Doug Marrone
Doug Marrone went 25–25 as a head coach, 2009–2012, at Syracuse. Share
- Record
- 25–25 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2010 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Syracuse | 4–8 | T–7th | |||
| 2010 | Syracuse | 8–5 | 4th | Pinstripe Bowl W | ||
| 2011 | Syracuse | 5–7 | T–7th | |||
| 2012 | Syracuse | 8–5 | T–1st | Pinstripe Bowl W |
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 | 9 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 19 | 8–11 | 42% |
| Conference games | 28 | 11–17 | 39% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 20 | 12–8 | 60% |
| At home | 26 | 14–12 | 54% |
| On the road | 21 | 9–12 | 43% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 17 | 11–6 | 65% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 33 | 14–19 | 42% |
His own 50 games on file, 2009–2012, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Schiano 2009–2011 | 2–1 | Rutgers | 3 | |
| Skip Holtz 2010–2012 | 2–1 | South Florida | 3 | |
| Butch Jones 2010–2012 | 1–2 | Cincinnati | 3 | |
| Charlie Strong 2010–2012 | 1–2 | Louisville | 3 |
Doug Marrone’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 |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginiaseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| South Floridaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Rutgersseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| UConnseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Louisvilleseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Pittsburghseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Maineseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Also a player: Doug Marrone’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Cortland State | Tight ends coach | |
| 1993 | Coast Guard | Offensive line coach | |
| 1994 | Northeastern | Offensive line coach | |
| 2000 | Georgia | Offensive line coach | |
| 2001 | Tennessee | Tight ends coach and offensive tackles coach | |
| 2002–05 | New York Jets NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 2006–08 | New Orleans Saints NFL | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2009–12 | Syracuse | Head coach | |
| 2013–14 | Buffalo Bills NFL | Head coach | |
| 2021 | Alabama | Offensive line coach | |
| 2022–23 | New Orleans Saints NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 2025–present | New England Patriots NFL | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bill SchmitzCoast Guard
- Jim DonnanGeorgia
- Phillip FulmerTennessee
- Herm EdwardsNew York Jets
- Nick SabanAlabama
Assistants who became head coaches
- Scott ShaferSyracuse
- Stan DraytonTemple
- Nathaniel HackettDenver Broncos
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Schmitz | Coast Guard | 1993 | Offensive line coach | |
| Jim Donnan | Georgia | 2000 | Offensive line coach | |
| Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee | 2001 | Tight ends coach and offensive tackles coach | |
| Herm Edwards | New York Jets NFL | 2002–05 | Offensive line coach | |
| Nick Saban | Alabama | 2021 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Shafer | Syracuse, 2009–10, 2012: defensive coordinator; 2011: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Syracuse | |
| Stan Drayton | Syracuse, 2009: running backs coach | Temple | |
| Nathaniel Hackett | Syracuse, 2010: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks and tight ends coach; 2011–12: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and tight ends coach; Buffalo Bills, 2013–14: offensive coordinator | Denver Broncos |
Other assistants under him (7)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Adkins | Syracuse, 2009–12: offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator; Buffalo Bills, 2013–14: tight ends coach | |
| Rob Spence | Syracuse, 2009: offensive coordinator | |
| Donnie Henderson | Syracuse, 2012: defensive backs coach; Buffalo Bills, 2013–14: defensive backs coach | |
| Steve Morrison | Syracuse, 2012: linebackers coach | |
| Ike Hilliard | Buffalo Bills, 2013: wide receivers coach | |
| Jim O’Neil | Buffalo Bills, 2013: linebackers coach | |
| Fred Pagac | Buffalo Bills, 2014: linebackers 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.
How he coached
Marrone’s teams went for it on 15% of fourth downs and on 27% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 50% of plays and took 22.2 seconds a play, 2009–2012.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 12 g | 12 of 90 13% | 24% | 49% | 25.2 | −0.08 | |
| 2010 12 g | 10 of 113 9% | 23% | 49% | 19.9 | −0.11 | |
| 2011 12 g | 17 of 98 17% | 28% | 55% | 22.8 | −0.03 | |
| 2012 13 g | 19 of 97 20% | 33% | 47% | 20.9 | +0.06 | |
| All 49 g | 58 of 398 15% | 27% | 50% | 22.2 | −0.04 |
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.