Craig Cirbus
Craig Cirbus went 19–47 as a head coach, 1995–2000, at Buffalo. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1995–98 at Buffalo (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 19–47 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2000 2–9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Buffalo * | 3–8 | ||||
| 1996 | Buffalo * | 8–3 | ||||
| 1997 | Buffalo * | 2–9 | ||||
| 1998 | Buffalo * | 4–7 | ||||
| 1999 | Buffalo | 0–11 | 7th (East) | |||
| 2000 | Buffalo | 2–9 | T–5th (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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Conference games | 16 | 2–14 | 13% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| At home | 10 | 2–8 | 20% |
| On the road | 12 | 0–12 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 19 | 1–18 | 5% |
His own 22 games on file, 1999–2000, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| UConnseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Miami (OH)series | 2 | 0–2 |
| Ohioseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Marshallseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Akronseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–94 | Penn State | Assistant coach | |
| 1995–2000 | Buffalo | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Joe PaternoPenn State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Joe ReichWingate
- Brian PolianNevada, John Carroll
- Matt RhuleTemple, Baylor, Nebraska, Carolina Panthers
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Paterno | Penn State | 1984–94 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Reich | Buffalo, 1995–96: defensive line coach; 1997–2000: defensive coordinator | Wingate | |
| Brian Polian | Buffalo, 1998: tight ends and assistant offensive line coach | Nevada, John Carroll | |
| Matt Rhule | Buffalo, 1999–2000: defensive line coach | Temple, Baylor, Nebraska, Carolina Panthers |
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.