Chip Lindsey
Chip Lindsey went 15–19 as a head coach, 2019–2021, at Troy. Share
- Record
- 15–19 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Alma mater
- North Alabama 1997
- Best season
- 2020 5–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Troy | 5–7 | 4th (East) | |||
| 2020 | Troy | 5–6 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2021 | Troy coached 11 of 12 games | 5–6 |
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 | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Conference games | 22 | 9–13 | 41% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| At home | 17 | 8–9 | 47% |
| On the road | 17 | 7–10 | 41% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 21 | 14–7 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 13 | 1–12 | 8% |
His own 34 games on file, 2019–2021, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Spavital 2019–2021 | 3–0 | Texas State | 3 | |
| Jamey Chadwell 2019–2021 | 0–3 | Coastal Carolina | 3 |
Chip Lindsey’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 |
|---|---|---|
| South Alabamaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Texas Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Georgia Southernseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Coastal Carolinaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| App Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Southern Missseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Springville HS (AL) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1999 | Sparkman HS (AL) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 2000–04 | Deshler HS (AL) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 2005–06 | Colbert Heights HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 2007 | Hoover HS (AL) high school | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2008–09 | Lassiter HS (GA) high school | Head coach | |
| 2010 | Troy | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2011–12 | Spain Park HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 2013 | Auburn | Offensive assistant | |
| 2014–15 | Southern Miss | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2016 | Arizona State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2017–18 | Auburn | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019–21 | Troy | Head coach | |
| 2022 | UCF | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023–24 | North Carolina | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2025 | Michigan | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2026–present | Missouri | Offensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Larry BlakeneyTroy
- Gus MalzahnAuburn, UCF
- Todd MonkenSouthern Miss
- Todd GrahamArizona State
- Mack BrownNorth Carolina
- Freddie KitchensNorth Carolina
- Biff PoggiMichigan
- Sherrone MooreMichigan
- Eli DrinkwitzMissouri
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brandon HallTroy
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Blakeney | Troy | 2010 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Gus Malzahn | Auburn | 2013–18 | 2013: offensive assistant; 2017–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Todd Monken | Southern Miss | 2014–15 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Todd Graham | Arizona State | 2016 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Gus Malzahn | UCF | 2022 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mack Brown | North Carolina | 2023–24 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Freddie Kitchens | North Carolina | 2024 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Biff Poggi | Michigan | 2025 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Sherrone Moore | Michigan | 2025 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Eli Drinkwitz | Missouri | 2026 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Hall | Troy, 2019–21: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Troy |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Pugh | Troy, 2019–20: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Luke Meadows | Troy, 2021: 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 | Auburn | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $252,500 | $800,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Arizona State | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $488,000 | $650,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Southern Miss | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $12,500 | $150,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Southern Miss | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $12,500 | $150,000 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
Lindsey’s teams went for it on 25% of fourth downs and on 36% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 59% of plays and took 23.0 seconds a play, 2019–2021.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 12 g | 25 of 86 29% | 38% | 58% | 22.1 | +0.11 | |
| 2020 11 g | 17 of 81 21% | 31% | 61% | 21.9 | +0.01 | |
| 2021 12 g | 24 of 97 25% | 37% | 57% | 25.1 | −0.07 | |
| All 35 g | 66 of 264 25% | 36% | 59% | 23.0 | +0.02 |
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.