Jim Leonhard
Jim Leonhard went 4–3 as a head coach, 2022, at Wisconsin. Share
- Record
- 4–3 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Oct 27, 1982
- Alma mater
- Wisconsin
- Best season
- 2022 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Wisconsin interim, games 6 to 12 | 4–3 | 5th |
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 rivals | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 7 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| At home | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| On the road | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own seven games on file, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Northwesternseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Marylandseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Nebraskaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Purdueseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Minnesotaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Iowaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Other roles
- Team MVP, Wisconsin 2002 (his playing career)
- Team captain, Wisconsin 2003–04 (his playing career)
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Wisconsin | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2017–22 | Wisconsin | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2022 | Wisconsin | Interim head coach | |
| 2023 | Illinois | Senior football analyst | |
| 2024 | Denver Broncos NFL | Defensive backs coach and pass game coordinator | |
| 2025 | Denver Broncos NFL | Assistant head coach and pass game coordinator | |
| 2026–present | Buffalo Bills NFL | Defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Paul ChrystWisconsin
- Luke FickellWisconsin
- Bret BielemaIllinois
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Chryst | Wisconsin | 2016–22 | 2016: defensive backs coach; 2017–22: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Luke Fickell | Wisconsin | 2022 | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Bret Bielema | Illinois | 2023 | Senior football analyst |
Coached under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bobby April III | Wisconsin, 2022: co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Bobby Engram | Wisconsin, 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mark D’Onofrio | Wisconsin, 2022: inside linebackers 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 | Wisconsin | defensive coordinator | $600,000 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.