Jeff Quinn
Jeff Quinn went 21–37 as a head coach, 2006–2014, at Central Michigan, Cincinnati and Buffalo. Share
- Record
- 21–37 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Best season
- 2009 12–1, No. 8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Central Michigan interim, bowl game | 1–0 | Motor City Bowl W | |||
| 2007–08: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2009 | Cincinnati bowl game | 0–1 | Sugar Bowl L | 8 | ||
| 2010 | Buffalo | 2–10 | T–5th (East) | |||
| 2011 | Buffalo | 3–9 | 6th (East) | |||
| 2012 | Buffalo | 4–8 | T–4th (East) | |||
| 2013 | Buffalo | 8–5 | 2nd (East) | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl L | ||
| 2014 | Buffalo coached seven of 11 games | 3–4 | ||||
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 | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Conference games | 35 | 13–22 | 37% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 15 | 6–9 | 40% |
| At home | 28 | 15–13 | 54% |
| On the road | 26 | 5–21 | 19% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 24 | 16–8 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 34 | 5–29 | 15% |
His own 58 games on file, 2006–2014, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Solich 2010–2013 | 2–2 | Ohio | 4 | |
| Dave Clawson 2010–2013 | 1–3 | Bowling Green | 4 | |
| Ron English 2010–2013 | 1–2 | Eastern Michigan | 3 | |
| Paul Pasqualoni 2011–2013 | 1–2 | UConn | 3 | |
| Art Briles 2010–2014 | 0–3 | Baylor | 3 |
Jeff Quinn’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH)series | 5 | 3–2 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Ohioseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| UConnseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Eastern Michiganseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Baylorseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Massachusettsseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984–86 | DePauw | Assistant coach | |
| 1986–88 | Ohio Northern | Offensive line coach | |
| 1989–2003 | Grand Valley State | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2004–06 | Central Michigan | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2006 | Central Michigan | Interim head coach | |
| 2006–09 | Cincinnati | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2009 | Cincinnati | Interim head coach | |
| 2010–14 | Buffalo | Head coach | |
| 2015 | Notre Dame | Offensive analyst | |
| 2016–17 | Notre Dame | Assistant strength and conditioning coach | |
| 2018–21 | Notre Dame | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Tom BeckGrand Valley State
- Brian KellyGrand Valley State, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Notre Dame
- Mark DantonioCincinnati
- Marcus FreemanNotre Dame
Assistants who became head coaches
- Charley MolnarMassachusetts
- Bob DiacoUConn
- Kerry CoombsCincinnati
- Alex WoodBuffalo, James Madison, Florida A&M
- Don PattersonWestern Illinois
- Matt SimonNorth Texas
- Lou TepperIllinois, Edinboro, IU Pennsylvania
- Maurice LinguistBuffalo
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Beck | Grand Valley State | 1989–90 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Brian Kelly | Grand Valley State | 1991–2003 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Brian Kelly | Central Michigan | 2004–06 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Mark Dantonio | Cincinnati | 2006 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Brian Kelly | Cincinnati | 2006–09 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Brian Kelly | Notre Dame | 2015–21 | 2015: offensive analyst; 2016–17: assistant strength and conditioning coach; 2018–21: offensive line coach | |
| Marcus Freeman | Notre Dame | 2021 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Molnar | Central Michigan, 2006: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach; Cincinnati, 2009: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | Massachusetts | |
| Bob Diaco | Cincinnati, 2009: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | UConn | |
| Kerry Coombs | Cincinnati, 2009: assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach | Cincinnati | |
| Alex Wood | Buffalo, 2011–14: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | Buffalo, James Madison, Florida A&M | |
| Don Patterson | Buffalo, 2011–13: quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator | Western Illinois | |
| Matt Simon | Buffalo, 2011–14: running backs coach | North Texas | |
| Lou Tepper | Buffalo, 2012–14: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Illinois, Edinboro, IU Pennsylvania | |
| Maurice Linguist | Buffalo, 2012–13: defensive backs coach | Buffalo |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Tresey | Central Michigan, 2006: defensive coordinator | |
| William Inge | Cincinnati, 2009: linebackers coach; Buffalo, 2010–11: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Greg Forest | Buffalo, 2010: offensive coordinator | |
| Chris Cosh | Buffalo, 2013–14: defensive line 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Buffalo | head coachbonuses up to $470,000 | $380,210 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
Quinn’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 19.3 seconds a play, 2010–2013.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 12 g | 18 of 110 16% | 24% | 52% | 16.1 | −0.27 | |
| 2011 12 g | 26 of 110 24% | 39% | 51% | 18.1 | −0.06 | |
| 2012 11 g | 24 of 113 21% | 37% | 47% | 20.7 | −0.12 | |
| 2013 13 g | 17 of 108 16% | 34% | 45% | 22.3 | +0.02 | |
| All 48 g | 85 of 441 19% | 33% | 49% | 19.3 | −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.