Paul Haynes
Paul Haynes went 14–45 as a head coach, 2013–2017, at Kent State. Share
- Record
- 14–45 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jul 11, 1969
- Alma mater
- Kent State 1992
- Best season
- 2013 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Kent State | 4–8 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2014 | Kent State | 2–9 | 7th (East) | |||
| 2015 | Kent State | 3–9 | T–5th (East) | |||
| 2016 | Kent State | 3–9 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2017 | Kent State | 2–10 | 6th (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 | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
| Conference games | 39 | 9–30 | 23% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 7–11 | 39% |
| At home | 28 | 9–19 | 32% |
| On the road | 31 | 5–26 | 16% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 19 | 8–11 | 42% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 40 | 6–34 | 15% |
His own 59 games on file, 2013–2017, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Solich 2013–2017 | 1–4 | Ohio | 5 | |
| Terry Bowden 2013–2017 | 1–4 | Akron | 5 | |
| Chuck Martin 2014–2017 | 2–2 | Miami (OH) | 4 | |
| Rod Carey 2013–2017 | 0–4 | Northern Illinois | 4 | |
| John Bonamego 2015–2017 | 1–2 | Central Michigan | 3 | |
| Lance Leipold 2015–2017 | 1–2 | Buffalo | 3 |
Paul Haynes’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH)series | 5 | 3–2 |
| Ohioseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Akronseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 5 | 0–5 |
| Buffaloseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Northern Illinoisseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Central Michiganseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Western Michiganseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | St. Francis DeSales HS (OH) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1994 | Bowling Green | Graduate assistant | |
| 1995–96 | Ferris State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1997–98 | Northern Iowa | Running backs and defensive backs coach | |
| 1999 | Kent State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2000 | Kent State | Assistant head coach and safeties coach | |
| 2001 | Jacksonville Jaguars NFL | Defensive quality control coach | |
| 2002 | Louisville | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2003–04 | Michigan State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2005–10 | Ohio State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2011 | Ohio State | Co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2012 | Arkansas | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2013–17 | Kent State | Head coach | |
| 2018–19 | Michigan State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2020–21 | Minnesota | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2022 | Minnesota | Co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| 2023–25 | Wisconsin | Cornerbacks coach | |
| 2026–present | Wisconsin (SC) | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Gary BlackneyBowling Green
- Ardell WiegandtNorthern Iowa
- Mike DunbarNorthern Iowa
- Dean PeesKent State
- Tom CoughlinJacksonville Jaguars
- John SmithLouisville, Michigan State, Arkansas
- Jim TresselOhio State
- Luke FickellOhio State, Wisconsin
- Mark DantonioMichigan State
- P.J. FleckMinnesota
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian RockHoly Cross
- Shawn ClarkApp State
- Don TreadwellMichigan State, Miami (OH), Arkansas–Pine Bluff
Worked under (10)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Blackney | Bowling Green | 1994 | Graduate assistant | |
| Ardell Wiegandt | Northern Iowa | 1997 | Running backs and defensive backs coach | |
| Mike Dunbar | Northern Iowa | 1997–98 | Running backs and defensive backs coach | |
| Dean Pees | Kent State | 1999–2000 | 1999: defensive backs coach; 2000: assistant head coach and safeties coach | |
| Tom Coughlin | Jacksonville Jaguars NFL | 2001 | Defensive quality control coach | |
| John Smith | Louisville | 2002 | Defensive backs coach | |
| John Smith | Michigan State | 2003–04 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Jim Tressel | Ohio State | 2005–10 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Luke Fickell | Ohio State | 2011 | Co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| John Smith | Arkansas | 2012 | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Mark Dantonio | Michigan State | 2018–19 | Defensive backs coach | |
| P.J. Fleck | Minnesota | 2020–22 | 2020–21: cornerbacks coach; 2022: co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach | |
| Luke Fickell | Wisconsin | 2023–25 | Cornerbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Rock | Kent State, 2013–14: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Holy Cross | |
| Shawn Clark | Kent State, 2013–15: offensive line coach | App State | |
| Don Treadwell | Kent State, 2014: running backs coach; 2015–17: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Michigan State, Miami (OH), Arkansas–Pine Bluff |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian George | Kent State, 2013–15: defensive coordinator | |
| Ben Needham | Kent State, 2016: defensive coordinator; 2017: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Jeff Burrow | Kent State, 2017: co-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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kent State | head coachbonuses up to $173,000; $1,000 in bonuses paid; buyout $168,600 | $414,030 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Kent State | head coachbonuses up to $173,000; $12,000 in bonuses paid | $406,912 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Kent State | head coachbonuses up to $173,000; $1,000 in bonuses paid | $392,350 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Kent State | head coachbonuses up to $336,000 | $383,700 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
Haynes’s teams went for it on 17% of fourth downs and on 30% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 26.6 seconds a play, 2013–2017.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 12 g | 18 of 95 19% | 32% | 46% | 24.9 | +0.04 | |
| 2014 11 g | 14 of 100 14% | 28% | 64% | 26.1 | −0.10 | |
| 2015 10 g | 24 of 114 21% | 37% | 44% | 26.0 | −0.30 | |
| 2016 11 g | 14 of 101 14% | 23% | 42% | 27.0 | −0.10 | |
| 2017 12 g | 19 of 117 16% | 30% | 37% | 29.1 | −0.23 | |
| All 56 g | 89 of 527 17% | 30% | 47% | 26.6 | −0.13 |
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.