Larry Fedora
Larry Fedora went 79–62 as a head coach, 2008–2018, at Southern Miss and North Carolina. Share
- Record
- 79–62 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 10, 1962
- Best season
- 2015 11–3, No. 15
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Southern Miss | 7–6 | 3rd (East) | New Orleans Bowl W | ||
| 2009 | Southern Miss | 7–6 | 3rd (East) | New Orleans Bowl L | ||
| 2010 | Southern Miss | 8–5 | T–2nd (East) | Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg L | ||
| 2011 | Southern Miss | 12–2 | 1st (East) | Hawai’i Bowl W | 20 | |
| 2012 | North Carolina | 8–4 | T–1st (Coastal) | |||
| 2013 | North Carolina | 7–6 | 5th (Coastal) | Belk Bowl W | ||
| 2014 | North Carolina | 6–7 | T–3rd (Coastal) | Quick Lane Bowl L | ||
| 2015 | North Carolina | 11–3 | 1st (Coastal) | Russell Athletic Bowl L | 15 | |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 8–5 | T–2nd (Coastal) | Sun Bowl L | ||
| 2017 | North Carolina | 3–9 | 7th (Coastal) | |||
| 2018 | North Carolina | 2–9 | 7th (Coastal) |
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
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 25 | 6–19 | 24% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against rivals | 37 | 19–18 | 51% |
| Conference games | 88 | 48–40 | 55% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 61 | 27–34 | 44% |
| At home | 69 | 47–22 | 68% |
| On the road | 60 | 28–32 | 47% |
| At neutral sites | 12 | 4–8 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 84 | 59–25 | 70% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 57 | 20–37 | 35% |
His own 141 games on file, 2008–2018, 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.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Johnson 2012–2018 | 3–4 | Georgia Tech | 7 | |
| David Cutcliffe 2012–2018 | 2–5 | Duke | 7 | |
| Dave Doeren 2013–2018 | 2–4 | NC State | 6 | |
| Mike London 2011–2015 | 5–0 | Virginia | 5 | |
| Ruffin McNeill 2010–2014 | 2–3 | East Carolina | 5 | |
| George O’Leary 2008–2011 | 4–0 | UCF | 4 | |
| Pat Narduzzi 2015–2018 | 4–0 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |
| Frank Beamer 2012–2015 | 2–2 | Virginia Tech | 4 | |
| Neil Callaway 2008–2011 | 1–3 | UAB | 4 | |
| Kevin Sumlin 2009–2011 | 2–1 | Houston | 3 |
Larry Fedora’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Virginiaseries | 9 | 7–2 |
| East Carolinaseries | 8 | 3–5 |
| Georgia Techseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| NC Stateseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Miamiseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Dukeseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Virginia Techseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Pittsburghseries | 6 | 6–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Austin | Graduate assistant | |
| 1987–90 | Garland HS (TX) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1991–96 | Baylor | Wide receivers, tight ends and running backs coach | |
| 1997–98 | Air Force | Passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 1999–2001 | Middle Tennessee | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2002 | Florida | Running game coordinator and running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| 2003 | Florida | Passing game coordinator and running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| 2004 | Florida | Offensive coordinator and running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| 2005–07 | Oklahoma State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2008–11 | Southern Miss | Head coach | |
| 2012–18 | North Carolina | Head coach | |
| 2019 | Texas | Analyst | |
| 2020 | Baylor | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2022 | New Orleans Breakers USFL | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Grant TeaffBaylor
- Chuck ReedyBaylor
- Fisher DeBerryAir Force
- Andy McCollumMiddle Tennessee
- Ron ZookFlorida
- Charlie StrongFlorida
- Mike GundyOklahoma State
- Tom HermanTexas
- Dave ArandaBaylor
Assistants who became head coaches
- Blake AndersonArkansas State, Utah State, Southern Miss
- Chris KapilovicAuburn
- David DugganCologne Centurions
- Frank WilsonUTSA, LSU, McNeese
- Walt BellMassachusetts
- Gunter BrewerNortheast Mississippi
- Vic KoenningWyoming, Illinois
- Keith HeckendorfNorth Carolina
- Larry PorterMemphis
- Seth LittrellNorth Texas
- Gene ChizikIowa State, Auburn
- Chad ScottWest Virginia
- and 1 more
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Teaff | Baylor | 1991–92 | Wide receivers, tight ends and running backs coach | |
| Chuck Reedy | Baylor | 1993–96 | Wide receivers, tight ends and running backs coach | |
| Fisher DeBerry | Air Force | 1997–98 | Passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Andy McCollum | Middle Tennessee | 1999–2001 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Ron Zook | Florida | 2002–04 | 2002: running game coordinator and running backs and wide receivers coach; 2003: passing game coordinator and running backs and wide receivers coach; 2004: offensive coordinator and running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| Charlie Strong | Florida | 2004 | Offensive coordinator and running backs and wide receivers coach | |
| Mike Gundy | Oklahoma State | 2005–07 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Tom Herman | Texas | 2019 | Analyst | |
| Dave Aranda | Baylor | 2020 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (13)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Anderson | Southern Miss, 2008–09: running game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2010–11: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; North Carolina, 2012–13: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Arkansas State, Utah State, Southern Miss | |
| Chris Kapilovic | Southern Miss, 2008–09: offensive line coach; 2010–11: offensive line coach and running game coordinator; North Carolina, 2012–13: offensive line coach and running game coordinator; 2014: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; 2015–18: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | Auburn | |
| David Duggan | Southern Miss, 2008–10: linebackers coach; 2011: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; North Carolina, 2012: outside linebackers and special teams coach | Cologne Centurions | |
| Frank Wilson | Southern Miss, 2008: running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | UTSA, LSU, McNeese | |
| Walt Bell | Southern Miss, 2010: graduate assistant; 2011: wide receivers coach; North Carolina, 2012–13: tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | Massachusetts | |
| Gunter Brewer | North Carolina, 2012–17: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Northeast Mississippi | |
| Vic Koenning | North Carolina, 2012–14: assistant head coach and safeties coach | Wyoming, Illinois | |
| Keith Heckendorf | North Carolina, 2014–15: quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator; 2016–18: quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator | North Carolina | |
| Larry Porter | North Carolina, 2014–16: running backs coach | Memphis | |
| Seth Littrell | North Carolina, 2014–15: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | North Texas | |
| Gene Chizik | North Carolina, 2015–16: defensive coordinator | Iowa State, Auburn | |
| Chad Scott | North Carolina, 2016–18: tight ends coach | West Virginia | |
| Jon Tenuta | New Orleans Breakers, 2022: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Georgia Tech |
Other assistants under him (14)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Art Kaufman | Southern Miss, 2008: defensive line and special teams coach | |
| Darrell Wyatt | Southern Miss, 2008–09: offensive coordinator | |
| Todd Bradford | Southern Miss, 2008–10: defensive coordinator | |
| Travaris Robinson | Southern Miss, 2009: cornerbacks coach | |
| Grady Brown | Southern Miss, 2010–11: cornerbacks coach | |
| Kasey Dunn | Southern Miss, 2010: wide receivers coach | |
| Dan Disch | Southern Miss, 2011: co-defensive coordinator; North Carolina, 2012–13: defensive coordinator; 2014: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Ron West | North Carolina, 2014: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Charlton Warren | North Carolina, 2015–16: defensive backs coach | |
| John Papuchis | North Carolina, 2015–16: linebackers coach; 2017–18: defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Ekeler | North Carolina, 2017–18: linebackers coach | |
| Tommy Thigpen | North Carolina, 2018: safeties coach | |
| Nathan Burton | New Orleans Breakers, 2022: defensive backs coach | |
| Noel Mazzone | New Orleans Breakers, 2022: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks 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 | North Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $900,000; $50,000 in bonuses paid; buyout $14,705,000 | $2,290,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | North Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $348,444; $58,500 in bonuses paid | $1,986,265 USA Today | |
| 2015 | North Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $346,250; $29,250 in bonuses paid | $1,931,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | North Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $345,835 | $1,830,000 USA Today | |
| 2013 | North Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $345,835 | $1,730,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2012 | North Carolina | head coachbonuses up to $29,167 | $2,448,605 USA Today via Leeds |
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.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
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
Fedora’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 21.0 seconds a play, 2012–2018.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 12 g | 22 of 94 23% | 43% | 50% | 19.6 | +0.11 | |
| 2013 13 g | 20 of 106 19% | 37% | 49% | 20.8 | +0.08 | |
| 2014 13 g | 24 of 105 23% | 26% | 54% | 19.4 | +0.07 | |
| 2015 14 g | 11 of 77 14% | 21% | 46% | 22.0 | +0.22 | |
| 2016 13 g | 16 of 85 19% | 27% | 56% | 21.6 | +0.13 | |
| 2017 12 g | 21 of 106 20% | 39% | 53% | 22.2 | −0.05 | |
| 2018 11 g | 21 of 98 21% | 38% | 52% | 21.8 | 0.00 | |
| All 88 g | 135 of 671 20% | 33% | 51% | 21.0 | +0.08 |
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.