Jerry Mack
Jerry Mack went 42–24 as a head coach, 2014–2026, at North Carolina Central and Kennesaw State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 1–4); by them his record is 42–23. Share
Four seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2014–17 at North Carolina Central. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 42–24 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Oct 24, 1980
- Alma mater
- Arkansas State 2003
- Best season
- 2025 10–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | North Carolina Central * | 7–5 | T–1st | |||
| 2015 | North Carolina Central * | 8–3 | T–1st | |||
| 2016 | North Carolina Central * | 9–3 | 1st | Celebration L | ||
| 2017 | North Carolina Central * | 7–4 | T–4th | |||
| 2018–24: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2025 | Kennesaw State | 10–4 | T–1st | Myrtle Beach Bowl L | ||
| 2026 | Kennesaw State | 1–5 (Wikipedia: 1–4) | ||||
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. * 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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Conference games | 10 | 7–3 | 70% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 6–4 | 60% |
| At home | 9 | 7–2 | 78% |
| On the road | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 6–1 | 86% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 13 | 5–8 | 38% |
His own 20 games on file, 2025–2026, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kelly 2025–2026 | 1–2 | Jacksonville State | 3 |
Jerry Mack’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Missouri Stateseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Libertyseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05 | Delta State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2006–07 | Jackson State | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| 2008–09 | Central Arkansas | Passing game coord. and wide receivers coach | |
| 2010 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2011 | Memphis | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2012–13 | South Alabama | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2014–17 | North Carolina Central | Head coach | |
| 2018 | Rice | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019–20 | Rice | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2021–23 | Tennessee | Running backs coach | |
| 2024 | Jacksonville Jaguars NFL | Running backs coach | |
| 2025–present | Kennesaw State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Rick RhoadesDelta State
- Clint ConqueCentral Arkansas
- Larry PorterMemphis
- Joey JonesSouth Alabama
- Mike BloomgrenRice
- Josh HeupelTennessee
Assistants who became head coaches
- T. C. TaylorJackson State
- Jermaine GalesLincoln (MO)
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Rhoades | Delta State | 2004–05 | Graduate assistant | |
| Clint Conque | Central Arkansas | 2008–09 | Passing game coord. and wide receivers coach | |
| Larry Porter | Memphis | 2011 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Joey Jones | South Alabama | 2012–13 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Mike Bloomgren | Rice | 2018–20 | 2018: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2019–20: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Josh Heupel | Tennessee | 2021–23 | Running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. C. Taylor | North Carolina Central, 2014: quarterbacks coach; 2015–16: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2017: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Jackson State | |
| Jermaine Gales | North Carolina Central, 2016–17: wide receivers coach | Lincoln (MO) |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Granville Eastman | North Carolina Central, 2014–17: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach; Kennesaw State, 2025–26: safeties coach | |
| Jon Bradley | North Carolina Central, 2014–17: assistant defensive line coach; Kennesaw State, 2025–26: defensive line coach | |
| Marc Mattioli | Kennesaw State, 2025–26: defensive coordinator | |
| Mitch Militello | Kennesaw State, 2025–26: 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.
How he coached
Mack’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 37% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 48% of plays and took 24.4 seconds a play, 2025–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 14 g | 22 of 108 20% | 39% | 47% | 23.9 | +0.07 | |
| 2026 6 g | 8 of 41 20% | 32% | 52% | 25.6 | +0.02 | |
| All 20 g | 30 of 149 20% | 37% | 48% | 24.4 | +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.