John Hauser
John Hauser went 6–2 as a head coach, 2025–2026, at Ohio. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 4–2); by them his record is 5–2. Share
- Record
- 6–2 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Feb 27, 1980
- Best season
- 2025 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio interim, bowl game | 1–0 | Frisco Bowl W | |||
| 2026 | Ohio | 5–2 (Wikipedia: 4–2) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference games | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| At home | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
His own eight 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Jacksonville Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Stonehillseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Central Michiganseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Kent Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| UNLVseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| South Alabamaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Nebraskaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Wittenberg | Assistant coach | |
| 2004–05 | Northern Illinois | Graduate assistant | |
| 2006–08 | Northern Illinois | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2009–11 | Wayne State | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2013 | The Citadel | Safeties and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2014–15 | Miami (OH) | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2016–21 | Miami (OH) | Co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2022 | Ohio | Safeties coach | |
| 2023 | Ohio | Safeties coach and defensive passing game coordinator | |
| 2024 | Ohio | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2025 | Ohio | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2025–present | Ohio | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Joe NovakNorthern Illinois
- Jerry KillNorthern Illinois
- Chuck MartinMiami (OH)
- Tim AlbinOhio
- Brian SmithOhio
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chris WoodsTexas State, Mansfield, Stonehill
- Colin JohnsonBall State
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Novak | Northern Illinois | 2004–07 | 2004–05: graduate assistant; 2006–07: defensive backs coach | |
| Jerry Kill | Northern Illinois | 2008 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Chuck Martin | Miami (OH) | 2014–21 | 2014–15: defensive backs coach; 2016–21: co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| Tim Albin | Ohio | 2022–24 | 2022: safeties coach; 2023: safeties coach and defensive passing game coordinator; 2024: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Brian Smith | Ohio | 2024–25 | 2024: defensive coordinator and safeties coach; 2025: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Woods | Ohio, 2025–26: linebackers coach | Texas State, Mansfield, Stonehill | |
| Colin Johnson | Ohio, 2026: offensive line coach | Ball State |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Isphording | Ohio, 2025: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2025–26: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Danny Langsdorf | Ohio, 2026: wide receivers coach | |
| Kurt Mattix | Ohio, 2026: defensive 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 | Miami (OH) | co-defensive coordinator | $100,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Miami (OH) | co-defensive coordinator | $80,500 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
Hauser’s teams went for it on 26% of fourth downs and on 44% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 38% of plays and took 29.4 seconds a play, in 2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 7 g | 10 of 39 26% | 44% | 38% | 29.4 | +0.16 |
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.