Doc Holliday
Doc Holliday went 85–54 as a head coach, 2010–2020, at Marshall. Share
- Record
- 85–54 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Apr 21, 1957
- Alma mater
- West Virginia 1979
- Best season
- 2014 13–1, No. 23
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Marshall | 5–7 | 4th (East) | |||
| 2011 | Marshall | 7–6 | 2nd (East) | Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg W | ||
| 2012 | Marshall | 5–7 | 3rd (East) | |||
| 2013 | Marshall | 10–4 | 1st (East) | Military Bowl W | ||
| 2014 | Marshall | 13–1 | 1st (East) | Boca Raton Bowl W | 23 | |
| 2015 | Marshall | 10–3 | T–2nd (East) | St. Petersburg Bowl W | ||
| 2016 | Marshall | 3–9 | T–6th (East) | |||
| 2017 | Marshall | 8–5 | T–3rd (East) | New Mexico Bowl W | ||
| 2018 | Marshall | 9–4 | T–2nd (East) | Gasparilla Bowl W | ||
| 2019 | Marshall | 8–5 | T–2nd (East) | Gasparilla Bowl L | ||
| 2020 | Marshall | 7–3 | 1st (East) | Camellia Bowl L |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 15 | 6–9 | 40% |
| Conference games | 85 | 55–30 | 65% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 42 | 25–17 | 60% |
| At home | 69 | 51–18 | 74% |
| On the road | 62 | 29–33 | 47% |
| At neutral sites | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 87 | 68–19 | 78% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 52 | 17–35 | 33% |
His own 139 games on file, 2010–2020, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Stockstill 2013–2020 | 4–4 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | |
| Frank Solich 2010–2019 | 3–4 | Ohio | 7 | |
| Bobby Wilder 2014–2019 | 5–1 | Old Dominion | 6 | |
| David Bailiff 2011–2014 | 3–1 | Rice | 4 | |
| Brad Lambert 2015–2018 | 3–1 | Charlotte | 4 | |
| Ruffin McNeill 2010–2013 | 2–2 | East Carolina | 4 | |
| Ron Turner 2013–2015 | 3–0 | Florida International | 3 | |
| Todd Monken 2013–2015 | 3–0 | Southern Miss | 3 | |
| Charlie Partridge 2014–2016 | 3–0 | Florida Atlantic | 3 | |
| Chuck Martin 2014–2018 | 3–0 | Miami (OH) | 3 |
Doc Holliday’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Missseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Florida Atlanticseries | 8 | 7–1 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Western Kentuckyseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Ohioseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Old Dominionseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| UABseries | 6 | 4–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | West Virginia | Graduate assistant | |
| 1981–82 | West Virginia | Assistant coach | |
| 1983–89 | West Virginia | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1990–92 | West Virginia | Linebackers coach | |
| 1993–94 | West Virginia | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1995–99 | West Virginia | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| 2000–04 | NC State | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| 2005–07 | Florida | Assistant head coach, safeties coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2008–09 | West Virginia | Assistant head coach, tight ends and fullbacks coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2010–20 | Marshall | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank CignettiWest Virginia
- Don NehlenWest Virginia
- Chuck AmatoNC State
- Urban MeyerFlorida
- Bill StewartWest Virginia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chris RipponWestern Connecticut
- Gerad ParkerPurdue, Troy
- J.C. PriceVirginia Tech
- Adam FullerAssumption
- Brad LambertCharlotte
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Cignetti | West Virginia | 1979 | Graduate assistant | |
| Don Nehlen | West Virginia | 1980–99 | 1980: graduate assistant; 1981–82: assistant coach; 1983–94: wide receivers coach; 1990–92: linebackers coach; 1995–99: assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| Chuck Amato | NC State | 2000–04 | Assistant head coach and wide receivers coach | |
| Urban Meyer | Florida | 2005–07 | Assistant head coach, safeties coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Bill Stewart | West Virginia | 2008–09 | Assistant head coach, tight ends and fullbacks coach and recruiting coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Rippon | Marshall, 2010–12: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Western Connecticut | |
| Gerad Parker | Marshall, 2011–12: wide receivers coach | Purdue, Troy | |
| J.C. Price | Marshall, 2012: defensive line coach; 2013–17: defensive tackles coach; 2018: co-defensive coordinator and defensive tackles coach; 2019–20: co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | Virginia Tech | |
| Adam Fuller | Marshall, 2013–16: assistant head coach and linebackers coach; 2017: assistant head coach and special teams and linebackers coach; 2018: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Assumption | |
| Brad Lambert | Marshall, 2019: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2020: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Charlotte |
Other assistants under him (8)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Legg | Marshall, 2010–17: offensive coordinator | |
| Ja’Juan Seider | Marshall, 2010–12: running backs coach | |
| Tony Petersen | Marshall, 2010–12: assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Chuck Heater | Marshall, 2013–17: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Thomas Brown | Marshall, 2013: running backs coach | |
| Cornell Brown | Marshall, 2017–20: defensive ends coach | |
| Greg Adkins | Marshall, 2018–20: assistant head coach, offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Tim Cramsey | Marshall, 2018–20: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Marshall | head coachbonuses up to $145,000; $25,000 in bonuses paid; buyout $2,707,208 | $762,570 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Marshall | head coachbonuses up to $145,000; $55,000 in bonuses paid | $765,320 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Marshall | head coachbonuses up to $145,000; $95,000 in bonuses paid | $758,250 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Marshall | head coachbonuses up to $115,000 | $609,820 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
Holliday’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 32% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 23.4 seconds a play, 2010–2020.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 12 g | 13 of 99 13% | 25% | 57% | 22.1 | −0.14 | |
| 2011 12 g | 13 of 97 13% | 20% | 51% | 23.8 | −0.14 | |
| 2012 12 g | 25 of 87 29% | 33% | 59% | 17.0 | +0.10 | |
| 2013 14 g | 22 of 95 23% | 36% | 49% | 19.1 | +0.16 | |
| 2014 13 g | 21 of 80 26% | 40% | 49% | 22.5 | +0.18 | |
| 2015 13 g | 16 of 111 14% | 28% | 51% | 24.3 | −0.01 | |
| 2016 10 g | 19 of 90 21% | 31% | 58% | 25.3 | −0.05 | |
| 2017 13 g | 20 of 95 21% | 37% | 51% | 26.4 | −0.01 | |
| 2018 13 g | 17 of 107 16% | 36% | 50% | 24.7 | −0.03 | |
| 2019 13 g | 14 of 100 14% | 24% | 43% | 26.7 | 0.00 | |
| 2020 10 g | 21 of 67 31% | 53% | 44% | 26.4 | +0.05 | |
| All 135 g | 201 of 1028 20% | 32% | 51% | 23.4 | +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.