Seth Littrell
Seth Littrell went 44–44 as a head coach, 2016–2022, at North Texas. Share
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | North Texas | 5–8 | 4th (West) | Heart of Dallas Bowl L | ||
| 2017 | North Texas | 9–5 | 1st (West) | New Orleans Bowl L | ||
| 2018 | North Texas | 9–4 | T–2nd (West) | New Mexico Bowl L | ||
| 2019 | North Texas | 4–8 | T–4th (West) | |||
| 2020 | North Texas | 4–6 | 4th (West) | Myrtle Beach Bowl L | ||
| 2021 | North Texas | 6–7 | 3rd (West) | Frisco Football Classic L | ||
| 2022 | North Texas | 7–6 | T–2nd | Frisco (not coached) |
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 | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Against rivals | 22 | 11–11 | 50% |
| Conference games | 55 | 32–23 | 58% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 25 | 15–10 | 60% |
| At home | 42 | 28–14 | 67% |
| On the road | 41 | 16–25 | 39% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 35 | 26–9 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 53 | 18–35 | 34% |
His own 88 games on file, 2016–2022, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip Holtz 2016–2021 | 1–5 | Louisiana Tech | 6 | |
| Dana Dimel 2018–2022 | 5–0 | UTEP | 5 | |
| Mike Bloomgren 2018–2022 | 4–1 | Rice | 5 | |
| Frank Wilson 2016–2019 | 3–1 | UTSA | 4 | |
| Jay Hopson 2016–2019 | 3–1 | Southern Miss | 4 | |
| Bill Clark 2017–2021 | 1–3 | UAB | 4 | |
| Sonny Dykes 2018–2021 | 1–3 | SMU | 4 | |
| Jeff Traylor 2020–2022 | 1–3 | UTSA | 4 | |
| Jeff Monken 2016–2017 | 2–1 | Army | 3 | |
| Rick Stockstill 2016–2020 | 2–1 | Middle Tennessee | 3 |
Seth Littrell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| UTSAseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Riceseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| UTEPseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| SMUseries | 7 | 1–6 |
| Southern Missseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| UABseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| Florida Atlanticseries | 4 | 2–2 |
Other roles
- Team captain, Oklahoma 2000
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–04 | Kansas | Graduate assistant | |
| 2005–08 | Texas Tech | Running backs coach | |
| 2009 | Arizona | Running backs and tight ends coach | |
| 2010 | Arizona | Co-offensive coordinator and running backs and tight ends coach | |
| 2011 | Arizona | Offensive coordinator and running backs and tight ends coach | |
| 2012–13 | Indiana | Offensive coordinator and fullbacks and tight ends coach | |
| 2014–15 | North Carolina | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| 2016–22 | North Texas | Head coach | |
| 2023 | Oklahoma | Offensive assistant | |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2025–present | Tennessee | Senior offensive assistant |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mark ManginoKansas
- Mike LeachTexas Tech
- Mike StoopsArizona
- Tim KishArizona
- Kevin WilsonIndiana
- Larry FedoraNorth Carolina
- Brent VenablesOklahoma
- Josh HeupelTennessee
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brad DavisLSU
- Nick QuartaroDrake, Fordham
- Chuck LangstonTrinity Valley, Central Oklahoma
- Clint BowenKansas
- Jim GushGarden City, Navarro
- Phil BennettSMU, Pittsburgh, North Texas
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Mangino | Kansas | 2002–04 | Graduate assistant | |
| Mike Leach | Texas Tech | 2005–08 | Running backs coach | |
| Mike Stoops | Arizona | 2009–11 | 2009: running backs and tight ends coach; 2010: co-offensive coordinator and running backs and tight ends coach; 2011: offensive coordinator and running backs and tight ends coach | |
| Tim Kish | Arizona | 2011 | Offensive coordinator and running backs and tight ends coach | |
| Kevin Wilson | Indiana | 2012–13 | Offensive coordinator and fullbacks and tight ends coach | |
| Larry Fedora | North Carolina | 2014–15 | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Brent Venables | Oklahoma | 2023–24 | 2023: offensive assistant; 2024: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Josh Heupel | Tennessee | 2025–26 | Senior offensive assistant |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Davis | North Texas, 2016: offensive line coach and running game coordinator | LSU | |
| Nick Quartaro | North Texas, 2016: assistant head coach and tight ends coach | Drake, Fordham | |
| Chuck Langston | North Texas, 2017–18: offensive line coach | Trinity Valley, Central Oklahoma | |
| Clint Bowen | North Texas, 2020: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Kansas | |
| Jim Gush | North Texas, 2021: linebackers coach; 2022: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Garden City, Navarro | |
| Phil Bennett | North Texas, 2021–22: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | SMU, Pittsburgh, North Texas |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Darcel McBath | North Texas, 2016: defensive quality control intern | |
| Graham Harrell | North Texas, 2016–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Joel Filani | North Texas, 2016–18: wide receivers coach | |
| John David Baker | North Texas, 2016–18: offensive quality control coach | |
| Mike Ekeler | North Texas, 2016: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2020: special teams coordinator | |
| Troy Reffett | North Texas, 2016: co-defensive coordinator; 2017–19: defensive coordinator | |
| Bodie Reeder | North Texas, 2019: offensive coordinator | |
| Tommy Mainord | North Texas, 2019–22: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Mike Bloesch | North Texas, 2020: co-offensive coordinator; 2021–22: 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 | North Texas | head coachbonuses up to $580,000; $35,000 in bonuses paid; buyout $3,300,000 | $991,416 USA Today | |
| 2016 | North Texas | head coachbonuses up to $535,000 | $815,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | North Carolina | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $20,917 | $251,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | North Carolina | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $20,833 | $250,000 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
Littrell’s teams went for it on 28% of fourth downs and on 43% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 51% of plays and took 23.1 seconds a play, 2016–2022.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 12 g | 19 of 97 20% | 34% | 56% | 24.5 | −0.07 | |
| 2017 14 g | 32 of 102 31% | 46% | 54% | 23.9 | +0.11 | |
| 2018 13 g | 24 of 102 24% | 39% | 55% | 24.6 | +0.03 | |
| 2019 12 g | 32 of 101 32% | 41% | 56% | 23.2 | +0.02 | |
| 2020 10 g | 24 of 75 32% | 49% | 45% | 19.4 | +0.18 | |
| 2021 12 g | 36 of 111 32% | 46% | 40% | 22.1 | 0.00 | |
| 2022 12 g | 22 of 86 26% | 43% | 47% | 22.9 | +0.08 | |
| All 85 g | 189 of 674 28% | 43% | 51% | 23.1 | +0.05 |
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.