Mike Locksley
Mike Locksley went 41–80 as a head coach, 2009–2026, at New Mexico and Maryland. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 2–4); by them his record is 41–79. Share
- Record
- 41–80 career
- Seasons
- 12
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Dec 25, 1969
- Best season
- 2022 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | New Mexico | 1–11 | 8th | |||
| 2010 | New Mexico | 1–11 | T–8th | |||
| 2011 | New Mexico coached four of 12 games | 0–4 | ||||
| 2012–14: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2015 | Maryland interim, final 6 games | 1–5 | T–6th | |||
| 2016–18: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2019 | Maryland | 3–9 | 6th | |||
| 2020 | Maryland | 2–3 | 4th | |||
| 2021 | Maryland | 7–6 | 5th | Pinstripe Bowl W | ||
| 2022 | Maryland | 8–5 | 4th | Duke’s Mayo Bowl W | ||
| 2023 | Maryland | 8–5 | 4th | Music City Bowl W | ||
| 2024 | Maryland | 4–8 | 17th | |||
| 2025 | Maryland | 4–8 | T–16th | |||
| 2026 | Maryland | 2–5 (Wikipedia: 2–4) | ||||
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 | 32 | 2–30 | 6% |
| Against top-10 teams | 17 | 0–17 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 22 | 9–13 | 41% |
| Conference games | 86 | 19–67 | 22% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 35 | 13–22 | 37% |
| At home | 64 | 25–39 | 39% |
| On the road | 52 | 13–39 | 25% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 45 | 27–18 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 76 | 14–62 | 18% |
His own 121 games on file, 2009–2026, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Franklin 2015–2026 | 1–7 | Penn State, Virginia Tech | 8 | |
| Greg Schiano 2020–2026 | 3–4 | Rutgers | 7 | |
| Tom Allen 2019–2023 | 3–2 | Indiana | 5 | |
| Ryan Day 2019–2026 | 0–5 | Ohio State | 5 | |
| P.J. Fleck 2019–2024 | 1–3 | Minnesota | 4 | |
| Steve Fairchild 2009–2011 | 1–2 | Colorado State | 3 | |
| Bret Bielema 2021–2025 | 1–2 | Illinois | 3 | |
| Matt Rhule 2023–2026 | 1–2 | Nebraska | 3 | |
| Kirk Ferentz 2015–2024 | 0–3 | Iowa | 3 | |
| Jim Harbaugh 2019–2022 | 0–3 | Michigan | 3 |
Mike Locksley’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rutgersseries | 9 | 5–4 |
| Indianaseries | 8 | 3–5 |
| Michigan Stateseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Penn Stateseries | 7 | 1–6 |
| Michiganseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Northwesternseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Minnesotaseries | 4 | 1–3 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2018 Alabama: Broyles Award
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Alabama’s 2017 staff (co-offensive coordinator, wide receivers) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
How he was hired
- Hired by Maryland for the 2019 season from Alabama, where he was offensive coordinator. He had a prior connection to the school.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Towson State | Defensive backs and special teams coach | |
| 1993 | Navy Prep (RI) | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 1994 | Navy Prep (RI) | Defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| 1995 | Pacific (CA) | Outside linebackers coach | |
| 1996 | Army | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| 1997 | Maryland | Running backs coach | |
| 1998–2002 | Maryland | Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2003–04 | Florida | Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2005 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2006–08 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2009–11 | New Mexico | Head coach | |
| 2012–15 | Maryland | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2015 | Maryland | Interim head coach | |
| 2016 | Alabama | Offensive assistant | |
| 2017 | Alabama | Co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2018 | Alabama | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2019–present | Maryland | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Chuck SheltonPacific
- Bob SuttonArmy
- Ron VanderlindenMaryland
- Ralph FriedgenMaryland
- Ron ZookFlorida, Illinois
- Charlie StrongFlorida
- Randy EdsallMaryland
- Nick SabanAlabama
Assistants who became head coaches
- Darrell DickeyNorth Texas, Memphis
- George BarlowNew Mexico
- Matt WellsUtah State, Texas Tech
- Vincent WhiteSaint Mary’s (CA)
- Joker PhillipsKentucky
- Ron ZookFlorida, Illinois
- Scottie MontgomeryEast Carolina
- Dan EnosCentral Michigan
- Mike CanalesNorth Texas
- Ted WhiteHoward
- Gunter BrewerNortheast Mississippi
- Matt SimonNorth Texas
- and 4 more
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Shelton | Pacific | 1995 | Outside linebackers coach | |
| Bob Sutton | Army | 1996 | Wide receivers and tight ends coach | |
| Ron Vanderlinden | Maryland | 1997–2000 | 1997: running backs coach; 1998–2000: running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Ralph Friedgen | Maryland | 2001–02 | Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Ron Zook | Florida | 2003–04 | Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Charlie Strong | Florida | 2004 | Running backs coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Ron Zook | Illinois | 2005–08 | 2005: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach; 2006–08: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Randy Edsall | Maryland | 2012–15 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Nick Saban | Alabama | 2016–18 | 2016: offensive assistant; 2017: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2018: offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (16)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Dickey | New Mexico, 2009–10: offensive coordinator and running backs coach | North Texas, Memphis | |
| George Barlow | New Mexico, 2009–10: assistant head coach and defensive backs coach; 2011: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | New Mexico | |
| Matt Wells | New Mexico, 2010: wide receivers coach | Utah State, Texas Tech | |
| Vincent White | New Mexico, 2011: running backs coach | Saint Mary’s (CA) | |
| Joker Phillips | Maryland, 2019–20: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Kentucky | |
| Ron Zook | Maryland, 2019–20: senior analyst; 2021: assistant head coach and special teams coordinator; 2024–26: special teams quality control coach | Florida, Illinois | |
| Scottie Montgomery | Maryland, 2019–20: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | East Carolina | |
| Dan Enos | Maryland, 2021–22: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Central Michigan | |
| Mike Canales | Maryland, 2021: analyst | North Texas | |
| Ted White | Maryland, 2021: offensive quality control coach; 2025: offensive analyst | Howard | |
| Gunter Brewer | Maryland, 2022–23: wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator | Northeast Mississippi | |
| Matt Simon | Maryland, 2022–23: defensive quality control coach | North Texas | |
| Kevin Sumlin | Maryland, 2023–24: assistant head coach, co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | Houston, Texas A&M, Arizona, Houston Gamblers | |
| Rob Ambrose | Maryland, 2023–26: defensive analyst | Towson | |
| Damian Wroblewski | Maryland, 2024–26: assistant offensive line | James Madison | |
| Pep Hamilton | Maryland, 2025: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2026: senior advisor | DC Defenders |
Other assistants under him (20)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Mallory | New Mexico, 2009–10: defensive coordinator | |
| Tee Martin | New Mexico, 2009: quarterbacks coach | |
| David Reaves | New Mexico, 2011: offensive coordinator | |
| Chad Wilt | Maryland, 2015: defensive line coach | |
| Greg Studrawa | Maryland, 2015: offensive line coach | |
| John Dunn | Maryland, 2015: tight ends coach | |
| Keith Dudzinski | Maryland, 2015: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| Brian Williams | Maryland, 2019: outside linebackers coach; 2020: defensive line coach; 2021: co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach; 2022–24: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| John Papuchis | Maryland, 2019: special teams and inside linebackers coach | |
| Jon Hoke | Maryland, 2019–20: defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Miller | Maryland, 2019–21: tight ends coach; 2022: co-offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Craig Johnson | Maryland, 2020–21: senior analyst | |
| Jimmie Johnson | Maryland, 2020–22: analyst | |
| Brian Stewart | Maryland, 2021: defensive coordinator | |
| Josh Gattis | Maryland, 2023–24: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Aazaar Abdul-Rahim | Maryland, 2024–26: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Brian Ferentz | Maryland, 2024: offensive assistant | |
| Hal Hunter | Maryland, 2025–26: tackles and tight ends coach | |
| Ted Monachino | Maryland, 2025–26: defensive coordinator | |
| Clint Trickett | Maryland, 2026: 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 | Alabama | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $132,000 | $600,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Maryland | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $110,000 | $898,940 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Maryland | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $110,000 | $632,000 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.
How he coached
Locksley’s teams went for it on 23% of fourth downs and on 40% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 56% of plays and took 23.5 seconds a play, 2009–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 12 g | New Mexico | 32 of 117 27% | 47% | 61% | 21.4 | −0.16 | |
| 2010 12 g | New Mexico | 19 of 116 16% | 27% | 48% | 19.9 | −0.19 | |
| 2019 12 g | Maryland | 26 of 106 25% | 39% | 50% | 24.0 | −0.11 | |
| 2020 5 g | Maryland | 1 of 35 3% | 8% | 56% | 24.3 | +0.05 | |
| 2021 13 g | Maryland | 22 of 100 22% | 35% | 56% | 24.2 | +0.09 | |
| 2022 12 g | Maryland | 27 of 111 24% | 40% | 53% | 25.5 | +0.02 | |
| 2023 13 g | Maryland | 18 of 86 21% | 40% | 59% | 24.8 | +0.03 | |
| 2024 12 g | Maryland | 32 of 100 32% | 57% | 60% | 24.6 | −0.01 | |
| 2025 12 g | Maryland | 25 of 106 24% | 41% | 63% | 23.5 | −0.02 | |
| 2026 7 g | Maryland | 15 of 56 27% | 48% | 58% | 23.4 | 0.00 | |
| All 110 g | 217 of 933 23% | 40% | 56% | 23.5 | −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.