Gary Andersen
Gary Andersen went 63–70 as a head coach, 2003–2020, at Southern Utah, Utah State, Wisconsin and Oregon State. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2003 at Southern Utah. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 63–70 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 4
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Feb 19, 1964
- Alma mater
- Utah 1986
- Best season
- 2012 11–2, No. 16
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Southern Utah * | 4–7 | ||||
| 2004–08: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2009 | Utah State | 4–8 | T–5th | |||
| 2010 | Utah State | 4–8 | 7th | |||
| 2011 | Utah State | 7–6 | T–2nd | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl L | ||
| 2012 | Utah State | 11–2 | 1st | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl W | 16 | |
| 2013 | Wisconsin | 9–4 | 2nd (Leaders) | Capital One Bowl L | 22 | |
| 2014 | Wisconsin | 10–3 | 1st (West) | Outback (not coached) | ||
| 2015 | Oregon State | 2–10 | 6th (North) | |||
| 2016 | Oregon State | 4–8 | T–4th (North) | |||
| 2017 | Oregon State coached six of 12 games | 1–5 | ||||
| 2018: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2019 | Utah State | 7–6 | 3rd (Mountain) | Frisco Bowl L | ||
| 2020 | Utah State coached three of six games | 0–3 | ||||
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.
Players he coached
Jordan LoveNo. 26 pick, 2020
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 | 25 | 4–21 | 16% |
| Against top-10 teams | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 16 | 10–6 | 63% |
| Conference games | 77 | 38–39 | 49% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 39 | 17–22 | 44% |
| At home | 60 | 40–20 | 67% |
| On the road | 56 | 18–38 | 32% |
| At neutral sites | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 56 | 46–10 | 82% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 66 | 13–53 | 20% |
His own 122 games on file, 2009–2020, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike MacIntyre 2010–2016 | 3–2 | San José State, Colorado | 5 | |
| Bronco Mendenhall 2009–2013 | 2–3 | BYU | 5 | |
| Sonny Dykes 2010–2016 | 2–3 | Louisiana Tech, California | 5 | |
| Chris Petersen 2009–2017 | 0–5 | Boise State, Washington | 5 | |
| DeWayne Walker 2009–2012 | 3–1 | New Mexico State | 4 | |
| Kyle Whittingham 2009–2016 | 1–3 | Utah | 4 | |
| Robb Akey 2009–2011 | 2–1 | Idaho | 3 | |
| Chris Ault 2009–2011 | 1–2 | Nevada | 3 | |
| Greg McMackin 2009–2011 | 1–2 | Hawai’i | 3 | |
| Pat Hill 2009–2011 | 0–3 | Fresno State | 3 |
Gary Andersen’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 |
|---|---|---|
| BYUseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| San José Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Nevadaseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Boise Stateseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Idahoseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Minnesotaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Southeastern Louisiana | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| 1989–91 | Ricks | Offensive line coach | |
| 1992–93 | Idaho State | Defensive line coach | |
| 1994 | Park City HS (UT) high school | Head coach | |
| 1995–96 | Northern Arizona | Assistant head coach and defensive line and special teams coach | |
| 1997–2000 | Utah | Defensive tackles coach and SDE | |
| 2001–02 | Utah | Assistant head coach and defensive tackles and special teams coach | |
| 2003 | Southern Utah | Head coach | |
| 2004 | Utah | Defensive line coach | |
| 2005–08 | Utah | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| 2009–12 | Utah State | Head coach | |
| 2013–14 | Wisconsin | Head coach | |
| 2015–17 | Oregon State | Head coach | |
| 2018 | Utah | Assistant head coach and defensive assistant | |
| 2019–20 | Utah State | Head coach | |
| 2021–22 | Weber State | Analyst | |
| 2024–present | BYU | Analyst |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Steve AxmanNorthern Arizona
- Ron McBrideUtah
- Urban MeyerUtah
- Kyle WhittinghamUtah
- Jay HillWeber State
- Kalani SitakeBYU
Assistants who became head coaches
- Kalani SitakeBYU
- Dave BaldwinSanta Barbara, Santa Rosa, Cal State Northridge, San José State, Colorado State
- Frank MaileUtah State
- Matt WellsUtah State, Texas Tech
- Dave ArandaBaylor
- Mike Sanford Sr.UNLV, Indiana State
- Jeff GenykEastern Michigan
- Thomas HammockNorthern Illinois
- Cory HallOregon State
- Brent BrennanSan José State, Arizona
- Gary CrowtonLouisiana Tech, BYU
- Mike Sanford Jr.Western Kentucky, Colorado
- and 1 more
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Axman | Northern Arizona | 1995–96 | Assistant head coach and defensive line and special teams coach | |
| Ron McBride | Utah | 1997–2002 | 1997–2000: defensive tackles coach and SDE; 2001–02: assistant head coach and defensive tackles and special teams coach | |
| Urban Meyer | Utah | 2004 | Defensive line coach | |
| Kyle Whittingham | Utah | 2004–18 | 2004: defensive line coach; 2005–08: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and defensive line coach; 2018: assistant head coach and defensive assistant | |
| Jay Hill | Weber State | 2021–22 | Analyst | |
| Kalani Sitake | BYU | 2024–26 | Analyst |
Coached under him, later head coaches (13)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalani Sitake | Southern Utah, 2003: running backs, fullbacks and tight ends coach; Oregon State, 2015: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | BYU | |
| Dave Baldwin | Utah State, 2009: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2010: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2011: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach; Oregon State, 2015: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach; 2016: wide receivers coach; 2017: tight ends coach | Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Cal State Northridge, San José State, Colorado State | |
| Frank Maile | Utah State, 2009–10: graduate assistant; 2011–12: defensive line coach; 2019: assistant head coach and tight ends coach; 2020: assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | Utah State | |
| Matt Wells | Utah State, 2011: quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator; 2012: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Utah State, Texas Tech | |
| Dave Aranda | Utah State, 2012: defensive coordinator; Wisconsin, 2013–14: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | Baylor | |
| Mike Sanford Sr. | Utah State, 2012: assistant head coach and running backs and tight ends coach; 2019: consultant | UNLV, Indiana State | |
| Jeff Genyk | Wisconsin, 2013–14: special teams and tight ends coach | Eastern Michigan | |
| Thomas Hammock | Wisconsin, 2013: assistant head coach and running backs coach | Northern Illinois | |
| Cory Hall | Wisconsin, 2014: graduate assistant; Oregon State, 2016–17: cornerbacks coach | Oregon State | |
| Brent Brennan | Oregon State, 2015–16: wide receivers and outside receivers coach | San José State, Arizona | |
| Gary Crowton | Oregon State, 2015: offensive consultant | Louisiana Tech, BYU | |
| Mike Sanford Jr. | Utah State, 2019: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Western Kentucky, Colorado | |
| Stacy Collins | Utah State, 2019: special teams coordinator and running backs coach; 2020: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | South Dakota Mines |
Other assistants under him (16)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Roderick | Southern Utah, 2003: offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Bill Busch | Utah State, 2009–10: defensive coordinator; 2011–12: special teams and safeties coach; Wisconsin, 2013–14: special teams and defensive backs coach | |
| Ilaisa Tuiaki | Utah State, 2009–10: running backs and special teams coach; 2011: running backs coach and recruiting coordinator; Oregon State, 2015: linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Kevin McGiven | Utah State, 2009: assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach; Oregon State, 2015: quarterbacks coach; 2016: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2017: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Spencer Toone | Utah State, 2010–12: graduate assistant | |
| Andy Ludwig | Wisconsin, 2013–14: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Chris Beatty | Wisconsin, 2013: wide receivers coach; 2014: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Jon Budmayr | Wisconsin, 2013: student assistant | |
| Thomas Brown | Wisconsin, 2014: running backs coach | |
| Derrick Odum | Oregon State, 2015–16: defensive backs coach | |
| Bojay Filimoeatu | Oregon State, 2016: inside linebackers coach and quality control coach; Utah State, 2019: defensive backs coach; 2020: outside linebackers coach | |
| Kevin Clune | Oregon State, 2016–17: defensive coordinator | |
| T.J. Woods | Oregon State, 2016–17: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Justin Ena | Utah State, 2019: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach; 2020: inside linebackers coach | |
| Bodie Reeder | Utah State, 2020: offensive coordinator | |
| Dave Schramm | Utah State, 2020: running 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | State payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Utah State | head coach | $262,400 | ||
| 2019 | Utah State | head coach | $512,000 | ||
| 2017 | Oregon State | head coachbonuses up to $525,000; $50,000 in bonuses paid | $2,650,000 USA Today | ||
| 2016 | Oregon State | head coachbonuses up to $525,000 | $2,550,000 USA Today | ||
| 2015 | Oregon State | head coachbonuses up to $525,000 | $2,450,000 USA Today | ||
| 2014 | Wisconsin | head coachbonuses up to $440,000 | $2,285,000 USA Today | ||
| 2013 | Wisconsin | head coachbonuses up to $440,000 | $2,120,823 USA Today via Leeds |
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.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Transparent Utah: wages and incentive awards paid in the fiscal year from July to June, shown against the season inside it; benefits left out.
Contract pay and the state payroll differ by design: one is the season’s contract, the other what the state paid in a calendar or fiscal year, so a December hire’s short first year, bonuses and camp money paid as special payments, and pay that ran on after he left all show in the payroll.
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.
How he coached
Andersen’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 25% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 44% of plays and took 23.6 seconds a play, 2009–2019.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 12 g | Utah State | 20 of 118 17% | 29% | 47% | 20.0 | +0.04 | |
| 2010 12 g | Utah State | 14 of 103 14% | 17% | 41% | 20.8 | −0.03 | |
| 2011 13 g | Utah State | 16 of 86 19% | 31% | 33% | 22.2 | +0.12 | |
| 2012 12 g | Utah State | 10 of 88 11% | 16% | 50% | 22.1 | +0.03 | |
| 2013 13 g | Wisconsin | 19 of 93 20% | 34% | 40% | 28.3 | +0.12 | |
| 2014 14 g | Wisconsin | 17 of 98 17% | 33% | 35% | 28.7 | +0.11 | |
| 2015 12 g | Oregon State | 17 of 104 16% | 21% | 46% | 23.2 | −0.03 | |
| 2016 12 g | Oregon State | 16 of 99 16% | 30% | 47% | 27.1 | −0.03 | |
| 2019 13 g | Utah State | 10 of 103 10% | 16% | 55% | 19.4 | 0.00 | |
| All 113 g | 139 of 892 16% | 25% | 44% | 23.6 | +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.