 | 1–3 | Marshall | 4 | |
| Rick Stockstill 2015–2018 | 0–4 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | |
| Jay Hopson 2016–2018 | 2–1 | Southern Miss | 3 |
Brad Lambert’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlanticseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Southern Missseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Marshallseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Old Dominionseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| UABseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Western Kentuckyseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | Oklahoma | Graduate assistant | |
| 1990 | Marshall | Defensive ends coach | |
| 1991–95 | Marshall | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1996–98 | Georgia | Special teams and defensive line coach | |
| 1998–99 | Georgia | Linebackers coach | |
| 2000 | Georgia | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2001–07 | Wake Forest | Linebackers coach | |
| 2008–10 | Wake Forest | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2011–18 | Charlotte | Head coach | |
| 2019 | Marshall | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2020 | Marshall | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2021 | Purdue | Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2022–24 | Wake Forest | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2025 | Kentucky | Defensive assistant | |
| 2026–present | Marshall | Defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Barry SwitzerOklahoma
- Gary GibbsOklahoma
- Jim DonnanMarshall, Georgia
- Jim GrobeWake Forest
- Doc HollidayMarshall
- Jeff BrohmPurdue
- Dave ClawsonWake Forest
- Mark StoopsKentucky
- Tony GibsonMarshall
Assistants who became head coaches
- Dean HoodEastern Kentucky, Murray State
- Chris ScelfoTulane
- Glenn SpencerWest Georgia
- Shane MontgomeryMiami (OH), Massachusetts
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Switzer | Oklahoma | 1988 | Graduate assistant | |
| Gary Gibbs | Oklahoma | 1989 | Graduate assistant | |
| Jim Donnan | Marshall | 1990–95 | 1990: defensive ends coach; 1991–95: defensive backs coach | |
| Jim Donnan | Georgia | 1996–2000 | 1996–98: special teams and defensive line coach; 1998–99: linebackers coach; 2000: defensive backs coach | |
| Jim Grobe | Wake Forest | 2001–10 | 2001–07: linebackers coach; 2008–10: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Doc Holliday | Marshall | 2019–20 | 2019: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2020: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Jeff Brohm | Purdue | 2021 | Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Dave Clawson | Wake Forest | 2022–24 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Mark Stoops | Kentucky | 2025 | Defensive assistant | |
| Tony Gibson | Marshall | 2026 | Defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Hood | Charlotte, 2016–17: assistant head coach and tight ends coach | Eastern Kentucky, Murray State | |
| Chris Scelfo | Charlotte, 2018: offensive line coach | Tulane | |
| Glenn Spencer | Charlotte, 2018: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | West Georgia | |
| Shane Montgomery | Charlotte, 2018: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Miami (OH), Massachusetts |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Mullen | Charlotte, 2011–17: offensive coordinator; 2017: quarterbacks coach | |
| Matt Wallerstedt | Charlotte, 2015–17: defensive coordinator | |
| Greg Adkins | Charlotte, 2017: offensive line coach and running game coordinator | |
| Chip West | Charlotte, 2018: co-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 | Charlotte | head coachbonuses up to $120,000; buyout $813,184 | $625,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Charlotte | head coachbonuses up to $120,000 | $600,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Charlotte | head coachbonuses up to $120,000 | $600,000 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
Lambert’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 45% of plays and took 24.8 seconds a play, 2015–2018.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 12 g | 23 of 127 18% | 25% | 44% | 21.1 | −0.20 | |
| 2016 11 g | 28 of 110 25% | 43% | 49% | 23.0 | −0.04 | |
| 2017 12 g | 21 of 119 18% | 26% | 46% | 25.5 | −0.16 | |
| 2018 11 g | 19 of 91 21% | 43% | 42% | 29.8 | −0.07 | |
| All 46 g | 91 of 447 20% | 33% | 45% | 24.8 | −0.12 |
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.