Eric Kiesau
Eric Kiesau went 0–4 as a head coach, 2016, at Fresno State. Share
- Record
- 0–4 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Nov 24, 1972
- Alma mater
- Portland State 1996
- Best season
- 2016 1–11
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Fresno State interim, remainder of season | 0–4 | 6th (West) |
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 rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| At home | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
His own four games on file, 2016, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San José Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Hawai’iseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Air Forceseries | 1 | 0–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Alabama’s 2015 staff (analyst) · 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Utah State | Running backs coach | |
| 2001 | Utah State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2002–05 | California | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2006–08 | Colorado | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2009–10 | Colorado | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2011 | California | Passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2012–13 | Washington | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2014 | Kansas | Wide receivers coach and interim offensive coordinator | |
| 2015 | Alabama | Offensive assistant | |
| 2016 | Fresno State | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| 2016 | Fresno State | Interim head coach | |
| 2017–18 | Boise State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2019 | Boise State | Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2020 | Boise State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2021 | Auburn | Passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2022 | Auburn | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023–25 | Florida | Offensive quality control coach | |
| 2026–present | Sacramento State | Offensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mick DennehyUtah State
- Jeff TedfordCalifornia
- Dan HawkinsColorado
- Brian CabralColorado
- Steve SarkisianWashington
- Marques TuiasosopoWashington
- Clint BowenKansas
- Charlie WeisKansas
- Nick SabanAlabama
- Tim DeRuyterFresno State
- Bryan HarsinBoise State, Auburn
- Cadillac WilliamsAuburn
- and 3 more
Assistants who became head coaches
- Lorenzo WardLouisville
Worked under (15)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mick Dennehy | Utah State | 2000–01 | 2000: running backs coach; 2001: wide receivers coach | |
| Jeff Tedford | California | 2002–11 | 2002–05: wide receivers coach; 2011: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Dan Hawkins | Colorado | 2006–10 | 2006–08: wide receivers coach; 2009–10: offensive coordinator | |
| Brian Cabral | Colorado | 2010 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Steve Sarkisian | Washington | 2012–13 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Marques Tuiasosopo | Washington | 2013 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Clint Bowen | Kansas | 2014 | Wide receivers coach and interim offensive coordinator | |
| Charlie Weis | Kansas | 2014 | Wide receivers coach and interim offensive coordinator | |
| Nick Saban | Alabama | 2015 | Offensive assistant | |
| Tim DeRuyter | Fresno State | 2016 | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| Bryan Harsin | Boise State | 2017–20 | 2017–18: wide receivers coach; 2019: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2020: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bryan Harsin | Auburn | 2021–22 | 2021: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Cadillac Williams | Auburn | 2022 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Billy Napier | Florida | 2023–25 | Offensive quality control coach | |
| Billy Gonzales | Florida | 2025 | Offensive quality control coach | |
| Alonzo Carter | Sacramento State | 2026 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Ward | Fresno State, 2016: defensive coordinator | Louisville |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Peterson | Fresno State, 2016: secondary and outside 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Fresno State | offensive coordinator | $117,096 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Kansas | co-offensive coordinator | $50,000 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.