Kurt Roper
Kurt Roper went 0–1 as a head coach, 2018, at Colorado. Share
- Record
- 0–1 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jul 25, 1975
- Alma mater
- Rice 1995
- Best season
- 2018 5–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Colorado interim, game 12 | 0–1 | 6th (North) |
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 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
His own one games on file, 2018, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Californiaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–98 | Tennessee | Graduate assistant | |
| 1999–2001 | Ole Miss | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2002–04 | Ole Miss | Quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator | |
| 2005 | Kentucky | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2006–07 | Tennessee | Running backs coach | |
| 2008–13 | Duke | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2014 | Florida | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Offensive analyst | |
| 2016–17 | South Carolina | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2018 | Colorado | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2018 | Colorado | Interim head coach | |
| 2019 | NC State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2020–22 | NC State | Running backs coach | |
| 2023–24 | NC State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2025–present | NC State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Phillip FulmerTennessee
- David CutcliffeOle Miss, Duke
- Rich BrooksKentucky
- D.J. DurkinFlorida
- Will MuschampFlorida, South Carolina
- Mike MacIntyreColorado
- Dave DoerenNC State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Daniel Da PratoSouth Florida
- Darrin ChiaveriniChaffey, Northeastern State
- Ross ElsHastings
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee | 1996–2007 | 1996–98: graduate assistant; 2006–07: running backs coach | |
| David Cutcliffe | Ole Miss | 1999–2004 | 1999–2001: quarterbacks coach; 2002–04: quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator | |
| Rich Brooks | Kentucky | 2005 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| David Cutcliffe | Duke | 2008–13 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| D.J. Durkin | Florida | 2014 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Will Muschamp | Florida | 2014 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Will Muschamp | South Carolina | 2016–17 | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike MacIntyre | Colorado | 2018 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Dave Doeren | NC State | 2019–26 | 2019–24: quarterbacks coach; 2020–22: running backs coach; 2025–26: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Da Prato | Colorado, 2018: quality control coach and offense | South Florida | |
| Darrin Chiaverini | Colorado, 2018: co-offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | Chaffey, Northeastern State | |
| Ross Els | Colorado, 2018: inside linebackers coach | Hastings |
Other assistants under him (2)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| D. J. Eliot | Colorado, 2018: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Klayton Adams | Colorado, 2018: co-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 | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | South Carolina | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $115,000 | $700,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | South Carolina | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $115,000 | $700,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Florida | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $237,500 | $700,000 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.