Neil Callaway
Neil Callaway went 18–42 as a head coach, 2007–2011, at UAB. Share
- Record
- 18–42 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2009 5–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | UAB | 2–10 | 6th (East) | |||
| 2008 | UAB | 4–8 | T–4th (East) | |||
| 2009 | UAB | 5–7 | T–4th (East) | |||
| 2010 | UAB | 4–8 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2011 | UAB | 3–9 | T–4th (East) |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Conference games | 40 | 14–26 | 35% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 21 | 8–13 | 38% |
| At home | 26 | 12–14 | 46% |
| On the road | 34 | 6–28 | 18% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 11 | 6–5 | 55% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 49 | 12–37 | 24% |
His own 60 games on file, 2007–2011, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George O’Leary 2007–2011 | 2–3 | UCF | 5 | |
| Larry Fedora 2008–2011 | 3–1 | Southern Miss | 4 | |
| Howard Schnellenberger 2008–2011 | 1–3 | Florida Atlantic | 4 | |
| Bob Toledo 2007–2011 | 2–1 | Tulane | 3 | |
| Mark Snyder 2007–2009 | 1–2 | Marshall | 3 | |
| Tommy West 2007–2009 | 1–2 | Memphis | 3 | |
| Larry Blakeney 2009–2011 | 1–2 | Troy | 3 | |
| Skip Holtz 2007–2009 | 0–3 | East Carolina | 3 |
Neil Callaway’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Memphisseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Southern Missseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| UCFseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Marshallseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| East Carolinaseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Florida Atlanticseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Tulaneseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Troyseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–79 | East Carolina | Assistant coach | |
| 1980 | Wyoming | Assistant coach | |
| 1981–92 | Auburn | Offensive line coach | |
| 1993–96 | Houston | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| 1997 | Alabama | Offensive line coach | |
| 1998–2000 | Alabama | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2001–06 | Georgia | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2007–11 | UAB | Head coach | |
| 2013–15 | Western Kentucky | Offensive line coach | |
| 2016–18 | USC | Offensive line coach | |
| 2020 | Purdue | Offensive assistant | |
| 2021 | Purdue | Assistant offensive line coach | |
| 2022 | Michigan Panthers USFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 2023 | Birmingham Stallions USFL | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pat DyeEast Carolina, Wyoming, Auburn
- Kim HeltonHouston
- Mike DuBoseAlabama
- Mark RichtGeorgia
- Bobby PetrinoWestern Kentucky
- Jeff BrohmWestern Kentucky, Purdue
- Clay HeltonUSC
- Skip HoltzBirmingham Stallions
Assistants who became head coaches
- Kim HeltonHouston
- Tyson HeltonWestern Kentucky
- Tyson SummersGeorgia Southern, Colorado State
- Tommy WestClemson, Memphis, Chattanooga
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dye | East Carolina | 1978–79 | Assistant coach | |
| Pat Dye | Wyoming | 1980 | Assistant coach | |
| Pat Dye | Auburn | 1981–92 | Offensive line coach | |
| Kim Helton | Houston | 1993–96 | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| Mike DuBose | Alabama | 1997–2000 | 1997: offensive line coach; 1998–2000: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Mark Richt | Georgia | 2001–06 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Bobby Petrino | Western Kentucky | 2013 | Offensive line coach | |
| Jeff Brohm | Western Kentucky | 2014–15 | Offensive line coach | |
| Clay Helton | USC | 2016–18 | Offensive line coach | |
| Jeff Brohm | Purdue | 2020–21 | 2020: offensive assistant; 2021: assistant offensive line coach | |
| Skip Holtz | Birmingham Stallions pro | 2023 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Helton | UAB, 2007–11: offensive coordinator | Houston | |
| Tyson Helton | UAB, 2007–11: quarterbacks coach | Western Kentucky | |
| Tyson Summers | UAB, 2007–10: linebackers coach; 2011: safeties and co-special teams coach | Georgia Southern, Colorado State | |
| Tommy West | UAB, 2011: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Clemson, Memphis, Chattanooga |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Schumann | UAB, 2007–10: 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
Callaway’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 25% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 21.5 seconds a play, 2007–2011.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 5 g | 4 of 48 8% | 9% | 58% | 20.1 | −0.15 | |
| 2008 11 g | 9 of 86 10% | 19% | 47% | 25.7 | −0.03 | |
| 2009 10 g | 10 of 72 14% | 21% | 42% | 20.0 | +0.11 | |
| 2010 12 g | 25 of 89 28% | 43% | 55% | 20.3 | 0.00 | |
| 2011 11 g | 12 of 82 15% | 22% | 53% | 20.5 | −0.12 | |
| All 49 g | 60 of 377 16% | 25% | 51% | 21.5 | −0.03 |
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.