Sean Kugler
Sean Kugler went 18–36 as a head coach, 2013–2017, at UTEP. Share
- Record
- 18–36 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Aug 9, 1966
- Alma mater
- UTEP 1988
- Best season
- 2014 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | UTEP | 2–10 | 7th (West) | |||
| 2014 | UTEP | 7–6 | T–2nd (West) | New Mexico Bowl L | ||
| 2015 | UTEP | 5–7 | T–4th (West) | |||
| 2016 | UTEP | 4–8 | T–5th (West) | |||
| 2017 | UTEP coached five of 12 games | 0–5 |
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 | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| Conference games | 33 | 11–22 | 33% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 13 | 7–6 | 54% |
| At home | 25 | 12–13 | 48% |
| On the road | 28 | 6–22 | 21% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 19 | 13–6 | 68% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 35 | 5–30 | 14% |
His own 54 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Martin 2013–2017 | 4–1 | New Mexico State | 5 | |
| David Bailiff 2013–2017 | 1–4 | Rice | 5 | |
| Skip Holtz 2013–2016 | 0–4 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | |
| Larry Coker 2013–2015 | 1–2 | UTSA | 3 | |
| Bobby Wilder 2014–2016 | 1–2 | Old Dominion | 3 |
Sean Kugler’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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico Stateseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Riceseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| North Texasseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| UTSAseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Old Dominionseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Southern Missseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–91 | Tampa Bay Tech HS (FL) high school | Offensive line and defensive line coach | |
| 1992 | Gaither HS (FL) high school | Offensive line and strength coach and conditioning coach | |
| 1993 | UTEP | Graduate assistant | |
| 1994 | UTEP | Tight ends coach, assistant strength and conditioning coach | |
| 1995–2000 | UTEP | Offensive line coach | |
| 2001–03 | Detroit Lions NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 2004–05 | Detroit Lions NFL | Offensive line and tight ends coach | |
| 2006 | Boise State | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| 2007 | Buffalo Bills NFL | Assistant offensive line coach | |
| 2008–09 | Buffalo Bills NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 2010–12 | Pittsburgh Steelers NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 2013–17 | UTEP | Head coach | |
| 2018 | Denver Broncos NFL | Offensive line coach (guards and centers) | |
| 2019–20 | Arizona Cardinals NFL | Offensive line coach | |
| 2021–22 | Arizona Cardinals NFL | Running game coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2024 | DC Defenders UFL | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Charlie BaileyUTEP
- David LeeUTEP
- Gary NordUTEP
- Steve MariucciDetroit Lions
- Chris PetersenBoise State
- Kliff KingsburyArizona Cardinals
Assistants who became head coaches
- Patrick HigginsPurdue, William Penn
- Scott StokerNorthwestern State
- Todd WhittenTarleton State, Sam Houston
- Tom MasonBoise State
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bailey | UTEP | 1993–99 | 1993: graduate assistant; 1994: tight ends coach, assistant strength and conditioning coach; 1995–99: offensive line coach | |
| David Lee | UTEP | 1993 | Graduate assistant | |
| Gary Nord | UTEP | 2000 | Offensive line coach | |
| Steve Mariucci | Detroit Lions NFL | 2003–05 | 2003: tight ends coach; 2004–05: offensive line and tight ends coach | |
| Chris Petersen | Boise State | 2006 | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| Kliff Kingsbury | Arizona Cardinals NFL | 2019–22 | 2019–20: offensive line coach; 2021–22: running game coordinator and offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Higgins | UTEP, 2013–15: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Purdue, William Penn | |
| Scott Stoker | UTEP, 2013–15: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Northwestern State | |
| Todd Whitten | UTEP, 2013–15: wide receivers coach | Tarleton State, Sam Houston | |
| Tom Mason | UTEP, 2016–17: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Boise State |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Natkin | UTEP, 2013: tight ends coach; 2014–17: special teams coordinator and tight ends coach; 2017: interim offensive coordinator | |
| Brent Pease | UTEP, 2016–17: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mack Leftwich | UTEP, 2016: student assistant |
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 | UTEP | head coachbonuses up to $493,776; $24,611 in bonuses paid | $515,332 USA Today | |
| 2016 | UTEP | head coachbonuses up to $493,776; $24,128 in bonuses paid | $515,332 USA Today | |
| 2015 | UTEP | head coachbonuses up to $486,052; $75,044 in bonuses paid | $514,041 USA Today | |
| 2014 | UTEP | head coachbonuses up to $478,481 | $508,364 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
Kugler’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 30% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 41% of plays and took 27.9 seconds a play, 2013–2016.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 12 g | 21 of 99 21% | 36% | 36% | 23.2 | +0.06 | |
| 2014 13 g | 15 of 101 15% | 25% | 35% | 31.1 | −0.02 | |
| 2015 11 g | 17 of 98 17% | 27% | 48% | 28.3 | −0.05 | |
| 2016 10 g | 15 of 75 20% | 33% | 49% | 28.9 | −0.04 | |
| All 46 g | 68 of 373 18% | 30% | 41% | 27.9 | −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.