Kerry Coombs
Kerry Coombs went 0–1 as a head coach, 2022, at Cincinnati. Share
- Record
- 0–1 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 9, 1961
- Alma mater
- Dayton 1983
- Best season
- 2022 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cincinnati interim, bowl game | 0–1 | Fenway Bowl L |
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.
Players he coached
Ivan Pace Jr.Consensus All‑American, 2022
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own one 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louisvilleseries | 1 | 0–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Ohio State’s 2014 staff (cornerbacks coach, special teams coordinator) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983–84 | Greenhills HS (OH) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1985–88 | Lakota HS (OH) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1989–90 | Loveland HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1991–2006 | Colerain HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 2007–08 | Cincinnati | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2009–11 | Cincinnati | Assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2012 | Ohio State | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2013–17 | Ohio State | Special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2018–19 | Tennessee Titans NFL | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2020–21 | Ohio State | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati | Interim head coach, special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2023–24 | Cincinnati | Special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2025–present | Michigan | Special teams coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Brian KellyCincinnati
- Jeff QuinnCincinnati
- Butch JonesCincinnati
- Urban MeyerOhio State
- Ryan DayOhio State
- Scott SatterfieldCincinnati
- Biff PoggiMichigan
- Sherrone MooreMichigan
- Kyle WhittinghamMichigan
Assistants who became head coaches
- Howard FegginsSt. Augustine’s
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Kelly | Cincinnati | 2007–09 | 2007–08: defensive backs coach; 2009: assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Jeff Quinn | Cincinnati | 2009 | Assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Butch Jones | Cincinnati | 2010–11 | Assistant head coach, special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Urban Meyer | Ohio State | 2012–17 | 2012: cornerbacks coach; 2013–17: special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| Ryan Day | Ohio State | 2020–21 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Scott Satterfield | Cincinnati | 2023–24 | Special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| Biff Poggi | Michigan | 2025 | Special teams coordinator | |
| Sherrone Moore | Michigan | 2025 | Special teams coordinator | |
| Kyle Whittingham | Michigan | 2026 | Special teams coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Feggins | Colerain HS (OH), 1993: defensive line and running backs coach | St. Augustine’s |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Hitschler | Cincinnati, 2022: co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Gino Guidugli | Cincinnati, 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike Tressel | Cincinnati, 2022: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Ricky Brown | Cincinnati, 2022: quality control 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 | Ohio State | special teams coordinatorbonuses up to $191,250 | $500,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Ohio State | special teams coordinatorbonuses up to $167,169 | $429,500 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Ohio State | special teams coordinatorbonuses up to $133,875 | $350,450 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Ohio State | special teams coordinatorbonuses up to $112,500 | $300,450 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.