Phil Longo
Phil Longo went 10–29 as a head coach, 2004–2026, at La Salle and Sam Houston. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 1–4); by them his record is 10–28. Share
Two seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2004–05 at La Salle. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 10–29 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Apr 17, 1968
- Alma mater
- Rowan 1992
- Best season
- 2025 2–10
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | La Salle * | 3–7 | T–3rd | |||
| 2005 | La Salle * | 4–7 | T–3rd | |||
| 2006–24: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 2–10 | T–11th | |||
| 2026 | Sam Houston | 1–5 (Wikipedia: 1–4) | ||||
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. * 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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Conference games | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| At home | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| On the road | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 13 | 2–11 | 15% |
His own 18 games on file, 2025–2026, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Western Kentuckyseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Delawareseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Oregon Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Nichollsseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Jacksonville Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Hawai’iseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Tulsaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–99 | Parsippany Hills HS (NJ) high school | Head coach | |
| 2000–01 | William Paterson | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| 2002–03 | La Salle | Assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| 2004–05 | La Salle | Head coach | |
| 2006–07 | Minnesota Duluth | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2008–09 | Southern Illinois | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2010 | Youngstown State | Wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2011 | Slippery Rock | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2012–13 | Slippery Rock | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2014–16 | Sam Houston State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2017–18 | Ole Miss | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019–22 | North Carolina | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023–24 | Wisconsin | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2025–present | Sam Houston State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bubba SchweigertMinnesota Duluth
- K.C. KeelerSam Houston
- Matt LukeOle Miss
- Mack BrownNorth Carolina
- Luke FickellWisconsin
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubba Schweigert | Minnesota Duluth | 2006–07 | Offensive coordinator | |
| K.C. Keeler | Sam Houston | 2014–16 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Matt Luke | Ole Miss | 2017–18 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mack Brown | North Carolina | 2019–22 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Luke Fickell | Wisconsin | 2023–24 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Dovonte Edwards | Sam Houston, 2025–26: safeties coach | |
| Freddie Aughtry-Lindsay | Sam Houston, 2025–26: defensive coordinator | |
| Matt Merkens | Sam Houston, 2025–26: tight ends coach | |
| Zack Patterson | Sam Houston, 2025–26: 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 | Ole Miss | offensive coordinator | $600,000 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
Longo’s teams went for it on 24% of fourth downs and on 38% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 57% of plays and took 26.4 seconds a play, 2025–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 12 g | 33 of 114 29% | 40% | 57% | 25.8 | −0.14 | |
| 2026 6 g | 7 of 51 14% | 32% | 58% | 27.7 | −0.08 | |
| All 18 g | 40 of 165 24% | 38% | 57% | 26.4 | −0.12 |
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.