Charlie Partridge
Charlie Partridge went 9–27 as a head coach, 2014–2016, at Florida Atlantic. Share
- Record
- 9–27 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Dec 7, 1973
- Alma mater
- Drake 1995
- Best season
- 2014 3–9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Florida Atlantic | 3–9 | 7th (East) | |||
| 2015 | Florida Atlantic | 3–9 | 6th (East) | |||
| 2016 | Florida Atlantic | 3–9 | T–6th (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 top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 24 | 7–17 | 29% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 5–12 | 29% |
| At home | 17 | 6–11 | 35% |
| On the road | 19 | 3–16 | 16% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 4–5 | 44% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 27 | 5–22 | 19% |
His own 36 games on file, 2014–2016, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Wilder 2014–2016 | 1–2 | Old Dominion | 3 | |
| Jeff Brohm 2014–2016 | 1–2 | Western Kentucky | 3 | |
| Doc Holliday 2014–2016 | 0–3 | Marshall | 3 | |
| Rick Stockstill 2014–2016 | 0–3 | Middle Tennessee | 3 |
Charlie Partridge’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Western Kentuckyseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Old Dominionseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Marshallseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Tulsaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Riceseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Charlotteseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Drake | Graduate assistant | |
| 1998–99 | Iowa State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2002 | Eastern Illinois | Defensive line and linebackers coach | |
| 2003–05 | Pittsburgh | Defensive ends coach | |
| 2006 | Pittsburgh | Special teams and defensive line coach | |
| 2007 | Pittsburgh | Special teams and linebackers coach | |
| 2008–10 | Wisconsin | Special teams and defensive line coach | |
| 2011–12 | Wisconsin | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| 2013 | Arkansas | Assistant head coach and defensive line coach | |
| 2014–16 | Florida Atlantic | Head coach | |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | Defensive line coach | |
| 2018–23 | Pittsburgh | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| 2024–25 | Indianapolis Colts NFL | Defensive line coach | |
| 2026–present | Notre Dame | Defensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dan McCarneyIowa State
- Bob SpooEastern Illinois
- Walt HarrisPittsburgh
- Dave WannstedtPittsburgh
- Bret BielemaWisconsin, Arkansas
- Barry AlvarezWisconsin
- Pat NarduzziPittsburgh
- Marcus FreemanNotre Dame
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian WrightFlorida Atlantic, Pittsburg State, Northern Arizona
- Garin JusticeConcord
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan McCarney | Iowa State | 1998–99 | Graduate assistant | |
| Bob Spoo | Eastern Illinois | 2002 | Defensive line and linebackers coach | |
| Walt Harris | Pittsburgh | 2003–04 | Defensive ends coach | |
| Dave Wannstedt | Pittsburgh | 2005–07 | 2005: defensive ends coach; 2006: special teams and defensive line coach; 2007: special teams and linebackers coach | |
| Bret Bielema | Wisconsin | 2008–12 | 2008–10: special teams and defensive line coach; 2011–12: assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Barry Alvarez | Wisconsin | 2012 | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Bret Bielema | Arkansas | 2013 | Assistant head coach and defensive line coach | |
| Pat Narduzzi | Pittsburgh | 2017–23 | 2017: defensive line coach; 2018–23: co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Marcus Freeman | Notre Dame | 2026 | Defensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Wright | Florida Atlantic, 2014–15: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Florida Atlantic, Pittsburg State, Northern Arizona | |
| Garin Justice | Florida Atlantic, 2016: offensive line coach | Concord |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Roc Bellantoni | Florida Atlantic, 2014–16: defensive coordinator | |
| Terrance Jamison | Florida Atlantic, 2014–16: defensive line coach | |
| Mark Cala | Florida Atlantic, 2016: analyst | |
| Travis Trickett | Florida Atlantic, 2016: 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 | Florida Atlantic | head coachbonuses up to $100,000; $5,000 in bonuses paid | $591,250 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Florida Atlantic | head coachbonuses up to $100,000 | $525,500 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Florida Atlantic | head coachbonuses up to $100,000 | $500,000 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
Partridge’s teams went for it on 23% of fourth downs and on 36% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 23.8 seconds a play, 2014–2016.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 8 g | 14 of 71 20% | 33% | 47% | 25.1 | −0.04 | |
| 2015 11 g | 32 of 108 30% | 52% | 47% | 23.2 | −0.11 | |
| 2016 11 g | 16 of 95 17% | 23% | 48% | 23.4 | +0.04 | |
| All 30 g | 62 of 274 23% | 36% | 47% | 23.8 | −0.03 |
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.