Brian Wright
Brian Wright went 55–19 as a head coach, 2013–2026, at Florida Atlantic, Pittsburg State and Northern Arizona. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2020–23 at Pittsburg State; 2024–26 at Northern Arizona. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 55–19 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2013 6–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Florida Atlantic interim, final 4 games | 4–0 | 4th (East) | |||
| 2014–19: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2020 | Pittsburg State * | 2–2 | N / A | |||
| 2021 | Pittsburg State * | 8–3 | 4th | |||
| 2022 | Pittsburg State * | 12–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II Second Round L | 5 | |
| 2023 | Pittsburg State * | 11–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division II Second Round L | 5 | |
| 2024 | Northern Arizona * | 8–5 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I First Round L | 22 | |
| 2025 | Northern Arizona * | 7–5 | T–6th | |||
| 2026 | Northern Arizona * | 3–1 | ||||
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 rivals | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| At home | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
His own four games on file, 2013, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Southern Missseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tulaneseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Wooster | Student assistant | |
| 1995–96 | Walsh | Graduate assistant | |
| 1997 | Youngstown State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1998 | Walsh | Passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 1999 | Walsh | Co-special teams coach, passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2000 | Walsh | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2001–02 | Youngstown State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2003 | Youngstown State | Quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| 2004 | Youngstown State | Recruiting coordinator | |
| 2005–07 | Youngstown State | Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2008–09 | Youngstown State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2010–11 | Montana State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2012–13 | Florida Atlantic | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2013 | Florida Atlantic | Interim head coach | |
| 2014–15 | Florida Atlantic | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2016–19 | Toledo | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2020–23 | Pittsburg State | Head coach | |
| 2024–present | Northern Arizona | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bob TuckerWooster
- Jim DennisonWalsh
- Jim TresselYoungstown State
- Jon HeacockYoungstown State
- Carl PeliniFlorida Atlantic
- Charlie PartridgeFlorida Atlantic
- Jason CandleToledo
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tom AnthonyPittsburg State
- Adam ClarkWestern New Mexico
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tucker | Wooster | 1994 | Student assistant | |
| Jim Dennison | Walsh | 1995–2000 | 1995–96: graduate assistant; 1998: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach; 1999: co-special teams coach, passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2000: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Jim Tressel | Youngstown State | 1997 | Graduate assistant | |
| Jon Heacock | Youngstown State | 2001–09 | 2001–02: quarterbacks coach; 2003: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach; 2004: recruiting coordinator; 2005–07: offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator; 2008–09: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Carl Pelini | Florida Atlantic | 2012–13 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Charlie Partridge | Florida Atlantic | 2014–15 | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Jason Candle | Toledo | 2016–19 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Anthony | Pittsburg State, 2020–22: defensive coordinator | Pittsburg State | |
| Adam Clark | Northern Arizona, 2024–25: defensive coordinator | Western New Mexico |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jovan Dewitt | Florida Atlantic, 2013: linebackers coach | |
| Pete Rekstis | Florida Atlantic, 2013: 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 | Toledo | offensive coordinator | $146,950 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Toledo | offensive coordinator | $146,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Florida Atlantic | offensive coordinator | $160,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Florida Atlantic | offensive coordinator | $156,600 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.