Derek Dooley
Derek Dooley went 32–41 as a head coach, 2007–2012, at Louisiana Tech and Tennessee. Share
- Record
- 32–41 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2008 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Louisiana Tech | 5–7 | T–4th | |||
| 2008 | Louisiana Tech | 8–5 | T–2nd | Independence Bowl W | ||
| 2009 | Louisiana Tech | 4–8 | T–5th | |||
| 2010 | Tennessee | 6–7 | T–3rd (Eastern) | Music City Bowl L | ||
| 2011 | Tennessee | 5–7 | 6th (Eastern) | |||
| 2012 | Tennessee coached 11 of 12 games | 4–7 | 6th (Eastern) |
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
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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 | 22 | 0–22 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 12 | 0–12 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 14 | 3–11 | 21% |
| Conference games | 47 | 16–31 | 34% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 24 | 10–14 | 42% |
| At home | 37 | 24–13 | 65% |
| On the road | 33 | 6–27 | 18% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 34 | 28–6 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 39 | 4–35 | 10% |
His own 73 games on file, 2007–2012, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Miles 2007–2011 | 0–4 | LSU | 4 | |
| Dick Tomey 2007–2009 | 3–0 | San José State | 3 | |
| Robb Akey 2007–2009 | 2–1 | Idaho | 3 | |
| Pat Hill 2007–2009 | 1–2 | Fresno State | 3 | |
| Chris Ault 2007–2009 | 0–3 | Nevada | 3 | |
| Chris Petersen 2007–2009 | 0–3 | Boise State | 3 | |
| Mark Richt 2010–2012 | 0–3 | Georgia | 3 | |
| Nick Saban 2010–2012 | 0–3 | Alabama | 3 | |
| Steve Spurrier 2010–2012 | 0–3 | South Carolina | 3 |
Derek Dooley’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 |
|---|---|---|
| LSUseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| San José Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Idahoseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Utah Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Hawai’iseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Fresno Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on LSU’s 2003 staff (running backs, special teams) · 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Georgia | Graduate assistant | |
| 1997–99 | SMU | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2000–02 | LSU | Tight ends coach | |
| 2003–04 | LSU | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2005–06 | Miami Dolphins NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 2007–09 | Louisiana Tech | Head coach | |
| 2010–12 | Tennessee | Head coach | |
| 2013–17 | Dallas Cowboys NFL | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2018–19 | Missouri | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2020 | New York Giants NFL | Senior offensive assistant | |
| 2021 | New York Giants NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 2022–23 | Alabama | Senior offensive analyst |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jim DonnanGeorgia
- Mike CavanSMU
- Nick SabanLSU, Miami Dolphins, Alabama
- Barry OdomMissouri
Assistants who became head coaches
- Frank ScelfoSE Louisiana
- Kenny EvansNortheastern State
- Pete KuharchekRhein Fire
- Tommy SpanglerPresbyterian
- Jim ChaneyTennessee
- Justin WilcoxCalifornia
- Brandon StaleyLos Angeles Chargers
- Josh ConklinWofford
- Sal SunseriPittsburgh
- Sam PittmanArkansas, Hutchinson
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Donnan | Georgia | 1996 | Graduate assistant | |
| Mike Cavan | SMU | 1997–99 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Nick Saban | LSU | 2000–04 | 2000–02: tight ends coach; 2003–04: assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Nick Saban | Miami Dolphins NFL | 2005–06 | Tight ends coach | |
| Barry Odom | Missouri | 2018–19 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Nick Saban | Alabama | 2022–23 | Senior offensive analyst |
Coached under him, later head coaches (10)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Scelfo | Louisiana Tech, 2007–09: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | SE Louisiana | |
| Kenny Evans | Louisiana Tech, 2007: linebackers coach | Northeastern State | |
| Pete Kuharchek | Louisiana Tech, 2007: inside linebackers coach | Rhein Fire | |
| Tommy Spangler | Louisiana Tech, 2007–09: defensive coordinator | Presbyterian | |
| Jim Chaney | Tennessee, 2010–11: offensive coordinator and running backs coach; 2012: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Tennessee | |
| Justin Wilcox | Tennessee, 2010–11: defensive coordinator | California | |
| Brandon Staley | Tennessee, 2012: graduate assistant | Los Angeles Chargers | |
| Josh Conklin | Tennessee, 2012: safeties coach | Wofford | |
| Sal Sunseri | Tennessee, 2012: defensive coordinator | Pittsburgh | |
| Sam Pittman | Tennessee, 2012: offensive line coach | Arkansas, Hutchinson |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Darin Hinshaw | Tennessee, 2010–11: quarterbacks coach; 2012: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Harry Hiestand | Tennessee, 2010–11: offensive line coach | |
| Peter Sirmon | Tennessee, 2010: graduate assistant; 2011: linebackers coach | |
| Derrick Ansley | Tennessee, 2012: defensive backs coach |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Tennessee | head coachbonuses up to $475,000 | $2,011,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2011 | Tennessee | head coachbonuses up to $475,000 | $2,330,591 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2010 | Tennessee | head coachbonuses up to $475,000 | $2,121,391 USA Today via Leeds |
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
Dooley’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 35% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 50% of plays and took 23.7 seconds a play, 2007–2012.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 8 g | Louisiana Tech | 17 of 82 21% | 38% | 50% | 22.7 | −0.17 | |
| 2008 13 g | Louisiana Tech | 19 of 117 16% | 31% | 42% | 24.2 | −0.12 | |
| 2009 10 g | Louisiana Tech | 15 of 81 19% | 38% | 43% | 24.3 | −0.02 | |
| 2010 13 g | Tennessee | 16 of 102 16% | 37% | 56% | 23.6 | −0.06 | |
| 2011 10 g | Tennessee | 20 of 76 26% | 46% | 54% | 26.1 | −0.11 | |
| 2012 12 g | Tennessee | 18 of 92 20% | 26% | 55% | 21.2 | +0.08 | |
| All 66 g | 105 of 550 19% | 35% | 50% | 23.7 | −0.06 |
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.