Herm Edwards
Herm Edwards went 26–20 on the field as a head coach, 2018–2022, at Arizona State; 18–20 officially, after the NCAA vacated eight wins (2021). Share
- Record
- 18–20 official; 26–20 on the field
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Apr 27, 1954
- Alma mater
- San Diego State
- Best season
- 2019 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Arizona State | 7–6 | 2nd (South) | Las Vegas Bowl L | ||
| 2019 | Arizona State | 8–5 | T–3rd (South) | Sun Bowl W | ||
| 2020 | Arizona State | 2–2 | 4th (South) | |||
| 2021 | Arizona State | 8–5 (0–5 official) | T–2nd (South) | Las Vegas Bowl L | ||
| 2022 | Arizona State coached three of 12 games | 1–2 |
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
N’Keal HarryNo. 32 pick, 2019
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 | 13 | 6–7 | 46% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Against rivals | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| Conference games | 31 | 17–14 | 55% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 21 | 10–11 | 48% |
| At home | 23 | 17–6 | 74% |
| On the road | 20 | 8–12 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 17–8 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 21 | 9–12 | 43% |
His own 46 games on file, 2018–2022, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Kelly 2018–2021 | 2–2 | UCLA | 4 | |
| Jonathan Smith 2018–2021 | 2–2 | Oregon State | 4 | |
| Kevin Sumlin 2018–2020 | 3–0 | Arizona | 3 | |
| Clay Helton 2018–2020 | 1–2 | USC | 3 | |
| Kyle Whittingham 2018–2021 | 1–2 | Utah | 3 |
Herm Edwards’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arizonaseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| UCLAseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| USCseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Coloradoseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Utahseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Stanfordseries | 2 | 1–1 |
How he was hired
- Hired by Arizona State for the 2018 season; he had been a head coach.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–89 | San Jose State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1992–95 | Kansas City Chiefs NFL | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1996–2000 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL | Assistant head coach and defensive backs coach | |
| 2001–05 | New York Jets NFL | Head coach | |
| 2006–08 | Kansas City Chiefs NFL | Head coach | |
| 2018–22 | Arizona State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Claude GilbertSan José State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bob SuttonArmy
- Paul HackettPittsburgh, USC
- Doug MarroneSyracuse, Buffalo Bills
- Mike CanalesNorth Texas
- Pep HamiltonDC Defenders
- Doug GraberRutgers, Montana State, Frankfurt Galaxy
- Cedric PearlCentral State, Allen
- John ZernheltThe Citadel
- David GibbsHouston
- Dick CurlTrenton State, Frankfurt Galaxy
- Jon EmbreeColorado
- Terry SheaSan José State, Rutgers
- and 7 more
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Gilbert | San José State | 1987–89 | Defensive backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (19)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sutton | New York Jets, 2001–05: linebackers coach | Army | |
| Paul Hackett | New York Jets, 2001–04: offensive coordinator | Pittsburgh, USC | |
| Doug Marrone | New York Jets, 2002–05: offensive line coach | Syracuse, Buffalo Bills | |
| Mike Canales | New York Jets, 2003: wide receivers coach | North Texas | |
| Pep Hamilton | New York Jets, 2003: offensive quality control coach; 2004: quarterbacks coach; 2005: wide receivers coach | DC Defenders | |
| Doug Graber | New York Jets, 2004: defensive backs coach | Rutgers, Montana State, Frankfurt Galaxy | |
| Cedric Pearl | New York Jets, 2005: intern | Central State, Allen | |
| John Zernhelt | New York Jets, 2005: tight ends coach | The Citadel | |
| David Gibbs | Kansas City Chiefs, 2006–08: defensive backs coach | Houston | |
| Dick Curl | Kansas City Chiefs, 2006: asst to head coach; 2007–08: asst head coach and quarterbacks coach | Trenton State, Frankfurt Galaxy | |
| Jon Embree | Kansas City Chiefs, 2006–08: tight ends coach | Colorado | |
| Terry Shea | Kansas City Chiefs, 2006: quarterbacks coach | San José State, Rutgers | |
| Chan Gailey | Kansas City Chiefs, 2008: offensive coordinator | Georgia Tech, Troy, Birmingham Fire, Samford, Dallas Cowboys, Buffalo Bills | |
| Antonio Pierce | Arizona State, 2018–19: linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator; 2020: assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator; 2021: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator | Las Vegas Raiders | |
| Danny Gonzales | Arizona State, 2018: defensive coordinator; 2019: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | New Mexico | |
| Dave Christensen | Arizona State, 2018–20: offensive line coach | Wyoming, Spokane Falls | |
| Marvin Lewis | Arizona State, 2019, 2021–22: special advisor; 2020: co-defensive coordinator | Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Shaun Aguano | Arizona State, 2019–22: running backs coach | Arizona State | |
| Brian Billick | Arizona State, 2022: advisor to head coach and offensive analyst | Baltimore Ravens |
Other assistants under him (17)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | New York Jets, 2001–03: defensive backs coach | |
| Corwin Brown | New York Jets, 2004–05: defensive backs coach (2004-2006) | |
| Denny Marcin | New York Jets, 2004–05: defensive line coach | |
| Donnie Henderson | New York Jets, 2004–05: defensive coordinator; Arizona State, 2021: interim defensive backs coach; 2022: defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Heimerdinger | New York Jets, 2005: offensive coordinator | |
| Gunther Cunningham | Kansas City Chiefs, 2006–08: defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Solari | Kansas City Chiefs, 2006–07: offensive coordinator | |
| Grady Brown | Kansas City Chiefs, 2007: bill walsh diversity coaching fellowship | |
| Joe D’Alessandris | Kansas City Chiefs, 2008: assistant offensive line coach | |
| Jordan Somerville | Arizona State, 2018–19: graduate assistant | |
| Rob Likens | Arizona State, 2018–19: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Shaun Nua | Arizona State, 2018: defensive line coach | |
| Tony White | Arizona State, 2018–19: cornerbacks coach and defensive passing game coordinator; 2019: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Jamar Cain | Arizona State, 2019: defensive line coach | |
| Juston Wood | Arizona State, 2020–22: offensive analyst | |
| Zak Hill | Arizona State, 2020–21: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Glenn Thomas | Arizona State, 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks 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
Edwards’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 29% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 45% of plays and took 26.4 seconds a play, 2018–2021.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 13 g | 19 of 99 19% | 29% | 46% | 25.0 | +0.13 | |
| 2019 13 g | 16 of 108 15% | 26% | 50% | 26.1 | +0.03 | |
| 2020 4 g | 6 of 24 25% | 40% | 37% | 27.2 | +0.17 | |
| 2021 13 g | 14 of 71 20% | 31% | 42% | 27.8 | +0.15 | |
| All 43 g | 55 of 302 18% | 29% | 45% | 26.4 | +0.11 |
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.