Darrell Hazell
Darrell Hazell went 25–43 as a head coach, 2011–2016, at Kent State and Purdue. Share
- Record
- 25–43 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Apr 14, 1964
- Best season
- 2012 11–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Kent State | 5–7 | 3rd (East) | |||
| 2012 | Kent State | 11–3 | 1st (East) | GoDaddy.com Bowl L | ||
| 2013 | Purdue | 1–11 | 6th (Leaders) | |||
| 2014 | Purdue | 3–9 | 7th (West) | |||
| 2015 | Purdue | 2–10 | 7th (West) | |||
| 2016 | Purdue coached six of 12 games | 3–3 |
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
Dri ArcherConsensus All‑American, 2012
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 13 | 1–12 | 8% |
| Against top-10 teams | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| Conference games | 43 | 15–28 | 35% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 7–12 | 37% |
| At home | 36 | 16–20 | 44% |
| On the road | 29 | 9–20 | 31% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 20 | 18–2 | 90% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 48 | 7–41 | 15% |
His own 68 games on file, 2011–2016, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Ferentz 2013–2016 | 0–4 | Iowa | 4 | |
| Kevin Wilson 2013–2015 | 0–3 | Indiana | 3 | |
| Mark Dantonio 2013–2015 | 0–3 | Michigan State | 3 |
Darrell Hazell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Illinoisseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Iowaseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Indianaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Wisconsinseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–87 | Oberlin | Running backs coach | |
| 1988 | Eastern Illinois | Running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| 1989–91 | Oberlin | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1992–94 | Penn | Running backs coach | |
| 1995–96 | Western Michigan | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1997–98 | Army | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| 1999–2000 | West Virginia | Running backs coach | |
| 2001–02 | Rutgers | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2003 | Rutgers | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| 2004 | Ohio State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2005–10 | Ohio State | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| 2011–12 | Kent State | Head coach | |
| 2013–16 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 2017–18 | Minnesota Vikings NFL | Wide receivers coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bob SpooEastern Illinois
- Al MoldeWestern Michigan
- Bob SuttonArmy
- Don NehlenWest Virginia
- Greg SchianoRutgers
- Jim TresselOhio State
- Mike ZimmerMinnesota Vikings
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian RockHoly Cross
- Jon HeacockYoungstown State
- Marcus FreemanNotre Dame
- Gerad ParkerPurdue, Troy
- Ross ElsHastings
- Tim LesterWestern Michigan, Saint Joseph’s (IN), Elmhurst
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Spoo | Eastern Illinois | 1988 | Running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| Al Molde | Western Michigan | 1995–96 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Bob Sutton | Army | 1997–98 | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| Don Nehlen | West Virginia | 1999–2000 | Running backs coach | |
| Greg Schiano | Rutgers | 2001–03 | 2001–02: wide receivers coach; 2003: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| Jim Tressel | Ohio State | 2004–10 | 2004: wide receivers coach; 2005–10: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| Mike Zimmer | Minnesota Vikings NFL | 2017–18 | Wide receivers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Rock | Kent State, 2011–12: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Holy Cross | |
| Jon Heacock | Kent State, 2011–12: defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach; Purdue, 2013: defensive backs coach | Youngstown State | |
| Marcus Freeman | Kent State, 2011–12: linebackers coach | Notre Dame | |
| Gerad Parker | Purdue, 2013–14: tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator; 2015–16: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | Purdue, Troy | |
| Ross Els | Purdue, 2016: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Hastings | |
| Tim Lester | Purdue, 2016: quarterbacks coach | Western Michigan, Saint Joseph’s (IN), Elmhurst |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Hudson | Purdue, 2013–15: defensive coordinator | |
| John Shoop | Purdue, 2013–15: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Taver Johnson | Purdue, 2014–16: defensive backs coach | |
| Terry Malone | Purdue, 2015: tight ends coach; 2016: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Marcus Freeman | Purdue, 2016: co-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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Purdue | head coachbonuses up to $1,545,000; $120,000 in bonuses paid | $2,190,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Purdue | head coachbonuses up to $1,545,000; $90,000 in bonuses paid | $2,140,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Purdue | head coachbonuses up to $1,545,000 | $2,090,000 USA Today | |
| 2013 | Purdue | head coachbonuses up to $1,095,000 | $2,160,833 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
Hazell’s teams went for it on 24% of fourth downs and on 40% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 52% of plays and took 23.5 seconds a play, 2011–2015.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 12 g | Kent State | 20 of 121 17% | 22% | 49% | 23.4 | −0.27 | |
| 2012 14 g | Kent State | 20 of 115 17% | 36% | 40% | 24.9 | −0.03 | |
| 2013 12 g | Purdue | 26 of 107 24% | 36% | 61% | 23.3 | −0.07 | |
| 2014 12 g | Purdue | 30 of 109 28% | 44% | 55% | 24.4 | −0.08 | |
| 2015 12 g | Purdue | 44 of 122 36% | 56% | 58% | 21.4 | −0.04 | |
| All 62 g | 140 of 574 24% | 40% | 52% | 23.5 | −0.09 |
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.