Brian Cabral
Brian Cabral went 2–1 as a head coach in the games on file: 2010 at Colorado (interim, final 3 games). His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 2–1 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2010 5–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Colorado interim, final 3 games | 2–1 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
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 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| At home | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
His own three games on file, 2010, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Kansas Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Nebraskaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Also a player: Brian Cabral’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–88 | Purdue | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 1989 | Colorado | Graduate assistant | |
| 1990–2010 | Colorado | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 2010 | Colorado | Interim head coach | |
| 2010–12 | Colorado | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 2013–16 | Indiana State | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2020–present | Colorado | Character coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Fred AkersPurdue
- Bill McCartneyColorado
- Rick NeuheiselColorado
- Gary BarnettColorado
- Mike HankwitzColorado
- Dan HawkinsColorado
- Jon EmbreeColorado
- Mike Sanford Sr.Indiana State
- Karl DorrellColorado
- Mike Sanford Jr.Colorado
- Deion SandersColorado
Assistants who became head coaches
- Denver JohnsonMurray State, Illinois State, Missouri Southern
- Eric KiesauFresno State
Worked under (11)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Akers | Purdue | 1987–88 | Inside linebackers coach | |
| Bill McCartney | Colorado | 1989–94 | 1989: graduate assistant; 1990–94: inside linebackers coach | |
| Rick Neuheisel | Colorado | 1995–98 | Inside linebackers coach | |
| Gary Barnett | Colorado | 1999–2005 | Inside linebackers coach | |
| Mike Hankwitz | Colorado | 2005 | Inside linebackers coach | |
| Dan Hawkins | Colorado | 2006–10 | Inside linebackers coach | |
| Jon Embree | Colorado | 2011–12 | Inside linebackers coach | |
| Mike Sanford Sr. | Indiana State | 2013–16 | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Karl Dorrell | Colorado | 2020–22 | Character coach | |
| Mike Sanford Jr. | Colorado | 2022 | Character coach | |
| Deion Sanders | Colorado | 2023–26 | Character coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Johnson | Colorado, 2010: offensive line coach | Murray State, Illinois State, Missouri Southern | |
| Eric Kiesau | Colorado, 2010: offensive coordinator | Fresno State |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Tucker | Colorado, 2010: offensive technical assistant | |
| Greg Brown | Colorado, 2010: defensive backs coach | |
| Robert Prince | Colorado, 2010: pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Ron Collins | Colorado, 2010: 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.