Mark Hudspeth
Mark Hudspeth went 128–63 on the field as a head coach, 2002–2019, at North Alabama, Louisiana and Austin Peay; 106–63 officially, after the NCAA vacated 22 wins (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014). Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2002–08 at North Alabama; 2019 at Austin Peay. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 106–63 official; 128–63 on the field
- Seasons
- 15
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Nov 10, 1968
- Alma mater
- Delta State 1992
- Best season
- 2011 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | North Alabama * | 4–7 | T–8th | |||
| 2003 | North Alabama * | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II Semifinal L | ||
| 2004 | North Alabama * | 5–5 | T–6th | |||
| 2005 | North Alabama * | 11–3 | T–2nd | NCAA Division II Semifinal L | ||
| 2006 | North Alabama * | 11–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II Quarterfinal L | ||
| 2007 | North Alabama * | 10–2 | T–2nd | NCAA Division II Quarterfinal L | ||
| 2008 | North Alabama * | 12–2 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Semifinal L | ||
| 2009–10: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2011 | Louisiana | 9–4 (1–4 official) | 3rd (vacated) | New Orleans W (vacated) | ||
| 2012 | Louisiana | 9–4 (5–4 official) | T–2nd (vacated) | New Orleans Bowl W | ||
| 2013 | Louisiana | 9–4 (1–4 official) | T–1st (vacated) | New Orleans W (vacated) | ||
| 2014 | Louisiana | 9–4 (7–4 official) | 2nd (vacated) | New Orleans Bowl W | ||
| 2015 | Louisiana | 4–8 | T–5th | |||
| 2016 | Louisiana | 6–7 | 5th | New Orleans Bowl L | ||
| 2017 | Louisiana | 5–7 | T–5th | |||
| 2018: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2019 | Austin Peay * | 11–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinal L | 8 | |
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 8–4 | 67% |
| Conference games | 55 | 36–19 | 65% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 31 | 20–11 | 65% |
| At home | 39 | 27–12 | 69% |
| On the road | 45 | 20–25 | 44% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 51 | 35–16 | 69% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 38 | 16–22 | 42% |
His own 89 games on file, 2011–2017, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Jones 2012–2017 | 4–2 | South Alabama | 6 | |
| Todd Berry 2011–2015 | 4–1 | UL Monroe | 5 | |
| Doug Martin 2013–2017 | 3–2 | New Mexico State | 5 | |
| Larry Blakeney 2011–2014 | 4–0 | Troy | 4 | |
| Blake Anderson 2014–2017 | 2–2 | Arkansas State | 4 | |
| Scott Satterfield 2014–2017 | 0–4 | App State | 4 | |
| Dennis Franchione 2013–2015 | 3–0 | Texas State | 3 | |
| Trent Miles 2013–2015 | 3–0 | Georgia State | 3 | |
| Bryan Harsin 2013–2016 | 1–2 | Arkansas State, Boise State | 3 |
Mark Hudspeth’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 |
|---|---|---|
| UL Monroeseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| South Alabamaseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Texas Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Troyseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| App Stateseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Georgia Stateseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–93 | Central Arkansas | Graduate assistant | |
| 1994 | Nicholls State | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| 1995 | Nicholls State | Running backs coach | |
| 1996–97 | Winston Academy (MS) high school | Head coach | |
| 1998 | Central Arkansas | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1999–2000 | Delta State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2001 | Navy | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2002–08 | North Alabama | Head coach | |
| 2009–10 | Mississippi State | Wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator | |
| 2011–17 | Louisiana–Lafayette | Head coach | |
| 2018 | Mississippi State | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| 2019 | Austin Peay | Head coach | |
| 2021–present | Gulf Shores HS (AL) 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
- Rick RhoadesNicholls
- Steve CampbellDelta State
- Rick LantzNavy
- Charlie WeatherbieNavy
- Dan MullenMississippi State
- Joe MoorheadMississippi State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chris WillisNorth Alabama
- Gwaine MathewsArkansas Monticello
- Kenny EdenfieldSouthwest Mississippi
- Karl MorganMississippi Valley State, Coahoma
- Reed StringerSouthern Miss
- Tommy RybackiNicholls
- Mike LucasSE Louisiana
- Michael DesormeauxLouisiana
- Will HallSouthern Miss, Tulane, West Alabama, West Georgia
- Brian VanGorderWayne State (MI), Georgia Southern
- Paul RhoadsIowa State
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Rhoades | Nicholls | 1994 | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| Steve Campbell | Delta State | 1999–2000 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Rick Lantz | Navy | 2001 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Charlie Weatherbie | Navy | 2001 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Dan Mullen | Mississippi State | 2009–10 | Wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator | |
| Joe Moorhead | Mississippi State | 2018 | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (11)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Willis | North Alabama, 2002: tight ends coach; 2003: running backs coach; 2004–08: defensive backs coach | North Alabama | |
| Gwaine Mathews | North Alabama, 2002: defensive coordinator | Arkansas Monticello | |
| Kenny Edenfield | North Alabama, 2002–07: offensive coordinator; Gulf Shores HS (AL), 2021–26: offensive coordinator | Southwest Mississippi | |
| Karl Morgan | North Alabama, 2005–08: defensive coordinator | Mississippi Valley State, Coahoma | |
| Reed Stringer | Louisiana, 2011–17: assistant head coach, tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | Southern Miss | |
| Tommy Rybacki | Louisiana, 2011–12: outside linebackers coach; 2013: safeties coach | Nicholls | |
| Mike Lucas | Louisiana, 2015–17: assistant head coach, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator | SE Louisiana | |
| Michael Desormeaux | Louisiana, 2016: running backs coach; 2017: tight ends coach | Louisiana | |
| Will Hall | Louisiana, 2017: offensive coordinator | Southern Miss, Tulane, West Alabama, West Georgia | |
| Brian VanGorder | Gulf Shores HS, 2021, 2023–26: defensive coordinator | Wayne State (MI), Georgia Southern | |
| Paul Rhoads | Gulf Shores HS (AL), 2022: defensive coordinator; 2024: defensive assistant | Iowa State |
Other assistants under him (8)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Stewart | Louisiana, 2011–12: defensive coordinator | |
| Jay Johnson | Louisiana, 2011–15: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Jorge Munoz | Louisiana, 2011–15, 2017: wide receivers coach; 2016: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| James Willis | Louisiana, 2013–14: defensive coordinator | |
| Charlie Harbison | Louisiana, 2015–17: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Melvin Smith | Louisiana, 2015: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Austin Armstrong | Louisiana, 2017: graduate assistant | |
| Rob Sale | Louisiana, 2017: 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 | Louisiana | head coachbonuses up to $155,000; $25,000 in bonuses paid; buyout $1,591,667 | $1,150,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Louisiana | head coachbonuses up to $155,000 | $1,100,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Louisiana | head coachbonuses up to $155,000; $45,000 in bonuses paid | $1,053,156 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Louisiana | head coachbonuses up to $155,000 | $1,003,156 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.
How he coached
Hudspeth’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 29% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 45% of plays and took 23.9 seconds a play, 2011–2017.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 13 g | 15 of 109 14% | 24% | 52% | 19.2 | −0.06 | |
| 2012 12 g | 10 of 84 12% | 21% | 46% | 24.0 | +0.11 | |
| 2013 13 g | 13 of 79 16% | 22% | 37% | 23.6 | +0.12 | |
| 2014 13 g | 18 of 99 18% | 33% | 43% | 26.3 | +0.07 | |
| 2015 12 g | 24 of 102 24% | 31% | 49% | 25.1 | +0.06 | |
| 2016 13 g | 23 of 112 21% | 37% | 41% | 24.6 | −0.06 | |
| 2017 11 g | 18 of 91 20% | 31% | 50% | 25.0 | +0.05 | |
| All 87 g | 121 of 676 18% | 29% | 45% | 23.9 | +0.04 |
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.