Greg Knox
Greg Knox went 3–2 as a head coach, 2017–2023, at Mississippi State and Florida. Share
- Record
- 3–2 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 10, 1963
- Alma mater
- Northeastern State
- Best season
- 2017 9–4, No. 19
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Mississippi State interim, bowl game | 1–0 | TaxSlayer Bowl W | 19 | ||
| 2018–20: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2021 | Florida interim | 1–1 | Gasparilla Bowl L | |||
| 2022: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2023 | Mississippi State interim, remainder of season | 1–1 | T–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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| At home | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own five games on file, 2017–2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Louisvilleseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Southern Missseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Ole Missseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UCFseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | Northeastern State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1990–91 | TCU | Graduate assistant | |
| 1992–94 | Stephen F. Austin | Wide receivers and special teams coach | |
| 1995 | Ole Miss | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1996–98 | Ole Miss | Wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1999–2008 | Auburn | Wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2009–13 | Mississippi State | Running backs coach | |
| 2014–17 | Mississippi State | Running backs and special teams coach | |
| 2017 | Mississippi State | Interim head coach | |
| 2018–21 | Florida | Running backs and special teams coach | |
| 2021 | Florida | Interim head coach | |
| 2022 | Buffalo | Running backs coach and AST | |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | SOA | |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | Interim head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jim WackerTCU
- Tommy TubervilleOle Miss, Auburn
- David CutcliffeOle Miss
- Dan MullenMississippi State, Florida
- Maurice LinguistBuffalo
- Zach ArnettMississippi State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Billy GonzalesFlorida
- Brett ElliottLewis & Clark
- Rockey FelkerMississippi State
- Ron EnglishEastern Michigan
- Garrick McGeeUAB
- Paul PasqualoniSyracuse, UConn, Western Connecticut
- Tim BrewsterMinnesota, Charlotte
- Tyson SummersGeorgia Southern, Colorado State
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Wacker | TCU | 1990–91 | Graduate assistant | |
| Tommy Tuberville | Ole Miss | 1995–98 | 1995: wide receivers coach; 1996–98: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| David Cutcliffe | Ole Miss | 1998 | Wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Tommy Tuberville | Auburn | 1999–2008 | Wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Dan Mullen | Mississippi State | 2009–17 | 2009–13: running backs coach; 2014–17: running backs and special teams coach | |
| Dan Mullen | Florida | 2018–21 | Running backs and special teams coach | |
| Maurice Linguist | Buffalo | 2022 | Running backs coach and AST | |
| Zach Arnett | Mississippi State | 2023 | SOA |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Gonzales | Mississippi State, 2017: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach; Florida, 2021: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | Florida | |
| Brett Elliott | Mississippi State, 2017: quarterbacks coach | Lewis & Clark | |
| Rockey Felker | Mississippi State, 2017: director player personnel | Mississippi State | |
| Ron English | Mississippi State, 2017: safeties coach | Eastern Michigan | |
| Garrick McGee | Florida, 2021: quarterbacks coach | UAB | |
| Paul Pasqualoni | Florida, 2021: special assistant to the head coach | Syracuse, UConn, Western Connecticut | |
| Tim Brewster | Florida, 2021: assistant head coach and tight ends coach | Minnesota, Charlotte | |
| Tyson Summers | Florida, 2021: defensive assistant | Georgia Southern, Colorado State |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Baker | Mississippi State, 2017: defensive line coach | |
| Dean Kennedy | Mississippi State, 2017: graduate assistant; Florida, 2021: assistant quarterbacks | |
| John Hevesy | Mississippi State, 2017: co-offensive coordinator, running game coordinator and offensive line coach; Florida, 2021: running game coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Ryan Osborn | Mississippi State, 2017: graduate assistant | |
| Todd Grantham | Mississippi State, 2017: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; Florida, 2021: defensive coordinator | |
| Christian Robinson | Florida, 2021: defensive coordinator | |
| Darcel McBath | Mississippi State, 2023: cornerbacks coach | |
| Kevin Barbay | Mississippi State, 2023: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Matt Brock | Mississippi State, 2023: 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.