Jan Quarless
Jan Quarless went 15–36 as a head coach, 1992–2000, at Eastern Michigan and Southern Illinois. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1997–2000 at Southern Illinois. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 15–36 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1992 1–10
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eastern Michigan interim, final 7 games | 1–6 | T–9th | |||
| 1993–96: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1997 | Southern Illinois * | 3–8 | 6th | |||
| 1998 | Southern Illinois * | 3–8 | 7th | |||
| 1999 | Southern Illinois * | 5–6 | 7th | |||
| 2000 | Southern Illinois * | 3–8 | T–5th | |||
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 rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| On the road | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
His own seven games on file, 1992, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ohioseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Miami (OH)series | 1 | 0–1 |
| Armyseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Ball Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Central Michiganseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Toledoseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Western Michiganseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976–82 | Southern Illinois (DL/OL/OC | Head coach | |
| 1983–85 | Bowling GreenDL/OL | Head coach | |
| 1986–87 | Kansas | Offensive line coach | |
| 1988–89 | Northwestern OL/ST | Head coach | |
| 1990–91 | New Mexico | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1992 | Eastern Michigan | Offensive line coach | |
| 1992 | Eastern Michigan | Interim head coach | |
| 1993–94 | Wake Forest (TE/ST) | Head coach | |
| 1995–96 | Wake Forest | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 1997–2000 | Southern Illinois | Head coach | |
| 2005 | Rhein Fire NFL Europe | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bob ValesenteKansas
- Mike SheppardNew Mexico
- Jim HarkemaEastern Michigan
- Jim CaldwellWake Forest
- Pete KuharchekRhein Fire
Assistants who became head coaches
- Dan EnosCentral Michigan
- Jim ZebrowskiLakeland
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Valesente | Kansas | 1986–87 | Offensive line coach | |
| Mike Sheppard | New Mexico | 1990–91 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Jim Harkema | Eastern Michigan | 1992 | Offensive line coach | |
| Jim Caldwell | Wake Forest | 1995–96 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Pete Kuharchek | Rhein Fire pro | 2005 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Enos | Southern Illinois, 1997–98: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | Central Michigan | |
| Jim Zebrowski | Southern Illinois, 1997: graduate assistant; 1998: tight ends coach; 1999: quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | Lakeland |
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.