Kane Wommack
Kane Wommack went 22–16 as a head coach, 2021–2023, at South Alabama. Share
- Record
- 22–16 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Apr 19, 1987
- Alma mater
- Southern Miss 2009
- Best season
- 2022 10–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Alabama | 5–7 | T–3rd (West) | |||
| 2022 | South Alabama | 10–3 | T–1st (West) | New Orleans Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | South Alabama | 7–6 | T–2nd (West) | 68 Ventures Bowl 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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Conference games | 24 | 13–11 | 54% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 17 | 8–9 | 47% |
| At home | 18 | 13–5 | 72% |
| On the road | 19 | 9–10 | 47% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 25 | 18–7 | 72% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
His own 38 games on file, 2021–2023, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Jones 2021–2023 | 3–0 | Arkansas State | 3 | |
| Will Hall 2021–2023 | 3–0 | Southern Miss | 3 | |
| Terry Bowden 2021–2023 | 2–1 | UL Monroe | 3 |
Kane Wommack’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Southern Missseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| UL Monroeseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Louisianaseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Texas Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Troyseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Georgia Southernseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Central Michiganseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Also a player: Kane Wommack’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | UT Martin | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2011 | Jacksonville State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2012–13 | Ole Miss | Graduate assistant | |
| 2014–15 | Eastern Illinois | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2016–17 | South Alabama | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2018 | Indiana | Linebackers coach | |
| 2019–20 | Indiana | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2021–23 | South Alabama | Head coach | |
| 2024–present | Alabama | Defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jason SimpsonUT Martin
- Jack CroweJacksonville State
- Hugh FreezeOle Miss
- Kim DameronEastern Illinois
- Joey JonesSouth Alabama
- Tom AllenIndiana
- Kalen DeBoerAlabama
Assistants who became head coaches
- Major ApplewhiteHouston, South Alabama
- Jay HopsonSouthern Miss, Alcorn State
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Simpson | UT Martin | 2010 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Jack Crowe | Jacksonville State | 2011 | Graduate assistant | |
| Hugh Freeze | Ole Miss | 2012–13 | Graduate assistant | |
| Kim Dameron | Eastern Illinois | 2014–15 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Joey Jones | South Alabama | 2016–17 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Tom Allen | Indiana | 2018–20 | 2018: linebackers coach; 2019–20: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Kalen DeBoer | Alabama | 2024–26 | Defensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major Applewhite | South Alabama, 2021–23: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Houston, South Alabama | |
| Jay Hopson | South Alabama, 2023: cornerbacks coach | Southern Miss, Alcorn State |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Corey Batoon | South Alabama, 2021–23: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Rob Ezell | South Alabama, 2021–23: tight ends coach | |
| Will Windham | South Alabama, 2021–23: 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 | South Alabama | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $11,815 | $150,530 USA Today | |
| 2016 | South Alabama | defensive coordinator | $145,000 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.
How he coached
Wommack’s teams went for it on 33% of fourth downs and on 54% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 52% of plays and took 25.8 seconds a play, 2021–2023.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 9 g | 37 of 85 44% | 57% | 55% | 26.0 | −0.01 | |
| 2022 13 g | 30 of 105 29% | 53% | 50% | 25.6 | +0.08 | |
| 2023 13 g | 27 of 91 30% | 50% | 51% | 25.8 | +0.13 | |
| All 35 g | 94 of 281 33% | 54% | 52% | 25.8 | +0.07 |
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.