G.J. Kinne
G.J. Kinne went 38–21 as a head coach, 2022–2026, at Incarnate Word and Texas State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 2–3); by them his record is 37–21. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2022 at Incarnate Word. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 38–21 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Dec 1, 1988
- Alma mater
- Tulsa 2011
- Best season
- 2023 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Incarnate Word * | 12–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Semifinal L | 3 | |
| 2023 | Texas State | 8–5 | T–2nd | First Responder Bowl W | ||
| 2024 | Texas State | 8–5 | T–2nd | First Responder Bowl W | ||
| 2025 | Texas State | 7–6 | T–5th | Armed Forces Bowl W | ||
| 2026 | Texas State | 3–3 (Wikipedia: 2–3) |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Conference games | 26 | 13–13 | 50% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 6–13 | 32% |
| At home | 23 | 16–7 | 70% |
| On the road | 18 | 7–11 | 39% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 27 | 17–10 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 18 | 9–9 | 50% |
His own 45 games on file, 2023–2026, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Traylor 2023–2026 | 2–2 | UTSA | 4 | |
| Butch Jones 2023–2025 | 1–2 | Arkansas State | 3 | |
| Michael Desormeaux 2023–2025 | 0–3 | Louisiana | 3 |
G.J. Kinne’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 |
|---|---|---|
| UTSAseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| South Alabamaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| UL Monroeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Southern Missseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Troyseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Louisianaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Riceseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | SMU | Graduate assistant | |
| 2018 | Arkansas | Offensive assistant | |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Eagles NFL | Offensive assistant | |
| 2020 | Hawaii | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2021 | UCF | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2022 | Incarnate Word | Head coach | |
| 2023–present | Texas State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Chad MorrisSMU, Arkansas
- Sonny DykesSMU
- Todd GrahamHawai’i
- Gus MalzahnUCF
Assistants who became head coaches
- Daniel Da PratoSouth Florida
- David BailiffRice, Texas State, East Texas A&M
- Bradley Dale PevetoNorthwestern State
- Chad MorrisSMU, Arkansas
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Morris | SMU | 2017 | Graduate assistant | |
| Sonny Dykes | SMU | 2017 | Graduate assistant | |
| Chad Morris | Arkansas | 2018 | Offensive assistant | |
| Todd Graham | Hawai’i | 2020 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Gus Malzahn | UCF | 2021 | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Da Prato | Texas State, 2023–24: special teams coach and assistant head coach | South Florida | |
| David Bailiff | Texas State, 2023–26: specialist assistant to the head coach | Rice, Texas State, East Texas A&M | |
| Bradley Dale Peveto | Texas State, 2024–25: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Northwestern State | |
| Chad Morris | Texas State, 2024: wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator | SMU, Arkansas |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Dexter McCoil | Incarnate Word, 2022: safeties coach; Texas State, 2023: safeties coach; 2024–25: defensive coordinator | |
| Mack Leftwich | Incarnate Word, 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Texas State, 2023–24: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Craig Stutzmann | Texas State, 2023: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Jonathan Patke | Texas State, 2023: defensive coordinator | |
| Jordan Shoemaker | Texas State, 2025–26: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Landon Keopple | Texas State, 2025–26: offensive coordinator | |
| Matthew Gregg | Texas State, 2025: defensive coordinator; 2026: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Joe Jon Finley | Texas State, 2026: assistant quarterbacks | |
| Will Windham | Texas State, 2026: defensive coordinator and safeties 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
Kinne’s teams went for it on 32% of fourth downs and on 57% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 44% of plays and took 23.8 seconds a play, 2023–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 13 g | 32 of 93 34% | 72% | 49% | 23.1 | +0.09 | |
| 2024 10 g | 16 of 59 27% | 56% | 46% | 24.6 | +0.16 | |
| 2025 13 g | 27 of 90 30% | 44% | 42% | 24.0 | +0.17 | |
| 2026 6 g | 14 of 35 40% | 63% | 37% | 23.4 | +0.19 | |
| All 42 g | 89 of 277 32% | 57% | 44% | 23.8 | +0.15 |
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.