Craig Bohl
Craig Bohl went 165–92 as a head coach, 2003–2023, at North Dakota State and Wyoming. Share
11 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2003–13 at North Dakota State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 165–92 career
- Seasons
- 21
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jul 27, 1958
- Alma mater
- Nebraska 1982
- Best season
- 2023 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | North Dakota State * | 8–3 | T–2nd | 10 | ||
| 2004 | North Dakota State * | 8–3 | 3rd | Ineligible | 23 | |
| 2005 | North Dakota State * | 7–4 | 3rd | Ineligible | ||
| 2006 | North Dakota State * | 10–1 | 1st | Ineligible | 5 | |
| 2007 | North Dakota State * | 10–1 | 2nd | Ineligible | 9 | |
| 2008 | North Dakota State * | 6–5 | T–4th | |||
| 2009 | North Dakota State * | 3–8 | 7th | |||
| 2010 | North Dakota State * | 9–5 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I Quarterfinal L | 9 | |
| 2011 | North Dakota State * | 14–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Championship W | 1 | |
| 2012 | North Dakota State * | 14–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Championship W | 1 | |
| 2013 | North Dakota State * | 15–0 | 1st | NCAA Division I Championship W | 1 | |
| 2014 | Wyoming | 4–8 | T–5th (Mountain) | |||
| 2015 | Wyoming | 2–10 | 6th (Mountain) | |||
| 2016 | Wyoming | 8–6 | T–1st (Mountain) | Poinsettia Bowl L | ||
| 2017 | Wyoming | 8–5 | T–2nd (Mountain) | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl W | ||
| 2018 | Wyoming | 6–6 | 3rd (Mountain) | |||
| 2019 | Wyoming | 8–5 | 4th (Mountain) | Arizona Bowl W | ||
| 2020 | Wyoming | 2–4 | 8th | |||
| 2021 | Wyoming | 7–6 | T–4th (Mountain) | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl W | ||
| 2022 | Wyoming | 7–6 | T–2nd (Mountain) | Arizona Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | Wyoming | 9–4 | T–4th | Arizona Bowl W |
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
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 | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 25 | 15–10 | 60% |
| Conference games | 78 | 37–41 | 47% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 6 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 48 | 27–21 | 56% |
| At home | 59 | 40–19 | 68% |
| On the road | 56 | 17–39 | 30% |
| At neutral sites | 6 | 4–2 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 58 | 40–18 | 69% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 63 | 21–42 | 33% |
His own 121 games on file, 2014–2023, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Calhoun 2014–2023 | 5–4 | Air Force | 9 | |
| Bryan Harsin 2014–2020 | 1–6 | Boise State | 7 | |
| Bob Davie 2014–2019 | 3–3 | New Mexico | 6 | |
| Mike Bobo 2015–2019 | 4–1 | Colorado State | 5 | |
| Matt Wells 2014–2018 | 2–3 | Utah State | 5 | |
| Jay Norvell 2019–2023 | 3–1 | Nevada, Colorado State | 4 | |
| Danny Gonzales 2020–2023 | 2–2 | New Mexico | 4 | |
| Rocky Long 2015–2019 | 1–3 | San Diego State | 4 | |
| Brent Brennan 2017–2022 | 1–3 | San José State | 4 | |
| Jeff Tedford 2017–2023 | 1–3 | Fresno State | 4 |
Craig Bohl’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Stateseries | 10 | 7–3 |
| New Mexicoseries | 10 | 5–5 |
| Boise Stateseries | 10 | 1–9 |
| Air Forceseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Utah Stateseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Hawai’iseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Nevadaseries | 5 | 4–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Nebraska’s 1995 staff (assistant coach, linebackers) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Nebraska’s 1997 staff (assistant 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–83 | Nebraska | Graduate assistant | |
| 1984 | North Dakota State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1985–86 | Tulsa | Linebackers coach | |
| 1987–88 | Wisconsin | Linebackers coach | |
| 1989–93 | Rice | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1994 | Duke | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 1995–99 | Nebraska | Linebackers coach | |
| 2000–02 | Nebraska | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2003–13 | North Dakota State | Head coach | |
| 2014–23 | Wyoming | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Tom OsborneNebraska
- Don MortonNorth Dakota State, Tulsa, Wisconsin
- Fred GoldsmithRice, Duke
- Frank SolichNebraska
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brent VigenMontana State
- Dan EnosCentral Michigan
- Jeff McInerneyCentral Connecticut
- Van MaloneHampton
- Tim AlbinOhio, Charlotte, Northwestern Oklahoma State
- Tim PolasekNorth Dakota State
- Jake DickertWashington State, Wake Forest
- Brian WardBowling Green, McPherson
- Kenni BurnsKent State
- Chris KliemanKansas State, Loras, North Dakota State
- Steve StanardNebraska Wesleyan
- Mike BathMiami (OH)
- and 4 more
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Osborne | Nebraska | 1981–97 | 1981–83: graduate assistant; 1995–97: linebackers coach | |
| Don Morton | North Dakota State | 1984 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Don Morton | Tulsa | 1985–86 | Linebackers coach | |
| Don Morton | Wisconsin | 1987–88 | Linebackers coach | |
| Fred Goldsmith | Rice | 1989–93 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Fred Goldsmith | Duke | 1994 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Frank Solich | Nebraska | 1998–2002 | 1998–99: linebackers coach; 2000–02: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (16)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Vigen | North Dakota State, 2003: running backs coach; 2004–08: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2009–13: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Wyoming, 2014–16: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2017–20: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Montana State | |
| Dan Enos | North Dakota State, 2003: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Central Michigan | |
| Jeff McInerney | North Dakota State, 2003: defensive line coach | Central Connecticut | |
| Van Malone | North Dakota State, 2003: wide receivers coach | Hampton | |
| Tim Albin | North Dakota State, 2004: offensive coordinator and running backs coach | Ohio, Charlotte, Northwestern Oklahoma State | |
| Tim Polasek | North Dakota State, 2006: graduate assistant; 2007–11: running backs coach; 2012: special teams, tight ends and fullbacks coach; Wyoming, 2021–23: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | North Dakota State | |
| Jake Dickert | North Dakota State, 2008: graduate assistant; 2009–10: safeties coach; Wyoming, 2017–18: safeties coach; 2019: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Washington State, Wake Forest | |
| Brian Ward | North Dakota State, 2010: defensive backs coach | Bowling Green, McPherson | |
| Kenni Burns | North Dakota State, 2010–13: wide receivers coach; Wyoming, 2014–15: wide receivers coach | Kent State | |
| Chris Klieman | North Dakota State, 2011: defensive backs coach; 2012–13: defensive coordinator | Kansas State, Loras, North Dakota State | |
| Steve Stanard | North Dakota State, 2012–13: linebackers coach; Wyoming, 2014–16: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Nebraska Wesleyan | |
| Mike Bath | Wyoming, 2014–17: co-special teams, running backs and fullbacks coach; 2018: co-special teams, fullbacks and tight ends coach | Miami (OH) | |
| Pete Kaligis | Wyoming, 2014–15: assistant head coach and offensive line and running backs coach; 2016–19: defensive tackles coach; 2020–21: defensive run game coordinator and defensive tackles coach | Washington State | |
| Curt Mallory | Wyoming, 2015–16: defensive backs coach | Indiana State | |
| Jay Niemann | Wyoming, 2019: linebackers coach | Simpson (IA) | |
| Jay Sawvel | Wyoming, 2020–23: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Wyoming |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Burrow | North Dakota State, 2003–04: defensive coordinator | |
| Scottie Hazelton | North Dakota State, 2007–09: defensive line coach; 2010–11: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; Wyoming, 2017–18: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Tyler Roehl | North Dakota State, 2011: graduate assistant | |
| Conor Riley | North Dakota State, 2013: tight ends coach and fullbacks coach | |
| Aaron Bohl | Wyoming, 2017–18: graduate assistant; 2019–23: linebackers coach | |
| Taylor Housewright | Wyoming, 2018: graduate assistant |
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 | Wyoming | head coachbonuses up to $450,000; $213,750 in bonuses paid; buyout $9,417,667 | $1,412,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Wyoming | head coachbonuses up to $330,000; $105,000 in bonuses paid | $909,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Wyoming | head coachbonuses up to $330,000; $120,000 in bonuses paid | $882,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Wyoming | head coachbonuses up to $330,000 | $832,000 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
Bohl’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 27% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 42% of plays and took 27.6 seconds a play, 2014–2023.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 12 g | 21 of 105 20% | 35% | 51% | 27.9 | 0.00 | |
| 2015 12 g | 23 of 97 24% | 32% | 43% | 27.4 | 0.00 | |
| 2016 13 g | 17 of 101 17% | 27% | 42% | 26.2 | +0.10 | |
| 2017 13 g | 15 of 119 13% | 25% | 47% | 26.6 | −0.12 | |
| 2018 12 g | 13 of 104 13% | 20% | 39% | 27.2 | −0.06 | |
| 2019 13 g | 12 of 100 12% | 21% | 34% | 28.1 | +0.02 | |
| 2020 6 g | 12 of 56 21% | 29% | 37% | 26.2 | −0.01 | |
| 2021 13 g | 21 of 93 23% | 39% | 39% | 27.3 | +0.04 | |
| 2022 13 g | 8 of 108 7% | 16% | 42% | 28.5 | −0.04 | |
| 2023 13 g | 10 of 90 11% | 21% | 43% | 30.1 | +0.04 | |
| All 120 g | 152 of 973 16% | 27% | 42% | 27.6 | 0.00 |
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.