David Bailiff
David Bailiff went 101–108 as a head coach, 2004–2022, at Texas State, Rice and Texas A&M–Commerce. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2004–06 at Texas State; 2019, 2021–22 at Texas A&M–Commerce. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 101–108 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- May 26, 1958
- Alma mater
- Texas State 1981
- Best season
- 2008 10–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Texas State * | 5–6 | 3rd | |||
| 2005 | Texas State * | 11–3 | T–1st | NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal L | 4 | |
| 2006 | Texas State * | 5–6 | 4th | |||
| 2007 | Rice | 3–9 | 5th (West) | |||
| 2008 | Rice | 10–3 | T–1st (West) | Texas Bowl W | ||
| 2009 | Rice | 2–10 | T–5th (West) | |||
| 2010 | Rice | 4–8 | T–4th (West) | |||
| 2011 | Rice | 4–8 | 4th (West) | |||
| 2012 | Rice | 7–6 | T–3rd (West) | Armed Forces Bowl W | ||
| 2013 | Rice | 10–4 | 1st (West) | Liberty Bowl L | ||
| 2014 | Rice | 8–5 | T–2nd (West) | Hawai’i Bowl W | ||
| 2015 | Rice | 5–7 | 5th (West) | |||
| 2016 | Rice | 3–9 | T–5th (West) | |||
| 2017 | Rice | 1–11 | 6th (West) | |||
| 2018: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2019 | Texas A&M–Commerce * | 11–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Quarterfinal L | 11 | |
| 2020: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2021 | Texas A&M–Commerce * | 7–4 | 2nd | |||
| 2022 | Texas A&M–Commerce * | 5–6 | T–4th | |||
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 | 14 | 0–14 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 38 | 10–28 | 26% |
| Conference games | 88 | 40–48 | 45% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 42 | 24–18 | 57% |
| At home | 61 | 33–28 | 54% |
| On the road | 67 | 20–47 | 30% |
| At neutral sites | 9 | 4–5 | 44% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 53 | 37–16 | 70% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 84 | 20–64 | 24% |
His own 137 games on file, 2007–2017, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Price 2007–2012 | 5–1 | UTEP | 6 | |
| Kevin Sumlin 2008–2014 | 2–4 | Houston, Texas A&M | 6 | |
| Skip Holtz 2009–2017 | 1–5 | East Carolina, Louisiana Tech | 6 | |
| Sean Kugler 2013–2017 | 4–1 | UTEP | 5 | |
| June Jones 2008–2012 | 2–3 | SMU | 5 | |
| Larry Coker 2012–2015 | 3–1 | UTSA | 4 | |
| Bob Toledo 2007–2010 | 2–2 | Tulane | 4 | |
| Jeff Monken 2014–2017 | 2–2 | Army | 4 | |
| Doc Holliday 2011–2014 | 1–3 | Marshall | 4 | |
| Art Briles 2007–2015 | 0–4 | Houston, Baylor | 4 |
David Bailiff’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 |
|---|---|---|
| UTEPseries | 11 | 9–2 |
| Southern Missseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Houstonseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| Tulaneseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| North Texasseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Tulsaseries | 7 | 1–6 |
| SMUseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| UTSAseries | 6 | 3–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–84 | New Braunfels HS (TX) high school | Defensive line coach | |
| 1988 | Southwest Texas State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1989–91 | Southwest Texas State | Defensive line coach | |
| 1992–96 | New Mexico | Defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1997–99 | Southwest Texas State | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2000 | Southwest Texas State | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 2001 | TCU | Assistant head coach and defensive line coach | |
| 2002–03 | TCU | Defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| 2004–06 | Texas State | Head coach | |
| 2007–17 | Rice | Head coach | |
| 2019–22 | Texas A&M–Commerce | Head coach | |
| 2023–present | Texas State | Specialist assistant to the head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- John O’HaraTexas State
- Dennis FranchioneTexas State, New Mexico
- Bob DeBesseTexas State
- Gary PattersonTCU
- G.J. KinneTexas State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Travis BushUT Rio Grande Valley
- Tom HermanHouston, Texas, Florida Atlantic
- David BeatyKansas
- Ed ZaunbrecherUL Monroe
- Chris ThurmondHouston
- Billy RiebockMillikin
- Wesley BeschornerWisconsin Eau Claire
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John O’Hara | Texas State | 1988–89 | 1988: graduate assistant; 1989: defensive line coach | |
| Dennis Franchione | Texas State | 1990–91 | Defensive line coach | |
| Dennis Franchione | New Mexico | 1992–96 | Defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Bob DeBesse | Texas State | 1997–2000 | 1997–99: defensive coordinator; 2000: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Gary Patterson | TCU | 2001–03 | 2001: assistant head coach and defensive line coach; 2002–03: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| G.J. Kinne | Texas State | 2023–26 | Specialist assistant to the head coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (7)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Bush | Texas State, 2004–06: wide receivers coach | UT Rio Grande Valley | |
| Tom Herman | Texas State, 2005–06: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Rice, 2007–08: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Houston, Texas, Florida Atlantic | |
| David Beaty | Rice, 2007: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2010: offensive coordinator | Kansas | |
| Ed Zaunbrecher | Rice, 2009: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UL Monroe | |
| Chris Thurmond | Rice, 2011: cornerbacks coach; 2012–16: defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach | Houston | |
| Billy Riebock | Rice, 2017: offensive quality control coach; East Texas A&M, 2019–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Millikin | |
| Wesley Beschorner | Rice, 2017: quarterbacks coach | Wisconsin Eau Claire |
Other assistants under him (11)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Blake Miller | Texas State, 2004–06: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; Rice, 2007–08: offensive line coach and running game coordinator | |
| D. J. Eliot | Texas State, 2004–05: linebackers coach; Rice, 2007–09: defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Jason Washington | Texas State, 2004–06: cornerbacks coach; Rice, 2007–10: cornerbacks coach | |
| Chuck Driesbach | Rice, 2007–11: defensive coordinator | |
| Craig Naivar | Rice, 2007–09: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Drew Mehringer | Rice, 2007–09: student assistant | |
| John Reagan | Rice, 2011–13: offensive coordinator | |
| Billy Lynch | Rice, 2014–16: co-offensive coordinator; 2017: offensive coordinator | |
| Larry Edmondson | Rice, 2014–16: offensive coordinator | |
| Brian Stewart | Rice, 2017: defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| Xavier Adibi | East Texas A&M, 2019–21: 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.
How he coached
Bailiff’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 31% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 46% of plays and took 24.1 seconds a play, 2007–2017.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 6 g | 8 of 52 15% | 30% | 56% | 24.3 | −0.05 | |
| 2008 12 g | 15 of 77 19% | 47% | 56% | 24.2 | +0.14 | |
| 2009 12 g | 22 of 113 19% | 30% | 56% | 20.6 | −0.14 | |
| 2010 12 g | 19 of 88 22% | 36% | 46% | 24.0 | +0.01 | |
| 2011 11 g | 14 of 106 13% | 23% | 48% | 21.8 | −0.11 | |
| 2012 13 g | 16 of 108 15% | 27% | 42% | 22.2 | +0.01 | |
| 2013 14 g | 14 of 124 11% | 27% | 34% | 21.5 | +0.02 | |
| 2014 13 g | 15 of 102 15% | 33% | 41% | 27.6 | +0.05 | |
| 2015 11 g | 11 of 78 14% | 32% | 45% | 26.2 | +0.04 | |
| 2016 12 g | 16 of 106 15% | 26% | 50% | 24.4 | 0.00 | |
| 2017 12 g | 19 of 81 23% | 44% | 37% | 28.9 | −0.05 | |
| All 128 g | 169 of 1035 16% | 31% | 46% | 24.1 | −0.01 |
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.