John Mumford
John Mumford went 41–79 as a head coach, 1990–2015, at Southeast Missouri State, Army and UL Monroe. Share
10 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1990–99 at Southeast Missouri State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 41–79 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2015 2–11
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Southeast Missouri State * | 7–3 | 3rd | |||
| 1991 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | T–3rd | |||
| 1992 | Southeast Missouri State * | 2–9 | T–6th | |||
| 1993 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | T–7th | |||
| 1994 | Southeast Missouri State * | 7–5 | 3rd | |||
| 1995 | Southeast Missouri State * | 5–6 | 4th | |||
| 1996 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | T–6th | |||
| 1997 | Southeast Missouri State * | 4–7 | 7th | |||
| 1998 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | T–6th | |||
| 1999 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | T–6th | |||
| 2000–02: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2003 | Army interim, final 7 games | 0–7 | 11th | |||
| 2004–14: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2015 | UL Monroe interim, final 3 games | 1–2 | 11th | |||
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 rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| At home | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| On the road | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
His own 10 games on file, 2003–2015, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hawai’iseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| UABseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| East Carolinaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Houstonseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Texas Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Air Forceseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Cincinnatiseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–81 | Kansas | Graduate assistant | |
| 1982 | South Dakota | Defensive line coach | |
| 1983–85 | South Dakota | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 1986–89 | South Dakota | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1990–99 | Southeast Missouri State | Head coach | |
| 2000–03 | Army | Defensive line coach | |
| 2003 | Army | Interim head coach | |
| 2004–08 | Army | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2009–14 | Army | Defensive ends coach | |
| 2014–15 | Louisiana–Monroe | Defensive line coach | |
| 2015 | Louisiana–Monroe | Interim head coach | |
| 2016 | Pope John Paul II Catholic HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 2017–22 | New Mexico State | Defensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Don FambroughKansas
- Tim BurkeSouth Dakota
- Todd BerryArmy, UL Monroe
- Bobby RossArmy
- Stan BrockArmy
- Rich EllersonArmy
- Jeff MonkenArmy
- Doug MartinNew Mexico State
- Jerry KillNew Mexico State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Todd BerryArmy, UL Monroe, Illinois State
- Jay ThomasNicholls, Northwestern State
- Mark HendricksonWestern Illinois
- Dennis CreehanEdinboro, San Francisco State, South Dakota, West Virginia Wesleyan, Alderson-Broaddus
- Dennis TherrellLock Haven, Auburn
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Fambrough | Kansas | 1980–81 | Graduate assistant | |
| Tim Burke | South Dakota | 1982–85 | 1982: defensive line coach; 1983–85: inside linebackers coach | |
| Todd Berry | Army | 2000–03 | Defensive line coach | |
| Bobby Ross | Army | 2004–06 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Stan Brock | Army | 2007–08 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Rich Ellerson | Army | 2009–13 | Defensive ends coach | |
| Jeff Monken | Army | 2014 | Defensive ends coach | |
| Todd Berry | UL Monroe | 2014–15 | Defensive line coach | |
| Doug Martin | New Mexico State | 2017–21 | Defensive line coach | |
| Jerry Kill | New Mexico State | 2022 | Defensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Berry | Southeast Missouri State, 1991: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Army, UL Monroe, Illinois State | |
| Jay Thomas | Southeast Missouri State, 1993–98: defensive line coach | Nicholls, Northwestern State | |
| Mark Hendrickson | Southeast Missouri State, 1993: offensive coordinator | Western Illinois | |
| Dennis Creehan | Army, 2003: outside linebackers and special teams coach | Edinboro, San Francisco State, South Dakota, West Virginia Wesleyan, Alderson-Broaddus | |
| Dennis Therrell | Army, 2003: defensive coordinator | Lock Haven, Auburn |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Richards | Southeast Missouri State, 1997: offensive line coach | |
| Jorge Munoz | Southeast Missouri State, 1999: wide receivers coach | |
| John Bond | Army, 2003: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Adam Waugh | UL Monroe, 2015: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Steve Farmer | UL Monroe, 2015: offensive coordinator | |
| Travis Niekamp | UL Monroe, 2015: co-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.