Charlie Weis
Charlie Weis went 41–49 as a head coach, 2005–2014, at Notre Dame and Kansas. Share
- Record
- 41–49 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 2005 9–3, No. 9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Notre Dame | 9–3 | Fiesta Bowl L | 9 | ||
| 2006 | Notre Dame | 10–3 | Sugar Bowl L | 17 | ||
| 2007 | Notre Dame | 3–9 | ||||
| 2008 | Notre Dame | 7–6 | Hawai’i Bowl W | |||
| 2009 | Notre Dame | 6–6 | ||||
| 2010–11: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2012 | Kansas | 1–11 | 10th | |||
| 2013 | Kansas | 3–9 | 10th | |||
| 2014 | Kansas coached four of 12 games | 2–2 | ||||
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.
Players he coached
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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 | 24 | 4–20 | 17% |
| Against top-10 teams | 12 | 1–11 | 8% |
| Against rivals | 39 | 18–21 | 46% |
| Conference games | 19 | 1–18 | 5% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 32 | 15–17 | 47% |
| At home | 49 | 25–24 | 51% |
| On the road | 36 | 13–23 | 36% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 41 | 31–10 | 76% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 49 | 10–39 | 20% |
His own 90 games on file, 2005–2014, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Carroll 2005–2009 | 0–5 | USC | 5 | |
| Joe Tiller 2005–2008 | 3–1 | Purdue | 4 | |
| Paul Johnson 2005–2007 | 2–1 | Navy | 3 | |
| Jim Harbaugh 2007–2009 | 2–1 | Stanford | 3 | |
| Dave Wannstedt 2005–2009 | 1–2 | Pittsburgh | 3 | |
| Lloyd Carr 2005–2007 | 1–2 | Michigan | 3 | |
| Mark Dantonio 2007–2009 | 1–2 | Michigan State | 3 |
Charlie Weis’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Stanfordseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Purdueseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Navyseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Michiganseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| USCseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Washingtonseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2005 Notre Dame: Eddie Robinson
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Boonton HS (NJ) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1980–84 | Morristown HS (NJ) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1985 | South Carolina | Graduate assistant and defensive backs coach | |
| 1986 | South Carolina | Graduate assistant and linebackers coach | |
| 1987 | South Carolina | Volunteer assistant and defensive ends coach | |
| 1988 | South Carolina | ARC | |
| 1989 | Franklin HS (NJ) high school | Head coach | |
| 1990 | New York Giants NFL | Assistant coach | |
| 1991–92 | New York Giants NFL | Running backs coach | |
| 1993–94 | New England Patriots NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 1995 | New England Patriots NFL | Running backs coach | |
| 1996 | New England Patriots NFL | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1997–99 | New York Jets NFL | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2000–04 | New England Patriots NFL | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2005–09 | Notre Dame | Head coach | |
| 2010 | Kansas City Chiefs NFL | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2011 | Florida | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2012–14 | Kansas | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Joe MorrisonSouth Carolina
- Bill ParcellsNew York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets
- Bill BelichickNew England Patriots
- Will MuschampFlorida
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bill LewisWyoming, East Carolina, Georgia Tech
- Brian PolianNevada, John Carroll
- Michael HaywoodMiami (OH), Texas Southern
- Peter VaasAllegheny, Holy Cross, Berlin Thunder, Cologne Centurions
- Rick MinterCincinnati, Marshall
- Rob IanelloAkron
- Jesse MinterMichigan, Baltimore Ravens
- Jon TenutaGeorgia Tech
- KiJuan WareAugsburg
- Clint BowenKansas
- Dave CampoDallas Cowboys
- Eric KiesauFresno State
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Morrison | South Carolina | 1985–88 | 1985: graduate assistant and defensive backs coach; 1986: graduate assistant and linebackers coach; 1987: volunteer assistant and defensive ends coach; 1988: ARC | |
| Bill Parcells | New York Giants NFL | 1990 | Assistant coach | |
| Bill Parcells | New England Patriots NFL | 1993–96 | 1993–94: tight ends coach; 1995: running backs coach; 1996: wide receivers coach | |
| Bill Parcells | New York Jets NFL | 1997–99 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Bill Belichick | New England Patriots NFL | 2000–04 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Will Muschamp | Florida | 2011 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (12)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Lewis | Notre Dame, 2005–07: assistant head coach and defensive backs coach | Wyoming, East Carolina, Georgia Tech | |
| Brian Polian | Notre Dame, 2005: special teams coach and ADB; 2006: special teams coach and LBA; 2007: special teams and inside linebackers coach; 2008–09: special teams coach | Nevada, John Carroll | |
| Michael Haywood | Notre Dame, 2005–08: offensive coordinator and running backs coach | Miami (OH), Texas Southern | |
| Peter Vaas | Notre Dame, 2005–06: quarterbacks coach | Allegheny, Holy Cross, Berlin Thunder, Cologne Centurions | |
| Rick Minter | Notre Dame, 2005–07: defensive coordinator | Cincinnati, Marshall | |
| Rob Ianello | Notre Dame, 2005–09: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator; Kansas, 2012–13: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | Akron | |
| Jesse Minter | Notre Dame, 2006: defensive intern | Michigan, Baltimore Ravens | |
| Jon Tenuta | Notre Dame, 2008: assistant head coach and linebackers coach; 2009: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Georgia Tech | |
| KiJuan Ware | Notre Dame, 2008: running backs coach and intern | Augsburg | |
| Clint Bowen | Kansas, 2012: special teams and safeties coach; 2013: linebackers coach; 2014: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Kansas | |
| Dave Campo | Kansas, 2012–14: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Dallas Cowboys | |
| Eric Kiesau | Kansas, 2014: wide receivers coach and interim offensive coordinator | Fresno State |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Corwin Brown | Notre Dame, 2007–09: defensive coordinator, outside linebackers coach (2007), defensive coordinator, defensive backs coach (2008), assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Randy Hart | Notre Dame, 2009: defensive line coach | |
| Charlie Weis Jr. | Kansas, 2012–14: team manager | |
| DeMontie Cross | Kansas, 2012: linebackers coach | |
| Maurice Crum Jr. | Kansas, 2012: graduate assistant; 2013: assistant director of operations; 2014: director of high school relations | |
| John Reagan | Kansas, 2014: 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kansas | head coachbonuses up to $765,000 | $2,500,000 USA Today | |
| 2013 | Kansas | head coachbonuses up to $615,000 | $2,503,727 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2012 | Kansas | head coachbonuses up to $615,000 | $2,500,000 USA Today via Leeds |
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.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
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
Weis’s teams went for it on 25% of fourth downs and on 41% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 50% of plays and took 25.1 seconds a play, 2005–2014.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 12 g | Notre Dame | 18 of 83 22% | 52% | 51% | 24.4 | +0.10 | |
| 2006 13 g | Notre Dame | 34 of 98 35% | 48% | 56% | 25.8 | +0.06 | |
| 2007 12 g | Notre Dame | 35 of 122 29% | 50% | 54% | 24.1 | −0.24 | |
| 2008 13 g | Notre Dame | 30 of 108 28% | 48% | 53% | 27.6 | −0.13 | |
| 2009 12 g | Notre Dame | 18 of 83 22% | 38% | 55% | 27.0 | +0.10 | |
| 2012 12 g | Kansas | 33 of 108 31% | 44% | 39% | 23.9 | −0.10 | |
| 2013 12 g | Kansas | 26 of 126 21% | 32% | 41% | 22.5 | −0.19 | |
| 2014 12 g | Kansas | 19 of 117 16% | 24% | 48% | 24.9 | −0.11 | |
| All 98 g | 213 of 845 25% | 41% | 50% | 25.1 | −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.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.