Rob Harley
Rob Harley went 0–6 as a head coach, 2026, at Northern Illinois. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 0–5); by them his record is 0–5. Share
- Record
- 0–6 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Oct 16, 1982
- Best season
- 2026 0–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northern Illinois | 0–6 (Wikipedia: 0–5) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Conference games | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At home | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| On the road | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
His own six games on file, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arizonaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Air Forceseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Georgia Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Illinois Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Iowaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Wyomingseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Coaching tree
Assistants who became head coaches
- Quinn SandersCharleston (WV)
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Sanders | Northern Illinois, 2026: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Charleston (WV) |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Petersen | Northern Illinois, 2026: co-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.
How he coached
Harley’s teams went for it on 30% of fourth downs and on 50% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 60% of plays and took 26.0 seconds a play, in 2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 6 g | 16 of 53 30% | 50% | 60% | 26.0 | −0.01 |
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.