Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford went 126–79 as a head coach, 2002–2023, at California and Fresno State. Share
- Record
- 126–79 career
- Seasons
- 16
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 1 season
- Born
- Nov 2, 1961
- Alma mater
- Fresno State
- Best season
- 2004 10–2, No. 9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | California | 7–5 | T–4th | |||
| 2003 | California | 8–6 | T–3rd | Insight Bowl W | ||
| 2004 | California | 10–2 | 2nd | Holiday Bowl L | 9 | |
| 2005 | California | 8–4 | T–4th | Las Vegas Bowl W | 25 | |
| 2006 | California | 10–3 | T–1st | Holiday Bowl W | 14 | |
| 2007 | California | 7–6 | T–7th | Armed Forces Bowl W | ||
| 2008 | California | 9–4 | 4th | Emerald Bowl W | 25 | |
| 2009 | California | 8–5 | T–5th | Poinsettia Bowl L | ||
| 2010 | California | 5–7 | 8th | |||
| 2011 | California | 7–6 | 4th (North) | Holiday Bowl L | ||
| 2012 | California | 3–9 | 5th (North) | |||
| 2013–16: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2017 | Fresno State | 10–4 | 1st (West) | Hawai’i Bowl W | ||
| 2018 | Fresno State | 12–2 | 1st (West) | Las Vegas Bowl W | 18 | |
| 2019 | Fresno State | 4–8 | T–4th (West) | |||
| 2020–21: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2022 | Fresno State | 10–4 | 1st | LA Bowl W | 24 | |
| 2023 | Fresno State | 8–4 | T–6th | New Mexico W | ||
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
J.J. ArringtonConsensus All‑American, 2004- Jahvid BestNo. 30 pick, 2010
- Cameron JordanNo. 24 pick, 2011
- Kyle BollerNo. 19 pick, 2003
- Nnamdi AsomughaNo. 31 pick, 2003
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 | 45 | 16–29 | 36% |
| Against top-10 teams | 16 | 1–15 | 6% |
| Against rivals | 49 | 33–16 | 67% |
| Conference games | 136 | 78–58 | 57% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 11 | 8–3 | 73% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 68 | 33–35 | 49% |
| At home | 99 | 72–27 | 73% |
| On the road | 93 | 45–48 | 48% |
| At neutral sites | 13 | 9–4 | 69% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 136 | 102–34 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 69 | 24–45 | 35% |
His own 205 games on file, 2002–2023, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Riley 2003–2012 | 3–7 | Oregon State | 10 | |
| Pete Carroll 2002–2009 | 1–7 | USC | 8 | |
| Mike Stoops 2004–2010 | 4–3 | Arizona | 7 | |
| Dennis Erickson 2002–2011 | 4–2 | Oregon State, Arizona State | 6 | |
| Mike Bellotti 2003–2008 | 4–2 | Oregon | 6 | |
| Rick Neuheisel 2002–2011 | 4–1 | Washington, UCLA | 5 | |
| Brent Brennan 2017–2023 | 3–2 | San José State | 5 | |
| Karl Dorrell 2003–2007 | 2–3 | UCLA | 5 | |
| Chip Kelly 2009–2018 | 1–4 | Oregon, UCLA | 5 | |
| Dirk Koetter 2002–2006 | 4–0 | Arizona State | 4 |
Jeff Tedford’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 |
|---|---|---|
| USCseries | 13 | 1–12 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 12 | 10–2 |
| UCLAseries | 12 | 8–4 |
| Washingtonseries | 12 | 6–6 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 12 | 3–9 |
| Stanfordseries | 11 | 7–4 |
| Washington Stateseries | 10 | 9–1 |
| Oregonseries | 10 | 4–6 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–91 | Calgary Stampeders CFL | Offensive assistant | |
| 1992 | Fresno State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1993–97 | Fresno State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1998–2001 | Oregon | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2002–12 | California | Head coach | |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2015 | BC Lions CFL | Head coach | |
| 2016 | Washington | Offensive consultant | |
| 2017–19 | Fresno State | Head coach | |
| 2022–23 | Fresno State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jim SweeneyFresno State
- Pat HillFresno State
- Mike BellottiOregon
- Lovie SmithTampa Bay Buccaneers
- Chris PetersenWashington
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bob FosterUC Davis
- Bob GregoryBoise State, Washington
- Eric KiesauFresno State
- George CortezCalgary Stampeders (SC), Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- Justin WilcoxCalifornia
- Pete AlamarRice
- Mike DunbarCentral Washington, Northern Iowa
- Tosh LupoiCalifornia
- Jeff GenykEastern Michigan
- Marcus ArroyoUNLV, Arizona State
- Robin RossWestern Washington
- Kalen DeBoerFresno State, Washington, Alabama, Sioux Falls
- and 5 more
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Sweeney | Fresno State | 1992–96 | 1992: quarterbacks coach; 1993–96: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Pat Hill | Fresno State | 1997 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike Bellotti | Oregon | 1998–2001 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Lovie Smith | Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL | 2014 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Chris Petersen | Washington | 2016 | Offensive consultant |
Coached under him, later head coaches (17)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Foster | California, 2002, 2006: linebackers coach | UC Davis | |
| Bob Gregory | California, 2002–09: defensive coordinator | Boise State, Washington | |
| Eric Kiesau | California, 2002–05: wide receivers coach; 2011: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | Fresno State | |
| George Cortez | California, 2002–05: offensive coordinator and quality control coach; BC Lions, 2015: offensive coordinator | Calgary Stampeders (SC), Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |
| Justin Wilcox | California, 2003–05: linebackers coach | California | |
| Pete Alamar | California, 2003–09: special teams and tight ends coach | Rice | |
| Mike Dunbar | California, 2006: offensive coordinator | Central Washington, Northern Iowa | |
| Tosh Lupoi | California, 2008–11: defensive line coach | California | |
| Jeff Genyk | California, 2010–12: special teams and tight ends coach | Eastern Michigan | |
| Marcus Arroyo | California, 2011: quarterbacks coach; 2012: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UNLV, Arizona State | |
| Robin Ross | BC Lions, 2015: defensive line coach | Western Washington | |
| Kalen DeBoer | Fresno State, 2017–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Fresno State, Washington, Alabama, Sioux Falls | |
| Kirby Moore | Fresno State, 2017–19: wide receivers coach; 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Washington State | |
| Orlondo Steinauer | Fresno State, 2017: defensive coordinator | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | |
| Kevin Coyle | Fresno State, 2022–23: defensive coordinator | Atlanta Legends | |
| Tim Skipper | Fresno State, 2022–23: assistant head coach and linebackers coach | Fresno State, UCLA, Cal Poly | |
| Brian Armstrong | Fresno State, 2023: offensive line coach | Rocky Mountain |
Other assistants under him (12)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Michalczik | California, 2002–08: assistant head coach and offensive line coach; 2011–12: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Kevin Daft | California, 2004–06: graduate assistant; 2007: quarterbacks coach; 2008–10: wide receivers coach | |
| Dan Ferrigno | California, 2006–07: wide receivers coach | |
| Frank Cignetti Jr. | California, 2008: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Andy Ludwig | California, 2009–10: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Clancy Pendergast | California, 2010–12: defensive coordinator | |
| Ronnie Bradford | California, 2010–12: defensive assistant | |
| Jamar Cain | Fresno State, 2017–18: defensive line coach | |
| Ryan Grubb | Fresno State, 2017–18: offensive line coach and running game coordinator; 2019: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Bert Watts | Fresno State, 2018–19: defensive coordinator | |
| Danny Langsdorf | Fresno State, 2019: quarterbacks coach | |
| Pat McCann | Fresno State, 2023: offensive 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 | Fresno State | head coachbonuses up to $2,765,000; buyout $5,080,000 | $1,550,000 USA Today | |
| 2012 | California | head coachbonuses up to $255,000 | $2,600,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2011 | California | head coachbonuses up to $255,000 | $2,300,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2010 | California | head coachbonuses up to $265,000 | $2,305,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2009 | California | head coachbonuses up to $265,000 | $2,807,500 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2008 | California | head coach | $1,850,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2007 | California | head coachbonuses up to $400,000 | $1,805,800 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2006 | California | head coachbonuses up to $350,000 | $1,505,300 USA Today via Leeds |
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.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
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
Tedford’s teams went for it on 14% of fourth downs and on 26% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 50% of plays and took 25.9 seconds a play, 2004–2023.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 12 g | California | 10 of 74 14% | 25% | 40% | 24.9 | +0.15 | |
| 2005 11 g | California | 11 of 82 13% | 33% | 44% | 25.8 | −0.01 | |
| 2006 11 g | California | 11 of 70 16% | 27% | 52% | 25.3 | +0.06 | |
| 2007 13 g | California | 10 of 90 11% | 19% | 52% | 24.8 | −0.01 | |
| 2008 13 g | California | 14 of 104 13% | 33% | 51% | 26.9 | −0.09 | |
| 2009 13 g | California | 10 of 101 10% | 13% | 49% | 25.8 | 0.00 | |
| 2010 12 g | California | 14 of 90 16% | 30% | 46% | 25.8 | −0.07 | |
| 2011 13 g | California | 23 of 98 23% | 34% | 50% | 26.3 | −0.07 | |
| 2012 12 g | California | 13 of 98 13% | 21% | 49% | 24.3 | −0.08 | |
| 2017 14 g | Fresno State | 15 of 113 13% | 24% | 47% | 26.6 | +0.02 | |
| 2018 14 g | Fresno State | 10 of 101 10% | 23% | 49% | 26.7 | +0.10 | |
| 2019 12 g | Fresno State | 13 of 84 15% | 25% | 52% | 26.7 | +0.09 | |
| 2022 14 g | Fresno State | 17 of 92 18% | 44% | 55% | 26.8 | +0.05 | |
| 2023 13 g | Fresno State | 14 of 95 15% | 24% | 62% | 25.1 | +0.08 | |
| All 177 g | 185 of 1292 14% | 26% | 50% | 25.9 | +0.02 |
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.