Freddie Kitchens
Freddie Kitchens went 0–1 as a head coach, 2024, at North Carolina. Share
- Record
- 0–1 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Nov 29, 1974
- Best season
- 2024 6–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Carolina interim, bowl game | 0–1 | Fenway 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own one games on file, 2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| UConnseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Glenville State | Running backs and tight ends coach | |
| 2000 | LSU | Graduate assistant | |
| 2001–03 | North Texas | Running backs coach | |
| 2004 | Mississippi State | Tight ends coach | |
| 2005 | Mississippi State | Running backs coach | |
| 2006 | Dallas Cowboys NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 2007–12 | Arizona Cardinals NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 2013–16 | Arizona Cardinals NFL | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2017 | Arizona Cardinals NFL | Running backs coach | |
| 2018 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2018 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Interim offensive coordinator | |
| 2019 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Head coach | |
| 2020 | New York Giants NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 2021 | New York Giants NFL | Senior offensive assistant and interim offensive coordinator | |
| 2022 | South Carolina | Senior analyst | |
| 2023–24 | North Carolina | Tight ends coach and running game coordinator | |
| 2024 | North Carolina | Interim head coach | |
| 2025 | North Carolina | Offensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Nick SabanLSU
- Darrell DickeyNorth Texas
- Sylvester CroomMississippi State
- Bill ParcellsDallas Cowboys
- Bruce AriansArizona Cardinals
- Hue JacksonCleveland Browns
- Shane BeamerSouth Carolina
- Mack BrownNorth Carolina
- Bill BelichickNorth Carolina
Assistants who became head coaches
- DeWayne WalkerUCLA, New Mexico State
- Steve WilksArizona Cardinals
- Todd MonkenSouthern Miss, Cleveland Browns
- Tosh LupoiCalifornia
- Chip LindseyTroy
- Geoff CollinsTemple, Georgia Tech
- Larry PorterMemphis
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Saban | LSU | 2000 | Graduate assistant | |
| Darrell Dickey | North Texas | 2001–03 | Running backs coach | |
| Sylvester Croom | Mississippi State | 2004–05 | 2004: tight ends coach; 2005: running backs coach | |
| Bill Parcells | Dallas Cowboys NFL | 2006 | Tight ends coach | |
| Bruce Arians | Arizona Cardinals NFL | 2013–17 | 2013–16: quarterbacks coach; 2017: running backs coach | |
| Hue Jackson | Cleveland Browns NFL | 2018 | 2018: assistant head coach and running backs coach; 2018: interim offensive coordinator | |
| Shane Beamer | South Carolina | 2022 | Senior analyst | |
| Mack Brown | North Carolina | 2023–24 | Tight ends coach and running game coordinator | |
| Bill Belichick | North Carolina | 2025 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (7)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeWayne Walker | Cleveland Browns, 2019: defensive backs coach | UCLA, New Mexico State | |
| Steve Wilks | Cleveland Browns, 2019: defensive coordinator | Arizona Cardinals | |
| Todd Monken | Cleveland Browns, 2019: offensive coordinator | Southern Miss, Cleveland Browns | |
| Tosh Lupoi | Cleveland Browns, 2019: defensive line coach | California | |
| Chip Lindsey | North Carolina, 2024: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Troy | |
| Geoff Collins | North Carolina, 2024: defensive coordinator | Temple, Georgia Tech | |
| Larry Porter | North Carolina, 2024: special teams coordinator and running backs coach | Memphis |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam C. Henry, Ed.D. | Cleveland Browns, 2019: wide receivers coach | |
| Ryan Lindley | Cleveland Browns, 2019: quarterbacks coach | |
| Charlton Warren | North Carolina, 2024: assistant head coach and defensive backs coach | |
| Clyde Christensen | North Carolina, 2024: senior advisor to the head coach | |
| Ted Monachino | North Carolina, 2024: defensive line coach | |
| Tommy Thigpen | North Carolina, 2024: co-defensive coordinator and 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.