Jeff Brohm
Jeff Brohm went 98–59 as a head coach, 2014–2026, at Western Kentucky, Purdue and Louisville. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 3–3); by them his record is 97–59. Share
- Record
- 98–59 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Apr 24, 1971
- Best season
- 2023 10–4, No. 19
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Western Kentucky | 8–5 | 3rd | Bahamas Bowl W | ||
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 12–2 | 1st | Miami Beach Bowl W | 24 | |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 10–3 | T–1st | Boca Raton (not coached) | ||
| 2017 | Purdue | 7–6 | T–3rd | Foster Farms Bowl W | ||
| 2018 | Purdue | 6–7 | T–2nd | Music City Bowl L | ||
| 2019 | Purdue | 4–8 | T–5th | |||
| 2020 | Purdue | 2–4 | 6th | |||
| 2021 | Purdue | 9–4 | T–2nd | Music City Bowl W | ||
| 2022 | Purdue | 8–5 | 1st | Citrus (not coached) | ||
| 2023 | Louisville | 10–4 | 2nd | Holiday Bowl L | 19 | |
| 2024 | Louisville | 9–4 | T–4th | Sun Bowl W | ||
| 2025 | Louisville | 9–4 | T–7th | Boca Raton Bowl W | ||
| 2026 | Louisville | 4–3 (Wikipedia: 3–3) |
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.
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 | 30 | 13–17 | 43% |
| Against top-10 teams | 14 | 5–9 | 36% |
| Against rivals | 21 | 15–6 | 71% |
| Conference games | 104 | 64–40 | 62% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 71 | 35–36 | 49% |
| At home | 80 | 54–26 | 68% |
| On the road | 62 | 35–27 | 56% |
| At neutral sites | 15 | 9–6 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 105 | 76–29 | 72% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 52 | 22–30 | 42% |
His own 157 games on file, 2014–2026, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Allen 2017–2023 | 5–1 | Indiana | 6 | |
| Kirk Ferentz 2017–2022 | 4–2 | Iowa | 6 | |
| Pat Fitzgerald 2017–2022 | 3–3 | Northwestern | 6 | |
| P.J. Fleck 2017–2022 | 2–4 | Minnesota | 6 | |
| Lovie Smith 2017–2020 | 3–1 | Illinois | 4 | |
| Scott Frost 2018–2021 | 3–1 | Nebraska | 4 | |
| Skip Holtz 2014–2016 | 2–2 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | |
| Paul Chryst 2017–2021 | 0–4 | Wisconsin | 4 | |
| Bobby Wilder 2014–2016 | 3–0 | Old Dominion | 3 | |
| Doc Holliday 2014–2016 | 3–0 | Marshall | 3 |
Jeff Brohm’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Indianaseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Illinoisseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Nebraskaseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Iowaseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Northwesternseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Minnesotaseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Wisconsinseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 4 | 4–0 |
How he was hired
- Hired by Purdue for the 2017 season from Western Kentucky, where he was head coach.
- Hired by Louisville for the 2023 season from Purdue, where he was head coach. He had a prior connection to the school.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Louisville Fire | Head coach | |
| 2009 | Florida Atlantic | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2010–11 | Illinois | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2012 | UAB | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2014–16 | Western Kentucky | Head coach | |
| 2017–22 | Purdue | Head coach | |
| 2023–present | Louisville | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Steve KragthorpeLouisville
- Howard SchnellenbergerFlorida Atlantic
- Ron ZookIllinois
- Vic KoenningIllinois
- Garrick McGeeUAB
- Bobby PetrinoWestern Kentucky
Assistants who became head coaches
- JaMarcus ShephardOregon State
- Neil CallawayUAB
- Nick HoltIdaho
- Tyson HeltonWestern Kentucky
- Brian BrohmPurdue
- Ryan BeardMissouri State, Coastal Carolina
- Tony LevineHouston
- Bob DiacoUConn
- Brad LambertCharlotte
- David ElsonWestern Kentucky
- Ron EnglishEastern Michigan
- Garrick McGeeUAB
- and 2 more
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Kragthorpe | Louisville | 2008 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Howard Schnellenberger | Florida Atlantic | 2009 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Ron Zook | Illinois | 2010–11 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Vic Koenning | Illinois | 2011 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Garrick McGee | UAB | 2012 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bobby Petrino | Western Kentucky | 2013 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (14)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JaMarcus Shephard | Western Kentucky, 2014: wide receivers coach; 2015: special teams and wide receivers coach; Purdue, 2017: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2018–21: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Oregon State | |
| Neil Callaway | Western Kentucky, 2014–15: offensive line coach; Purdue, 2020: offensive assistant; 2021: assistant offensive line coach | UAB | |
| Nick Holt | Western Kentucky, 2014–16: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator; Purdue, 2017–19: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Idaho | |
| Tyson Helton | Western Kentucky, 2014–15: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Western Kentucky | |
| Brian Brohm | Western Kentucky, 2016: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Purdue, 2017–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Louisville, 2023–26: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Purdue | |
| Ryan Beard | Western Kentucky, 2016: defensive backs coach | Missouri State, Coastal Carolina | |
| Tony Levine | Western Kentucky, 2016: special teams and tight ends coach; Purdue, 2017: co-offensive coordinator and special teams and tight ends coach | Houston | |
| Bob Diaco | Purdue, 2020: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | UConn | |
| Brad Lambert | Purdue, 2021: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Charlotte | |
| David Elson | Purdue, 2021: quality control coach; 2022: linebackers coach; Louisville, 2026: assistant coach | Western Kentucky | |
| Ron English | Purdue, 2021–22: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach; Louisville, 2023–25: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Eastern Michigan | |
| Garrick McGee | Purdue, 2022: wide receivers coach; Louisville, 2023–24: wide receivers coach | UAB | |
| Mark Ivey | Louisville, 2023–25: linebackers coach; 2026: co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | App State | |
| Paul Petrino | Louisville, 2026: offensive assistant | Idaho |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bryan Ellis | Western Kentucky, 2014: offensive quality control coach; 2015: running backs coach; 2016: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Anthony Poindexter | Purdue, 2017–20: co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Kevin Wolthausen | Purdue, 2017: quality control coach; 2018: defensive line coach; 2019: special teams coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Greg Brown | Purdue, 2019–20: cornerbacks coach | |
| Terrance Jamison | Purdue, 2020: defensive line coach | |
| Mark Hagen | Purdue, 2021–22: co-defensive coordinator; Louisville, 2023–25: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Brian Reader | Louisville, 2023–26: quality control coach | |
| Chip Long | Louisville, 2023: quality control | |
| Steve Ellis | Louisville, 2026: co-defensive coordinator |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Purdue | head coachbonuses up to $1,200,000; buyout $15,844,445 | $3,333,333 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | head coachbonuses up to $450,000; $150,000 in bonuses paid | $808,720 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | head coachbonuses up to $450,000; $100,000 in bonuses paid | $613,920 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Western Kentucky | head coachbonuses up to $550,000 | $600,000 USA Today |
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.
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
Brohm’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 37% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 56% of plays and took 24.9 seconds a play, 2014–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 13 g | Western Kentucky | 12 of 81 15% | 21% | 59% | 21.7 | +0.20 | |
| 2015 13 g | Western Kentucky | 21 of 86 24% | 41% | 57% | 24.2 | +0.21 | |
| 2016 13 g | Western Kentucky | 15 of 76 20% | 34% | 51% | 24.4 | +0.19 | |
| 2017 12 g | Purdue | 23 of 111 21% | 39% | 57% | 23.1 | −0.05 | |
| 2018 13 g | Purdue | 20 of 105 19% | 30% | 59% | 24.9 | +0.08 | |
| 2019 12 g | Purdue | 17 of 100 17% | 34% | 64% | 22.9 | +0.01 | |
| 2020 6 g | Purdue | 11 of 45 24% | 43% | 67% | 23.8 | +0.10 | |
| 2021 13 g | Purdue | 14 of 97 14% | 29% | 63% | 25.1 | +0.09 | |
| 2022 13 g | Purdue | 30 of 109 28% | 40% | 57% | 25.1 | −0.01 | |
| 2023 13 g | Louisville | 23 of 91 25% | 51% | 47% | 28.1 | +0.04 | |
| 2024 13 g | Louisville | 21 of 84 25% | 58% | 52% | 26.4 | +0.16 | |
| 2025 13 g | Louisville | 14 of 98 14% | 29% | 53% | 27.3 | +0.05 | |
| 2026 7 g | Louisville | 4 of 39 10% | 23% | 46% | 26.4 | +0.25 | |
| All 154 g | 225 of 1122 20% | 37% | 56% | 24.9 | +0.10 |
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.