Kevin Whitley
Kevin Whitley went 2–6 as a head coach, 2021, at Georgia Southern. Share
- Record
- 2–6 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Alma mater
- Georgia Southern 1993
- Best season
- 2021 3–9
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia Southern interim, final 8 games | 2–6 | 5th (East) |
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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 7 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| At home | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| On the road | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
His own eight games on file, 2021, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| South Alabamaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| BYUseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Coastal Carolinaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| App Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Georgia Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Troyseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Redan HS (GA) high school | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1998–2000 | North Springs HS (GA) high school | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 2001–02 | North Springs HS (GA) high school | Head coach | |
| 2003–08 | Creekside HS (GA) high school | Head coach | |
| 2009–18 | Stockbridge HS (GA) high school | Head coach | |
| 2019–21 | Georgia Southern | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | Interim head coach | |
| 2022–23 | Georgia Southern | Assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2024–present | Northgate HS (GA) high school | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Chad LunsfordGeorgia Southern
- Clay HeltonGeorgia Southern
Assistants who became head coaches
- Scot SloanSamford
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Lunsford | Georgia Southern | 2019–21 | Cornerbacks coach | |
| Clay Helton | Georgia Southern | 2022–23 | Assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scot Sloan | Georgia Southern, 2021: defensive coordinator | Samford |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Ruse | Georgia Southern, 2021: offensive 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 | State payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | interim head coach | $143,083 |
Open Georgia (State of Georgia, unaudited): salary paid in the fiscal year from July to June, shown against the season inside it.
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.