Jeff Monken
Jeff Monken went 131–81 as a head coach, 2010–2026, at Georgia Southern and Army. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 3–2); by them his record is 130–81. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2010–13 at Georgia Southern. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 131–81 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Apr 15, 1967
- Alma mater
- Millikin 1989
- Best season
- 2024 12–2, No. 21
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Georgia Southern * | 10–5 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Semifinal L | 6 | |
| 2011 | Georgia Southern * | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Semifinal L | 2 | |
| 2012 | Georgia Southern * | 10–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Semifinal L | 7 | |
| 2013 | Georgia Southern * | 7–4 | T–4th | |||
| 2014 | Army | 4–8 | ||||
| 2015 | Army | 2–10 | ||||
| 2016 | Army | 8–5 | Heart of Dallas Bowl W | |||
| 2017 | Army | 10–3 | Armed Forces Bowl W | |||
| 2018 | Army | 11–2 | Armed Forces Bowl W | 20 | ||
| 2019 | Army | 5–8 | ||||
| 2020 | Army | 9–3 | Liberty Bowl L | |||
| 2021 | Army | 9–4 | Armed Forces Bowl W | |||
| 2022 | Army | 6–6 | ||||
| 2023 | Army | 6–6 | ||||
| 2024 | Army | 12–2 | 1st | Independence Bowl W | 21 | |
| 2025 | Army | 7–6 | T–6th | Fenway Bowl W | ||
| 2026 | Army | 4–2 (Wikipedia: 3–2) |
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. * 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 ranked teams | 13 | 1–12 | 8% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 26 | 13–13 | 50% |
| Conference games | 22 | 15–7 | 68% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 7 | 6–1 | 86% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 69 | 34–35 | 49% |
| At home | 76 | 55–21 | 72% |
| On the road | 57 | 23–34 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 25 | 15–10 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 99 | 72–27 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 59 | 21–38 | 36% |
His own 158 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Calhoun 2014–2025 | 7–5 | Air Force | 12 | |
| Ken Niumatalolo 2014–2022 | 5–4 | Navy | 9 | |
| Jeff Traylor 2020–2025 | 4–1 | UTSA | 5 | |
| Dave Clawson 2014–2022 | 1–4 | Wake Forest | 5 | |
| David Bailiff 2014–2017 | 2–2 | Rice | 4 | |
| David Cutcliffe 2015–2018 | 1–3 | Duke | 4 | |
| Jon Sumrall 2022–2025 | 1–3 | Troy, Tulane | 4 | |
| Chris Creighton 2015–2018 | 3–0 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | |
| Lance Leipold 2016–2018 | 2–1 | Buffalo | 3 | |
| Seth Littrell 2016–2017 | 1–2 | North Texas | 3 |
Jeff Monken’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Air Forceseries | 12 | 7–5 |
| Navyseries | 12 | 6–6 |
| Tulaneseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| UTSAseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Riceseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Templeseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| UConnseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| North Texasseries | 5 | 2–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–90 | Hawaii | Graduate assistant | |
| 1991 | Arizona State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1992–94 | Buffalo | Wide receivers and tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1995 | Morton HS (IL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1996 | Concordia (IL) | Offensive line coach | |
| 1997–2001 | Georgia Southern | Running backs coach | |
| 2002–05 | Navy | Running backs coach | |
| 2006–07 | Navy | Special teams and running backs coach | |
| 2008–09 | Georgia Tech | Special teams and running backs coach | |
| 2010–13 | Georgia Southern | Head coach | |
| 2014–present | Army | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bob WagnerHawai’i
- Larry MarmieArizona State
- Paul JohnsonGeorgia Southern, Navy, Georgia Tech
- Ken NiumataloloNavy
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brent PryVirginia Tech
- Shawn QuinnSavannah State
- Chad LunsfordGeorgia Southern, Florida Atlantic
- Jay BatemanSiena
- John MumfordArmy, UL Monroe, Southeast Missouri State
- Jim CollinsDubuque, Capital (OH), Saginaw Valley State, Wittenberg
- Matt DrinkallCentral Michigan, Kansas Wesleyan
- Greg GasparatoTroy
- Nate Woody[[Appalachian State Mountaineers football
- Chandler BurksKennesaw State
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Wagner | Hawai’i | 1989–90 | Graduate assistant | |
| Larry Marmie | Arizona State | 1991 | Graduate assistant | |
| Paul Johnson | Georgia Southern | 1997–2001 | Running backs coach | |
| Paul Johnson | Navy | 2002–07 | 2002–05: running backs coach; 2006–07: special teams and running backs coach | |
| Ken Niumatalolo | Navy | 2007 | Special teams and running backs coach | |
| Paul Johnson | Georgia Tech | 2008–09 | Special teams and running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (10)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Pry | Georgia Southern, 2010: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Virginia Tech | |
| Shawn Quinn | Georgia Southern, 2010–11: linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator | Savannah State | |
| Chad Lunsford | Georgia Southern, 2013: wide receivers coach | Georgia Southern, Florida Atlantic | |
| Jay Bateman | Army, 2014–18: defensive coordinator | Siena | |
| John Mumford | Army, 2014: defensive ends coach | Army, UL Monroe, Southeast Missouri State | |
| Jim Collins | Army, 2019: director of player personnel | Dubuque, Capital (OH), Saginaw Valley State, Wittenberg | |
| Matt Drinkall | Army, 2019: offensive quality control coach; 2020–22: tight ends coach; 2023: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; 2024: offensive line coach | Central Michigan, Kansas Wesleyan | |
| Greg Gasparato | Army, 2020: co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Troy | |
| Nate Woody | Army, 2020–25: defensive coordinator | [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football | |
| Chandler Burks | Army, 2025–26: tight ends coach | Kennesaw State |
Other assistants under him (12)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| John Scott Jr. | Georgia Southern, 2010–12: special teams coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Brandon Bailey | Georgia Southern, 2013: student assistant | |
| Brent Davis | Army, 2014–22: offensive coordinator | |
| Danny Verpaele | Army, 2014–15: tight ends coach and offensive quality control coach; 2023–26: safeties coach | |
| Jovan Dewitt | Army, 2014–15: special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Chad Wilt | Army, 2016–18: defensive line coach | |
| David Corley Jr. | Army, 2017: wide receivers coach | |
| John Loose | Army, 2019: defensive coordinator | |
| Shiel Wood | Army, 2020: co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach; 2021: co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Drew Thatcher | Army, 2023: offensive coordinator | |
| Cody Worley | Army, 2024–26: offensive coordinator | |
| Daryl Dixon | Army, 2026: 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.
How he coached
Monken’s teams went for it on 42% of fourth downs and on 65% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 15% of plays and took 31.0 seconds a play, 2014–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 12 g | 31 of 87 36% | 49% | 16% | 28.5 | +0.05 | |
| 2015 12 g | 21 of 82 26% | 33% | 17% | 31.5 | −0.01 | |
| 2016 12 g | 34 of 75 45% | 65% | 14% | 29.4 | +0.14 | |
| 2017 13 g | 30 of 65 46% | 58% | 8% | 32.0 | +0.22 | |
| 2018 13 g | 37 of 82 45% | 75% | 11% | 32.7 | +0.21 | |
| 2019 13 g | 39 of 83 47% | 70% | 16% | 29.5 | +0.14 | |
| 2020 12 g | 33 of 84 39% | 63% | 11% | 30.7 | +0.03 | |
| 2021 13 g | 40 of 89 45% | 73% | 14% | 31.6 | +0.18 | |
| 2022 12 g | 30 of 83 36% | 74% | 16% | 30.3 | +0.13 | |
| 2023 12 g | 35 of 91 38% | 69% | 24% | 31.3 | −0.04 | |
| 2024 14 g | 39 of 76 51% | 76% | 15% | 33.2 | +0.18 | |
| 2025 13 g | 55 of 100 55% | 78% | 15% | 30.7 | +0.09 | |
| 2026 6 g | 12 of 33 36% | 55% | 16% | 31.3 | +0.29 | |
| All 157 g | 436 of 1030 42% | 65% | 15% | 31.0 | +0.12 |
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.