Jeff Scott
Jeff Scott went 4–26 as a head coach, 2020–2022, at South Florida. Share
- Record
- 4–26 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Dec 28, 1980
- Alma mater
- Clemson
- Best season
- 2021 2–10
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | South Florida | 1–8 | 11th | |||
| 2021 | South Florida | 2–10 | T–9th | |||
| 2022 | South Florida coached nine of 12 games | 1–8 |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 20 | 1–19 | 5% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| At home | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| On the road | 16 | 0–16 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 26 | 1–25 | 4% |
His own 30 games on file, 2020–2022, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Holgorsen 2020–2022 | 0–3 | Houston | 3 | |
| Luke Fickell 2020–2022 | 0–3 | Cincinnati | 3 | |
| Mike Houston 2020–2022 | 0–3 | East Carolina | 3 |
Jeff Scott’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Templeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| East Carolinaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Houstonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Floridaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Tulsaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| BYUseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| UCFseries | 2 | 0–2 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Clemson’s 2016 staff (co-offensive coordinator, wide receivers) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Clemson’s 2018 staff (co-offensive coordinator, wide receivers) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Blythewood HS (SC) high school | Head coach | |
| 2007 | Presbyterian | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2008 | Clemson | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2008–14 | Clemson | Wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2015–19 | Clemson | Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2020–22 | South Florida | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dabo SwinneyClemson
- Tommy BowdenClemson
Assistants who became head coaches
- Daniel Da PratoSouth Florida
- Glenn SpencerWest Georgia
- George BarlowNew Mexico
- Bob ShoopColumbia
- Chad MorrisSMU, Arkansas
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dabo Swinney | Clemson | 2008–19 | 2008: wide receivers coach; 2008–14: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator; 2015–19: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Tommy Bowden | Clemson | 2008 | 2008: wide receivers coach; 2008: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Da Prato | South Florida, 2020–22: special teams coach | South Florida | |
| Glenn Spencer | South Florida, 2020: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2021: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | West Georgia | |
| George Barlow | South Florida, 2021–22: cornerbacks coach | New Mexico | |
| Bob Shoop | South Florida, 2022: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Columbia | |
| Chad Morris | South Florida, 2022: offensive analyst | SMU, Arkansas |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie Weis Jr. | South Florida, 2020–21: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Ernie Sims | South Florida, 2020: defensive quality control analyst; 2021–22: linebackers coach; 2022: interim defensive coordinator | |
| Travis Trickett | South Florida, 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Clemson | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $95,000 | $800,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Clemson | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $95,000 | $643,750 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Clemson | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $95,000 | $419,823 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
Scott’s teams went for it on 31% of fourth downs and on 41% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 48% of plays and took 24.7 seconds a play, 2020–2021.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 8 g | 21 of 71 30% | 44% | 52% | 23.5 | −0.09 | |
| 2021 12 g | 31 of 99 31% | 39% | 45% | 25.5 | −0.02 | |
| All 20 g | 52 of 170 31% | 41% | 48% | 24.7 | −0.05 |
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.