Scott Shafer
Scott Shafer went 13–23 as a head coach, 2013–2015, at Syracuse. Share
- Record
- 13–23 career
- Seasons
- 3
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2013 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Syracuse | 6–6 | T–3rd (Atlantic) | Texas Bowl W | ||
| 2014 | Syracuse | 3–9 | T–6th (Atlantic) | |||
| 2015 | Syracuse | 4–8 | 5th (Atlantic) |
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 | 11 | 0–11 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 7 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Conference games | 24 | 7–17 | 29% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 10 | 5–5 | 50% |
| At home | 19 | 9–10 | 47% |
| On the road | 15 | 4–11 | 27% |
| At neutral sites | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 16 | 12–4 | 75% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 21 | 2–19 | 10% |
His own 37 games on file, 2013–2015, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Addazio 2013–2015 | 2–1 | Boston College | 3 | |
| Dave Doeren 2013–2015 | 1–2 | NC State | 3 | |
| Dabo Swinney 2013–2015 | 0–3 | Clemson | 3 | |
| Jimbo Fisher 2013–2015 | 0–3 | Florida State | 3 |
Scott Shafer’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wake Forestseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| NC Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Florida Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Pittsburghseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Clemsonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Central Michiganseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Marylandseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Indiana | Graduate assistant | |
| 1993–95 | Rhode Island | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1996–99 | Northern Illinois | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2000–03 | Northern Illinois | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2004 | Illinois | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2005–06 | Western Michigan | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2007 | Stanford | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 2008 | Michigan | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2009–10 | Syracuse | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2011 | Syracuse | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2012 | Syracuse | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2013–15 | Syracuse | Head coach | |
| 2017–23 | Middle Tennessee | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bill MalloryIndiana
- Joe NovakNorthern Illinois
- Ron TurnerIllinois
- Bill CubitWestern Michigan
- Jim HarbaughStanford
- Rich RodriguezMichigan
- Doug MarroneSyracuse
- Rick StockstillMiddle Tennessee
Assistants who became head coaches
- Clark LeaVanderbilt
- Tim LesterWestern Michigan, Saint Joseph’s (IN), Elmhurst
- Bobby AcostaWidener
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Mallory | Indiana | 1991–92 | Graduate assistant | |
| Joe Novak | Northern Illinois | 1996–2003 | 1996–99: defensive backs coach; 2000–03: defensive coordinator | |
| Ron Turner | Illinois | 2004 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Bill Cubit | Western Michigan | 2005–06 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Jim Harbaugh | Stanford | 2007 | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Rich Rodriguez | Michigan | 2008 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Doug Marrone | Syracuse | 2009–12 | 2009–12: defensive coordinator; 2011: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Rick Stockstill | Middle Tennessee | 2017–23 | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Lea | Syracuse, 2013–15: linebackers coach | Vanderbilt | |
| Tim Lester | Syracuse, 2013–14: quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator; 2014–15: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Western Michigan, Saint Joseph’s (IN), Elmhurst | |
| Bobby Acosta | Syracuse, 2014–15: wide receivers coach | Widener |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Chuck Bullough | Syracuse, 2013–15: defensive coordinator | |
| George McDonald | Syracuse, 2013: assistant head coach and offensive coordinator; 2014: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Jake Moreland | Syracuse, 2015: offensive tackles coach and tight ends coach | |
| Steve Gregory | Syracuse, 2015: quality control 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Middle Tennessee | defensive coordinator | $300,000 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
Shafer’s teams went for it on 13% of fourth downs and on 23% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 46% of plays and took 24.5 seconds a play, 2013–2015.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 13 g | 17 of 117 15% | 19% | 43% | 23.2 | −0.02 | |
| 2014 12 g | 12 of 110 11% | 23% | 50% | 23.5 | −0.15 | |
| 2015 12 g | 14 of 101 14% | 27% | 44% | 26.8 | −0.05 | |
| All 37 g | 43 of 328 13% | 23% | 46% | 24.5 | −0.07 |
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.