Ed Foley
Ed Foley went 7–17 as a head coach, 2004–2018, at Fordham and Temple. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2004–05 at Fordham. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 7–17 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 26, 1967
- Alma mater
- Bucknell
- Best season
- 2016 10–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Fordham * | 5–6 | 5th | |||
| 2005 | Fordham * | 2–9 | T–5th | |||
| 2006–15: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2016 | Temple interim, bowl game | 0–1 | 1st | Military Bowl L | ||
| 2017: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2018 | Temple interim, bowl game | 0–1 | 2nd | Independence 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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own two games on file, 2016–2018, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Dukeseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Wake Forestseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | Albany | Offensive line coach | |
| 1991–93 | Penn | Tight ends coach and offensive tackles coach | |
| 1994 | Williams | Offensive line coach | |
| 1995–97 | Penn | Tight ends coach and offensive tackles coach | |
| 1998 | Jacksonville | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1999–2003 | Fordham | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2004–05 | Fordham | Head coach | |
| 2006 | Hofstra | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| 2007 | Hofstra | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2008–10 | Temple | Tight ends and offensive line coach | |
| 2011–12 | Temple | Director of operations | |
| 2013–16 | Temple | Assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2016 | Temple | Interim head coach | |
| 2017 | Temple | Special teams coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2018 | Temple | Assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2018 | Temple | Interim head coach | |
| 2019 | Baylor | Analyst | |
| 2020–22 | Carolina Panthers NFL | Assistant special teams coordinator | |
| 2023–24 | Nebraska | Special teams coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dave ClawsonFordham
- Dave CohenHofstra
- Jaime ElizondoHofstra
- Al GoldenTemple
- Steve AddazioTemple
- Matt RhuleTemple, Baylor, Carolina Panthers, Nebraska
- Geoff CollinsTemple
Assistants who became head coaches
- Elijah RobinsonTexas A&M
- Fran BrownSyracuse
- George DeLeoneSouthern Connecticut State
- Dave PatenaudeNew Haven
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Clawson | Fordham | 1999–2003 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Dave Cohen | Hofstra | 2006–07 | 2006: assistant head coach and offensive line coach; 2007: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Jaime Elizondo | Hofstra | 2006–07 | 2006: assistant head coach and offensive line coach; 2007: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Al Golden | Temple | 2008–10 | Tight ends and offensive line coach | |
| Steve Addazio | Temple | 2011–12 | Director of operations | |
| Matt Rhule | Temple | 2013–16 | Assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Geoff Collins | Temple | 2017–18 | 2017: special teams coordinator and tight ends coach; 2018: assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Matt Rhule | Baylor | 2019 | Analyst | |
| Matt Rhule | Carolina Panthers NFL | 2020–22 | Assistant special teams coordinator | |
| Matt Rhule | Nebraska | 2023–24 | Special teams coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Robinson | Temple, 2016: defensive line coach and running game coordinator | Texas A&M | |
| Fran Brown | Temple, 2016: assistant head coach and defensive backs coach | Syracuse | |
| George DeLeone | Temple, 2016: offensive line coach | Southern Connecticut State | |
| Dave Patenaude | Temple, 2018: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | New Haven |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Glenn Thomas | Temple, 2016: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Phil Snow | Temple, 2016: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Andrew Thacker | Temple, 2018: defensive coordinator | |
| Jason Semore | Temple, 2018: SDA | |
| Nathan Burton | Temple, 2018: 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.