Chuck Amato
Chuck Amato went 49–37 as a head coach, 2000–2006, at NC State. Share
- Record
- 49–37 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2002 11–3, No. 12
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | NC State | 8–4 | 5th | MicronPC.com Bowl W | ||
| 2001 | NC State | 7–5 | T–4th | Tangerine Bowl L | ||
| 2002 | NC State | 11–3 | 4th | Gator Bowl W | 12 | |
| 2003 | NC State | 8–5 | T–4th | Tangerine Bowl W | ||
| 2004 | NC State | 5–6 | T–8th | |||
| 2005 | NC State | 7–5 | T–4th (Atlantic) | Meineke Car Care Bowl W | ||
| 2006 | NC State | 3–9 | 6th (Atlantic) |
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
Koren RobinsonNo. 9 pick, 2001
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 | 18 | 7–11 | 39% |
| Against top-10 teams | 9 | 2–7 | 22% |
| Against rivals | 27 | 14–13 | 52% |
| Conference games | 56 | 25–31 | 45% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 47 | 20–27 | 43% |
| At home | 46 | 29–17 | 63% |
| On the road | 34 | 15–19 | 44% |
| At neutral sites | 6 | 5–1 | 83% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 50 | 34–16 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 36 | 15–21 | 42% |
His own 86 games on file, 2000–2006, 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 Bowden 2000–2006 | 4–3 | Florida State | 7 | |
| Tommy Bowden 2000–2006 | 2–5 | Clemson | 7 | |
| Jim Grobe 2001–2006 | 3–3 | Wake Forest | 6 | |
| John Bunting 2001–2006 | 2–4 | North Carolina | 6 | |
| Ralph Friedgen 2001–2006 | 2–4 | Maryland | 6 | |
| Chan Gailey 2002–2006 | 1–4 | Georgia Tech | 5 | |
| Al Groh 2001–2006 | 2–2 | Virginia | 4 | |
| Carl Franks 2000–2002 | 3–0 | Duke | 3 |
Chuck Amato’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Stateseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Wake Forestseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| North Carolinaseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Georgia Techseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Marylandseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Clemsonseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Virginiaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Dukeseries | 4 | 4–0 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Florida State’s 1993 staff (assistant head coach, defensive line) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Florida State’s 1999 staff (assistant head coach, linebackers) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–70 | Easton Area HS (PA) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1971–72 | NC State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1973–75 | NC State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1976–79 | NC State | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 1980–81 | Arizona | Linebackers coach | |
| 1982–85 | Florida State | Defensive line coach | |
| 1986–95 | Florida State | Assistant head coach and defensive line coach | |
| 1996–99 | Florida State | Assistant head coach and linebackers coach | |
| 2000–06 | NC State | Head coach | |
| 2007–09 | Florida State | Associate head coach and linebackers coach | |
| 2012–17 | Akron | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Al MichaelsNC State
- Lou HoltzNC State
- Bo ReinNC State
- Larry SmithArizona
- Bobby BowdenFlorida State
- Terry BowdenAkron
Assistants who became head coaches
- Buddy GreenChattanooga
- Curt CignettiJames Madison, Indiana, IU Pennsylvania, Elon
- Doc HollidayMarshall
- Kenny PhillipsFayetteville State
- Manny DiazMiami, Duke
- Norm ChowHawai’i
- Todd StroudWest Alabama
- Mike CanalesNorth Texas
- Reggie HerringArkansas
- Marc TrestmanMontreal Alouettes, Chicago Bears, Toronto Argonauts, Tampa Bay Vipers
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Michaels | NC State | 1971 | Graduate assistant | |
| Lou Holtz | NC State | 1972–75 | 1972: graduate assistant; 1973–75: defensive backs coach | |
| Bo Rein | NC State | 1976–79 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Larry Smith | Arizona | 1980–81 | Linebackers coach | |
| Bobby Bowden | Florida State | 1982–2009 | 1982–85: defensive line coach; 1986–95: assistant head coach and defensive line coach; 1996–99: assistant head coach and linebackers coach; 2007–09: associate head coach and linebackers coach | |
| Terry Bowden | Akron | 2012–17 | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (10)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Green | NC State, 2000–01: defensive coordinator | Chattanooga | |
| Curt Cignetti | NC State, 2000–06: quarterbacks and tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | James Madison, Indiana, IU Pennsylvania, Elon | |
| Doc Holliday | NC State, 2000–04: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | Marshall | |
| Kenny Phillips | NC State, 2000: assistant coach | Fayetteville State | |
| Manny Diaz | NC State, 2000–01: graduate assistant; 2002–03: linebackers coach; 2004–05: safeties and special teams coach | Miami, Duke | |
| Norm Chow | NC State, 2000: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Hawai’i | |
| Todd Stroud | NC State, 2000–04: strength coach; 2004–06: associate head coach and defensive line coach | West Alabama | |
| Mike Canales | NC State, 2001–02: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | North Texas | |
| Reggie Herring | NC State, 2004: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Arkansas | |
| Marc Trestman | NC State, 2005–06: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Montreal Alouettes, Chicago Bears, Toronto Argonauts, Tampa Bay Vipers |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Pat Meyer | NC State, 2000–06: strength and conditioning coach | |
| Marty Galbraith | NC State, 2001–02: offensive coordinator | |
| Noel Mazzone | NC State, 2003–04: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Grant Heard | NC State, 2004: graduate assistant | |
| Steve Dunlap | NC State, 2005–06: 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 | Akron | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $39,987 | $199,920 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Akron | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $39,987 | $199,920 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Akron | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $38,876 | $199,920 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Akron | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $38,876 | $199,920 USA Today | |
| 2006 | NC State | head coach | $995,000 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
Amato’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 32% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 24.2 seconds a play, 2004–2006.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | 15 of 96 16% | 30% | 46% | 21.7 | −0.14 | |
| 2005 8 g | 13 of 74 18% | 34% | 51% | 25.3 | −0.22 | |
| 2006 11 g | 14 of 97 14% | 33% | 56% | 25.9 | −0.12 | |
| All 30 g | 42 of 267 16% | 32% | 51% | 24.2 | −0.16 |
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.