Brian Knorr
Brian Knorr went 11–35 as a head coach, 2001–2004, at Ohio. Share
- Record
- 11–35 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2004 4–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ohio | 1–10 | 7th (East) | |||
| 2002 | Ohio | 4–8 | 4th (East) | |||
| 2003 | Ohio | 2–10 | 6th (East) | |||
| 2004 | Ohio | 4–7 | 5th (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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 2–10 | 17% |
| Conference games | 32 | 8–24 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 11 | 2–9 | 18% |
| At home | 21 | 7–14 | 33% |
| On the road | 25 | 4–21 | 16% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 15 | 8–7 | 53% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 31 | 3–28 | 10% |
His own 46 games on file, 2001–2004, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hofher 2001–2004 | 2–2 | Buffalo | 4 | |
| Bob Pruett 2001–2004 | 0–4 | Marshall | 4 | |
| Terry Hoeppner 2001–2004 | 0–4 | Miami (OH) | 4 | |
| Dean Pees 2001–2003 | 1–2 | Kent State | 3 | |
| Lee Owens 2001–2003 | 1–2 | Akron | 3 |
Brian Knorr’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Buffaloseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Akronseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Kent Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Miami (OH)series | 4 | 0–4 |
| Marshallseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| UCFseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Kentuckyseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–94 | Air Force | Assistant offensive line and junior varsity coach | |
| 1995–98 | Ohio | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 1999–2000 | Ohio | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2001–04 | Ohio | Head coach | |
| 2005–06 | Air Force | Outside linebackers and safeties coach | |
| 2007 | Air Force | Assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2008–10 | Wake Forest | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2011 | Wake Forest | Co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2012 | Wake Forest | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2013 | Wake Forest | Defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2014–15 | Indiana | Defensive coordinator and defensive ends and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2016 | Ohio State | Special teams quality control coach | |
| 2017 | Arizona | Special teams coordinator and defensive ends coach | |
| 2018–21 | Air Force | Assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2022–25 | Air Force | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2026–present | Michigan | Assistant special teams |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Fisher DeBerryAir Force
- Jim GrobeOhio, Wake Forest
- Troy CalhounAir Force
- Kevin WilsonIndiana
- Urban MeyerOhio State
- Rich RodriguezArizona
- Kyle WhittinghamMichigan
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tim KishArizona
- Tim DeRuyterTexas A&M, Fresno State
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher DeBerry | Air Force | 1992–2006 | 1992–94: assistant offensive line and junior varsity coach; 2005–06: outside linebackers and safeties coach | |
| Jim Grobe | Ohio | 1995–2000 | 1995–98: inside linebackers coach; 1999–2000: defensive coordinator | |
| Troy Calhoun | Air Force | 2007–25 | 2007–21: assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach; 2022–25: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| Jim Grobe | Wake Forest | 2008–13 | 2008–10: wide receivers coach; 2011: co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach; 2012: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach; 2013: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Kevin Wilson | Indiana | 2014–15 | Defensive coordinator and defensive ends and outside linebackers coach | |
| Urban Meyer | Ohio State | 2016 | Special teams quality control coach | |
| Rich Rodriguez | Arizona | 2017 | Special teams coordinator and defensive ends coach | |
| Kyle Whittingham | Michigan | 2026 | Assistant special teams |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Kish | Ohio, 2001: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Arizona | |
| Tim DeRuyter | Ohio, 2002–04: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Texas A&M, Fresno State |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Gregory | Ohio, 2001–03: offensive coordinator | |
| Steve Russ | Ohio, 2001: outside linebackers coach; 2002–03: inside linebackers coach; 2004: special teams and inside linebackers coach | |
| Bryan Nardo | Ohio, 2004: student assistant | |
| Phil Earley | Ohio, 2004: 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arizona | special teams coordinatorbonuses up to $18,333 | $220,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Indiana | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $62,777 | $365,140 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Indiana | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $62,777 | $357,000 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
Knorr’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 29% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 54% of plays and took 24.1 seconds a play, in 2004.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 2 g | 4 of 21 19% | 29% | 54% | 24.1 | −0.32 |
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.