Larry Marmie

Larry Marmie went 22–⁠21–⁠1 as a head coach, 1988–⁠1991, at Arizona State.

Record
22–⁠21–⁠1 career
Seasons
4
Schools
1
Final AP top 10
0 seasons
Best season
1989 6–⁠4–⁠1

Season by season

Wins and losses each seasonfinal AP rank above★ national titleline: the team’s Elo at season’s end, best 1520 in 1988
SeasonSchoolRecordConference finishBowlAP final
1988Arizona State6–⁠55th
1989Arizona State6–⁠4–⁠15th
1990Arizona State4–⁠78th
1991Arizona State6–⁠55th

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.

How his teams did

Kind of gameGamesRecord
Against ranked teams143–⁠11
Against top-10 teams40–⁠4
Against rivals52–⁠3
Conference games2912–⁠16–⁠1
Decided by 8 points or fewer1611–⁠4–⁠1
At home2615–⁠11
On the road177–⁠9–⁠1
At neutral sites10–⁠1
As our Elo’s favorite2115–⁠5–⁠1
As our Elo’s underdog237–⁠16

His own 44 games on file, 1988–⁠1991, 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

CoachRecordTheir schoolsGames
Rich Brooks 1988–⁠19912–⁠2Oregon4
Dick Tomey 1988–⁠19911–⁠3Arizona4
Don James 1988–⁠19911–⁠3Washington4
Dave Kragthorpe 1988–⁠19902–⁠0–⁠1Oregon State3
Mike Price 1989–⁠19912–⁠1Washington State3
Larry Smith 1988–⁠19911–⁠2USC3

Larry Marmie’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.

Most-faced opponents

OpponentGamesRecord
Oregon Stateseries43–⁠0–⁠1
Washington Stateseries43–⁠1
Oregonseries42–⁠2
Arizonaseries41–⁠3
Washingtonseries41–⁠3
USCseries31–⁠2
Colorado Stateseries22–⁠0
Stanfordseries21–⁠1

Career

YearsTeamJob
1966–⁠67Berea HS (KY) high schoolHead coach
1968–⁠71Morehead StateDefensive ends and linebackers coach
1972–⁠76Eastern KentuckyDefensive ends and linebackers coach
1977–⁠78TulsaAssistant coach
1979–⁠82North CarolinaDefensive backs coach
1983–⁠84TennesseeDefensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach
1985–⁠87Arizona StateDefensive coordinator
1988–⁠91Arizona StateHead coach
1992–⁠94TennesseeDefensive coordinator
1996–⁠99Arizona Cardinals NFLDefensive backs coach
2000–⁠03Arizona Cardinals NFLDefensive coordinator
2004–⁠05St. Louis Rams NFLDefensive coordinator
2006–⁠08Seattle Seahawks NFLDefensive backs coach
2010–⁠12Las Vegas Locomotives UFLDefensive backs coach
2014–⁠15Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFLSenior defensive assistant
2019San Diego Fleet AAFDefensive coordinator

Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.

Coaching tree

Worked under

Larry Marmie

Assistants who became head coaches

Worked under (7)
Head coachTeamYearsHis job
John CooperTulsa1977–⁠78Assistant coach
Dick CrumNorth Carolina1979–⁠82Defensive backs coach
Johnny MajorsTennessee1983–⁠921983–⁠84: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach; 1992: defensive coordinator
John CooperArizona State1985–⁠87Defensive coordinator
Phillip FulmerTennessee1992–⁠94Defensive coordinator
Vince TobinArizona Cardinals NFL1996–⁠20001996–⁠99: defensive backs coach; 2000: defensive coordinator
Jim FasselLas Vegas Locomotives pro2010–⁠12Defensive backs coach
Lovie SmithTampa Bay Buccaneers NFL2014–⁠15Senior defensive assistant
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
CoachWith himHead coach at
Bill StewartArizona State, 1988–⁠89: tight ends and offensive tackles coachWest Virginia, VMI
Lovie SmithArizona State, 1988–⁠91: linebackers coachIllinois, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans
Jeff MonkenArizona State, 1991: graduate assistantArmy, Georgia Southern
Other assistants under him (2)
CoachWith him
Dennis BrownArizona State, 1988: defensive coordinator
Pat HendersonArizona State, 1988–⁠89: defensive backs 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.