Michael Desormeaux
Michael Desormeaux went 34–27 as a head coach, 2021–2026, at Louisiana. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 4–2); by them his record is 33–27. Share
- Record
- 34–27 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 29, 1985
- Best season
- 2021 13–1, No. 16
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana interim, bowl game | 1–0 | New Orleans Bowl W | 16 | ||
| 2022 | Louisiana | 6–7 | T–3rd | Independence Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | Louisiana | 6–7 | 5th | New Orleans Bowl L | ||
| 2024 | Louisiana | 10–4 | 1st | New Mexico Bowl L | ||
| 2025 | Louisiana | 6–7 | T–2nd | 68 Ventures Bowl L | ||
| 2026 | Louisiana | 5–2 (Wikipedia: 4–2) |
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
Kenneth AlmendaresConsensus All‑American, 2024
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 game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 8 | 6–2 | 75% |
| Conference games | 35 | 21–14 | 60% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 25 | 10–15 | 40% |
| At home | 29 | 20–9 | 69% |
| On the road | 27 | 13–14 | 48% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 45 | 27–18 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 7–9 | 44% |
His own 61 games on file, 2021–2026, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch Jones 2022–2026 | 4–1 | Arkansas State | 5 | |
| Charles Huff 2021–2025 | 2–2 | Marshall, Southern Miss | 4 | |
| G.J. Kinne 2023–2025 | 3–0 | Texas State | 3 | |
| Gerad Parker 2024–2026 | 2–1 | Troy | 3 | |
| Will Hall 2022–2024 | 1–2 | Southern Miss | 3 | |
| Jon Sumrall 2022–2024 | 0–3 | Troy, Tulane | 3 |
Michael Desormeaux’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Stateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Troyseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Texas Stateseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Marshallseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| UL Monroeseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| South Alabamaseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Southern Missseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| UABseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Also a player: Michael Desormeaux’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–12 | Catholic HS (LA) high school | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2013–15 | Ascension Episcopal School (LA) high school | Head coach | |
| 2016 | Louisiana–Lafayette | Running backs coach | |
| 2017–20 | Louisiana | Tight ends coach | |
| 2021 | Louisiana | Co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2021 | Louisiana | Head coach | |
| 2022–present | Louisiana | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included. Head-coaching seasons the infobox leaves out come from our records.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mark HudspethLouisiana
- Billy NapierLouisiana
Assistants who became head coaches
- Matt ViatorMcNeese, UL Monroe
- George BarlowNew Mexico
- Scott StokerNorthwestern State
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Hudspeth | Louisiana | 2016–17 | 2016: running backs coach; 2017: tight ends coach | |
| Billy Napier | Louisiana | 2018–21 | 2018–20: tight ends coach; 2021: co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Viator | Louisiana, 2021–24: quality control coach | McNeese, UL Monroe | |
| George Barlow | Louisiana, 2024–26: secondary coach | New Mexico | |
| Scott Stoker | Louisiana, 2024–26: inside linebackers coach | Northwestern State |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Burris | Louisiana, 2021–23: cornerbacks coach | |
| Patrick Toney | Louisiana, 2021: defensive coordinator | |
| Tim Leger | Louisiana, 2021: co-offensive coordinator; 2022–26: offensive coordinator | |
| Jorge Munoz | Louisiana, 2022–26: assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| LaMar Morgan | Louisiana, 2022–23: defensive coordinator | |
| Jim Salgado | Louisiana, 2024–26: defensive 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.
How he coached
Desormeaux’s teams went for it on 24% of fourth downs and on 46% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 27.0 seconds a play, 2022–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 13 g | 33 of 111 30% | 58% | 52% | 24.6 | −0.02 | |
| 2023 13 g | 19 of 87 22% | 40% | 47% | 26.8 | +0.05 | |
| 2024 14 g | 26 of 92 28% | 43% | 49% | 28.2 | +0.16 | |
| 2025 13 g | 20 of 103 19% | 48% | 43% | 26.9 | +0.02 | |
| 2026 7 g | 8 of 44 18% | 35% | 38% | 29.6 | +0.06 | |
| All 60 g | 106 of 437 24% | 46% | 47% | 27.0 | +0.06 |
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.