Brady Hoke
Brady Hoke went 105–92 as a head coach, 2003–2023, at Ball State, San Diego State, Michigan and Tennessee. Share
- Record
- 105–92 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Nov 3, 1958
- Alma mater
- Ball State 1982
- Best season
- 2011 11–2, No. 12
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Ball State | 4–8 | T–4th (West) | |||
| 2004 | Ball State | 2–9 | 6th (West) | |||
| 2005 | Ball State | 4–7 | 5th (West) | |||
| 2006 | Ball State | 5–7 | T–3rd (West) | |||
| 2007 | Ball State | 7–6 | 2nd (West) | International Bowl L | ||
| 2008 | Ball State | 12–1 | 1st (West) | GMAC (not coached) | ||
| 2009 | San Diego State | 4–8 | 7th | |||
| 2010 | San Diego State | 9–4 | T–3rd | Poinsettia Bowl W | ||
| 2011 | Michigan | 11–2 | 2nd (Legends) | Sugar Bowl W | 12 | |
| 2012 | Michigan | 8–5 | 2nd (Legends) | Outback Bowl L | 24 | |
| 2013 | Michigan | 7–6 | 5th (Legends) | Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl L | ||
| 2014 | Michigan | 5–7 | T–4th (East) | |||
| 2015–16: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2017 | Tennessee interim, final 2 games | 0–2 | 7th (Eastern) | |||
| 2018–19: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2020 | San Diego State | 4–4 | 4th | |||
| 2021 | San Diego State | 12–2 | 1st (West) | Frisco Bowl W | 25 | |
| 2022 | San Diego State | 7–6 | T–2nd (West) | Hawai’i Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | San Diego State | 4–8 | T–10th | |||
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
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Matt AraizaConsensus All‑American, 2021
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 | 32 | 5–27 | 16% |
| Against top-10 teams | 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 43 | 23–20 | 53% |
| Conference games | 127 | 70–57 | 55% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 7 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 70 | 36–34 | 51% |
| At home | 100 | 65–35 | 65% |
| On the road | 88 | 37–51 | 42% |
| At neutral sites | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 110 | 81–29 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 87 | 24–63 | 28% |
His own 197 games on file, 2003–2023, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Kelly 2004–2014 | 2–5 | Central Michigan, Notre Dame | 7 | |
| Tom Amstutz 2003–2008 | 4–2 | Toledo | 6 | |
| Troy Calhoun 2009–2023 | 3–3 | Air Force | 6 | |
| Jeff Genyk 2004–2008 | 4–1 | Eastern Michigan | 5 | |
| Bill Cubit 2005–2011 | 4–1 | Western Michigan | 5 | |
| Jerry Kill 2008–2014 | 4–1 | Northern Illinois, Minnesota | 5 | |
| Joe Novak 2003–2007 | 2–3 | Northern Illinois | 5 | |
| Kyle Whittingham 2009–2022 | 1–4 | Utah | 5 | |
| Pat Fitzgerald 2011–2014 | 4–0 | Northwestern | 4 | |
| Brent Brennan 2020–2023 | 2–2 | San José State | 4 |
Brady Hoke’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Michiganseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Toledoseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Western Michiganseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Central Michiganseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Air Forceseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| UNLVseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Indianaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Michigan’s 1997 staff (defensive line coach) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–82 | Yorktown HS (IN) high school | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1983 | Grand Valley State | Defensive line coach | |
| 1984–86 | Western Michigan | Special teams and defensive line coach | |
| 1987–88 | Toledo | Special teams and outside linebackers coach | |
| 1989–90 | Oregon State | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 1991–94 | Oregon State | Defensive line coach | |
| 1995–96 | Michigan | Defensive ends coach | |
| 1997–2001 | Michigan | Defensive line coach | |
| 2002 | Michigan | Assistant head coach and defensive line coach | |
| 2003–08 | Ball State | Head coach | |
| 2009–10 | San Diego State | Head coach | |
| 2011–14 | Michigan | Head coach | |
| 2016 | Oregon | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2017 | Tennessee | Assistant head coach and defensive line coach | |
| 2017 | Tennessee | Interim head coach | |
| 2018 | Carolina Panthers NFL | Defensive line coach | |
| 2019 | San Diego State | Defensive line coach | |
| 2020–23 | San Diego State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jack HarbaughWestern Michigan
- Dan SimrellToledo
- Dave KragthorpeOregon State
- Jerry PettiboneOregon State
- Lloyd CarrMichigan
- Mark HelfrichOregon
- Butch JonesTennessee
- Rocky LongSan Diego State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Don TreadwellMichigan State, Miami (OH), Arkansas–Pine Bluff
- Landon FoxValparaiso
- Stan ParrishKansas State, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Wabash, Marshall
- Rocky LongNew Mexico, San Diego State
- Curt MalloryIndiana State
- Bob ShoopColumbia
- Larry ScottHoward
- Mike CanalesNorth Texas
- Walt WellsEastern Kentucky
- Jeff HortonNevada, UNLV, Minnesota
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Harbaugh | Western Michigan | 1984–86 | Special teams and defensive line coach | |
| Dan Simrell | Toledo | 1987–88 | Special teams and outside linebackers coach | |
| Dave Kragthorpe | Oregon State | 1989–90 | Inside linebackers coach | |
| Jerry Pettibone | Oregon State | 1991–94 | Defensive line coach | |
| Lloyd Carr | Michigan | 1995–2002 | 1995–96: defensive ends coach; 1997–2001: defensive line coach; 2002: assistant head coach and defensive line coach | |
| Mark Helfrich | Oregon | 2016 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Butch Jones | Tennessee | 2017 | Assistant head coach and defensive line coach | |
| Rocky Long | San Diego State | 2019 | Defensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (10)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Treadwell | Ball State, 2003: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Michigan State, Miami (OH), Arkansas–Pine Bluff | |
| Landon Fox | Ball State, 2004: graduate assistant | Valparaiso | |
| Stan Parrish | Ball State, 2005: quarterbacks coach; 2006–08: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Kansas State, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Wabash, Marshall | |
| Rocky Long | San Diego State, 2009–10: defensive coordinator | New Mexico, San Diego State | |
| Curt Mallory | Michigan, 2011–14: defensive backs coach | Indiana State | |
| Bob Shoop | Tennessee, 2017: defensive coordinator | Columbia | |
| Larry Scott | Tennessee, 2017: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | Howard | |
| Mike Canales | Tennessee, 2017: quarterbacks coach | North Texas | |
| Walt Wells | Tennessee, 2017: offensive line coach | Eastern Kentucky | |
| Jeff Horton | San Diego State, 2020–22: running backs coach | Nevada, UNLV, Minnesota |
Other assistants under him (18)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Kurt Mattix | Ball State, 2003: graduate assistant; Michigan, 2011–14: quality control coach; San Diego State, 2020–23: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Jeff Hecklinski | Ball State, 2004–08: wide receivers coach; San Diego State, 2009–10: assistant head coach and running backs coach; Michigan, 2011–14: wide receivers coach; San Diego State, 2020–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Eddie Faulkner | Ball State, 2006: offensive coordinator | |
| Mark Smith | Ball State, 2006–08: defensive coordinator | |
| Al Borges | San Diego State, 2009–10: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Michigan, 2011–13: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Dan Ferrigno | San Diego State, 2009–10: special teams and tight ends coach; Michigan, 2011–14: special teams and tight ends coach | |
| Tony White | San Diego State, 2009–10: cornerbacks coach | |
| Christian Taylor | San Diego State, 2010: offensive assistant; Michigan, 2011: offensive assistant | |
| Fred Jackson | Michigan, 2011–14: running backs coach | |
| Greg Mattison | Michigan, 2011–13: defensive coordinator; 2014: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Doug Nussmeier | Michigan, 2014: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| John Van Dam | Michigan, 2014: offensive quality control assistant | |
| Charlton Warren | Tennessee, 2017: defensive backs and special teams coach | |
| Tommy Thigpen | Tennessee, 2017: linebackers coach | |
| Kevin Wolthausen | San Diego State, 2020–23: defensive assistant | |
| Matt Linehan | San Diego State, 2020: graduate assistant | |
| Justin Ena | San Diego State, 2022: defensive line coach | |
| Ryan Lindley | San Diego State, 2022: quarterbacks coach; 2023: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Oregon | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $258,334 | $403,600 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Michigan | head coachbonuses up to $575,000 | $2,856,000 USA Today | |
| 2013 | Michigan | head coachbonuses up to $550,000 | $4,154,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2012 | Michigan | head coachbonuses up to $525,000 | $3,046,120 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2011 | Michigan | head coachbonuses up to $500,000 | $3,254,000 USA Today via Leeds |
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.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
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
Hoke’s teams went for it on 17% of fourth downs and on 32% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 26.9 seconds a play, 2004–2023.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 3 g | Ball State | 3 of 33 9% | 25% | 47% | 24.5 | −0.32 | |
| 2005 9 g | Ball State | 16 of 94 17% | 29% | 51% | 26.0 | −0.17 | |
| 2006 12 g | Ball State | 17 of 95 18% | 37% | 54% | 26.4 | −0.03 | |
| 2007 12 g | Ball State | 12 of 91 13% | 20% | 53% | 22.9 | +0.06 | |
| 2008 13 g | Ball State | 11 of 69 16% | 27% | 46% | 26.5 | +0.09 | |
| 2009 11 g | San Diego State | 9 of 75 12% | 26% | 60% | 24.0 | −0.06 | |
| 2010 13 g | San Diego State | 12 of 84 14% | 23% | 50% | 23.9 | +0.08 | |
| 2011 13 g | Michigan | 17 of 78 22% | 48% | 36% | 28.6 | +0.05 | |
| 2012 13 g | Michigan | 13 of 76 17% | 33% | 41% | 28.3 | +0.01 | |
| 2013 13 g | Michigan | 13 of 98 13% | 35% | 46% | 27.0 | +0.04 | |
| 2014 12 g | Michigan | 13 of 85 15% | 27% | 47% | 28.4 | −0.10 | |
| 2020 8 g | San Diego State | 20 of 77 26% | 56% | 39% | 27.1 | −0.11 | |
| 2021 13 g | San Diego State | 20 of 117 17% | 37% | 42% | 29.1 | −0.08 | |
| 2022 12 g | San Diego State | 20 of 104 19% | 24% | 47% | 28.4 | −0.06 | |
| 2023 12 g | San Diego State | 21 of 99 21% | 37% | 44% | 29.6 | −0.05 | |
| All 169 g | 217 of 1275 17% | 32% | 47% | 26.9 | −0.02 |
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.