Carl Pelini
Carl Pelini went 7–18 as a head coach, 2012–2018, at Florida Atlantic and Bowling Green. Share
- Record
- 7–18 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jul 15, 1965
- Alma mater
- Youngstown State 1989
- Best season
- 2018 3–9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Florida Atlantic | 3–9 | T–8th | |||
| 2013 | Florida Atlantic coached eight of 12 games | 2–6 | ||||
| 2014–17: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2018 | Bowling Green interim, remainder of season | 2–3 | T–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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 18 | 5–13 | 28% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 2–7 | 22% |
| At home | 9 | 2–7 | 22% |
| On the road | 16 | 5–11 | 31% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 22 | 6–16 | 27% |
His own 25 games on file, 2012–2018, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| UABseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| South Floridaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Western Kentuckyseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Akronseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Central Michiganseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Troyseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Wagnerseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–88 | Cardinal Mooney HS (OH) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1989–90 | Kansas State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1991 | Kansas State | Receivers coach | |
| 1993–94 | Blue Valley HS (KS) high school | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1995–99 | Winnetonka HS (MO) high school | Head coach | |
| 2000–02 | Austintown Fitch HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 2003 | Nebraska | Graduate assistant | |
| 2004 | Minnesota State | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2005–07 | Ohio | Defensive line coach | |
| 2008–11 | Nebraska | Defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| 2012–13 | Florida Atlantic | Head coach | |
| 2015–17 | Youngstown State | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2018 | Bowling Green | Defensive coordinator and interim head coach | |
| 2019 | Youngstown State | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2020–24 | Cardinal Mooney HS (OH) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bill SnyderKansas State
- Bo PeliniNebraska, Youngstown State
- Frank SolichNebraska, Ohio
- Mike JinksBowling Green
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian WrightFlorida Atlantic, Pittsburg State, Northern Arizona
- Jimmy RogersWashington State, Iowa State, South Dakota State
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Snyder | Kansas State | 1989–91 | 1989–90: graduate assistant; 1991: receivers coach | |
| Bo Pelini | Nebraska | 2003–11 | 2003: graduate assistant; 2008–11: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Frank Solich | Nebraska | 2003 | Graduate assistant | |
| Frank Solich | Ohio | 2005–07 | Defensive line coach | |
| Bo Pelini | Youngstown State | 2015–19 | 2015–17: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2019: defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Jinks | Bowling Green | 2018 | Defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wright | Florida Atlantic, 2012–13: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Florida Atlantic, Pittsburg State, Northern Arizona | |
| Jimmy Rogers | Florida Atlantic, 2012: graduate assistant | Washington State, Iowa State, South Dakota State |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jovan Dewitt | Florida Atlantic, 2012–13: linebackers coach | |
| Pete Rekstis | Florida Atlantic, 2012–13: defensive coordinator | |
| Andy Padron | Bowling Green, 2018: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Kevin Kilmer | Bowling Green, 2018: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Seth Doege | Bowling Green, 2018: special teams coordinator and wide receivers 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.
How he coached
Pelini’s teams went for it on 21% of fourth downs and on 37% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 54% of plays and took 22.8 seconds a play, in 2012.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 12 g | 22 of 105 21% | 37% | 54% | 22.8 | −0.06 |
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.