Scot Loeffler
Scot Loeffler went 27–41 as a head coach, 2019–2024, at Bowling Green. Share
- Record
- 27–41 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Nov 1, 1974
- Alma mater
- Michigan
- Best season
- 2023 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 3–9 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2020 | Bowling Green | 0–5 | 6th (East) | |||
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 4–8 | T–4th (East) | |||
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 6–7 | T–2nd | Quick Lane Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 7–6 | 3rd | Quick Lane Bowl L | ||
| 2024 | Bowling Green | 7–6 | T–3rd | 68 Ventures Bowl L |
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 | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Conference games | 45 | 20–25 | 44% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 19 | 8–11 | 42% |
| At home | 31 | 14–17 | 45% |
| On the road | 34 | 13–21 | 38% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 23 | 14–9 | 61% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 45 | 13–32 | 29% |
His own 68 games on file, 2019–2024, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Candle 2019–2024 | 3–3 | Toledo | 6 | |
| Chuck Martin 2019–2024 | 1–4 | Miami (OH) | 5 | |
| Sean Lewis 2019–2022 | 0–4 | Kent State | 4 | |
| Joe Moorhead 2022–2024 | 3–0 | Akron | 3 | |
| Jim McElwain 2019–2024 | 2–1 | Central Michigan | 3 | |
| Maurice Linguist 2021–2023 | 2–1 | Buffalo | 3 | |
| Tom Arth 2019–2021 | 1–2 | Akron | 3 | |
| Tim Albin 2021–2023 | 1–2 | Ohio | 3 |
Scot Loeffler’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Akronseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Toledoseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Kent Stateseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Buffaloseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Miami (OH)series | 5 | 1–4 |
| Ohioseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Western Michiganseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Central Michiganseries | 3 | 2–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–97 | Michigan | Student assistant | |
| 1998–99 | Michigan | Graduate assistant | |
| 2000–01 | Central Michigan | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2002–07 | Michigan | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2008 | Detroit Lions NFL | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2009–10 | Florida | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2011 | Temple | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2012 | Auburn | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2013–15 | Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2016–18 | Boston College | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019–24 | Bowling Green | Head coach | |
| 2025 | Philadelphia Eagles NFL | Quarterbacks coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Lloyd CarrMichigan
- Mike DeBordCentral Michigan
- Urban MeyerFlorida
- Steve AddazioTemple, Boston College
- Gene ChizikAuburn
- Frank BeamerVirginia Tech
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian VanGorderWayne State (MI), Georgia Southern
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Carr | Michigan | 1996–2007 | 1996–97: student assistant; 1998–99: graduate assistant; 2002–07: quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike DeBord | Central Michigan | 2000–01 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Urban Meyer | Florida | 2009–10 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Steve Addazio | Temple | 2011 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Gene Chizik | Auburn | 2012 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech | 2013–15 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Steve Addazio | Boston College | 2016–18 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian VanGorder | Bowling Green, 2019–20: defensive coordinator | Wayne State (MI), Georgia Southern |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Herrmann | Bowling Green, 2019: assistant head coach and linebackers coach | |
| Steve Morrison | Bowling Green, 2019–22: assistant head coach and linebackers coach; 2023–24: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Terry Malone | Bowling Green, 2019–20: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; 2021: offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| Eric Lewis | Bowling Green, 2021–22: defensive coordinator | |
| Brian White | Bowling Green, 2022–24: running backs coach | |
| Greg Nosal | Bowling Green, 2022–24: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Max Warner | Bowling Green, 2022–24: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Sammy Lawanson | Bowling Green, 2023–24: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Cornell Brown | Bowling Green, 2024: assistant coach and defensive line 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Virginia Tech | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $82,500 | $429,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Virginia Tech | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $82,500 | $400,000 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
Loeffler’s teams went for it on 25% of fourth downs and on 47% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 26.7 seconds a play, 2019–2024.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 12 g | 31 of 114 27% | 45% | 42% | 24.4 | −0.14 | |
| 2020 5 g | 14 of 45 31% | 30% | 43% | 24.4 | −0.13 | |
| 2021 10 g | 16 of 96 17% | 47% | 57% | 26.0 | −0.08 | |
| 2022 12 g | 23 of 100 23% | 50% | 56% | 26.1 | −0.07 | |
| 2023 13 g | 25 of 93 27% | 56% | 50% | 29.1 | +0.02 | |
| 2024 13 g | 26 of 103 25% | 53% | 53% | 28.3 | +0.07 | |
| All 65 g | 135 of 551 25% | 47% | 51% | 26.7 | −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.