Shawn Elliott
Shawn Elliott went 42–49 as a head coach, 2015–2023, at South Carolina and Georgia State. Share
- Record
- 42–49 career
- Seasons
- 8
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jun 26, 1973
- Alma mater
- App State 1996
- Best season
- 2021 8–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | South Carolina interim, remainder of season | 1–5 | T–6th (Eastern) | |||
| 2016: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2017 | Georgia State | 7–5 | 4th | Cure Bowl W | ||
| 2018 | Georgia State | 2–10 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2019 | Georgia State | 7–6 | 3rd (East) | Arizona Bowl L | ||
| 2020 | Georgia State | 6–4 | 3rd (East) | LendingTree Bowl W | ||
| 2021 | Georgia State | 8–5 | T–2nd (East) | Camellia Bowl W | ||
| 2022 | Georgia State | 4–8 | T–4th | |||
| 2023 | Georgia State | 7–6 | T–5th | Famous Idaho Potato Bowl W | ||
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 | 1–10 | 9% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 8–5 | 62% |
| Conference games | 60 | 27–33 | 45% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 33 | 16–17 | 48% |
| At home | 44 | 21–23 | 48% |
| On the road | 42 | 17–25 | 40% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 39 | 24–15 | 62% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 52 | 18–34 | 35% |
His own 91 games on file, 2015–2023, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamey Chadwell 2017–2022 | 3–2 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | |
| Matt Viator 2017–2020 | 3–1 | UL Monroe | 4 | |
| Chad Lunsford 2017–2020 | 2–2 | Georgia Southern | 4 | |
| Blake Anderson 2018–2023 | 2–2 | Arkansas State, Utah State | 4 | |
| Shawn Clark 2020–2023 | 0–4 | App State | 4 | |
| Jeff Monken 2019–2022 | 2–1 | Army | 3 | |
| Billy Napier 2018–2021 | 0–3 | Louisiana | 3 |
Shawn Elliott’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Southernseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Coastal Carolinaseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| App Stateseries | 7 | 0–7 |
| UL Monroeseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| Troyseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Charlotteseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Texas Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Appalachian State | Defensive assistant | |
| 1999–2000 | Appalachian State | Tight ends coach | |
| 2001–09 | Appalachian State | Offensive line coach | |
| 2010–11 | South Carolina | Offensive line coach and running game coordinator | |
| 2012–15 | South Carolina | Co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2015 | South Carolina | Interim head coach | |
| 2016 | South Carolina | Offensive line coach | |
| 2017–23 | Georgia State | Head coach | |
| 2024–present | South Carolina | Tight ends coach and running game coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jerry MooreApp State
- Steve SpurrierSouth Carolina
- Will MuschampSouth Carolina
- Shane BeamerSouth Carolina
Assistants who became head coaches
- G. A. MangusDelaware Valley
- Lorenzo WardLouisville
- Chad StaggsCoastal Carolina
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Moore | App State | 1997–2009 | 1997–98: defensive assistant; 1999–2000: tight ends coach; 2001–09: offensive line coach | |
| Steve Spurrier | South Carolina | 2010–15 | 2010–11: offensive line coach and running game coordinator; 2012–15: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Will Muschamp | South Carolina | 2016 | Offensive line coach | |
| Shane Beamer | South Carolina | 2024–26 | Tight ends coach and running game coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. A. Mangus | South Carolina, 2015: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and tight ends coach | Delaware Valley | |
| Lorenzo Ward | South Carolina, 2015: defensive coordinator | Louisville | |
| Chad Staggs | Georgia State, 2023: defensive coordinator | Coastal Carolina |
Other assistants under him (12)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Grady Brown | South Carolina, 2015: cornerbacks coach | |
| Jon Hoke | South Carolina, 2015: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Kirk Botkin | South Carolina, 2015: linebackers coach and spurs coach | |
| Steve Spurrier Jr. | South Carolina, 2015: co-offensive coordinator, passing game coordinator, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Nate Fuqua | Georgia State, 2017–22: defensive coordinator | |
| Travis Trickett | Georgia State, 2017–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Blake Gideon | Georgia State, 2018: cornerbacks coach | |
| Jacob Huesman | Georgia State, 2018: graduate assistant | |
| Brad Glenn | Georgia State, 2019–21: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Shiel Wood | Georgia State, 2019: inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator | |
| Eman Naghavi | Georgia State, 2021: offensive line coach | |
| Trent McKnight | Georgia State, 2022–23: 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 | State payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgia State | head coach | $478,901 | ||
| 2022 | Georgia State | head coach | $755,000 | ||
| 2021 | Georgia State | head coach | $744,000 | ||
| 2020 | Georgia State | head coach | $660,683 | ||
| 2019 | Georgia State | head coach | $550,800 | ||
| 2018 | Georgia State | head coach | $540,000 | ||
| 2017 | Georgia State | head coachbonuses up to $220,000; buyout $1,500,000 | $565,000 USA Today | $529,683 | |
| 2015 | South Carolina | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $35,555 | $402,400 USA Today | ||
| 2014 | South Carolina | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $35,555 | $435,400 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.
Open Georgia (State of Georgia, unaudited): salary paid in the fiscal year from July to June, shown against the season inside it.
Contract pay and the state payroll differ by design: one is the season’s contract, the other what the state paid in a calendar or fiscal year, so a December hire’s short first year, bonuses and camp money paid as special payments, and pay that ran on after he left all show in the payroll.
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
Elliott’s teams went for it on 22% of fourth downs and on 37% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 43% of plays and took 24.5 seconds a play, 2017–2023.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 10 g | 9 of 74 12% | 21% | 51% | 25.6 | −0.03 | |
| 2018 12 g | 27 of 91 30% | 45% | 45% | 26.6 | +0.10 | |
| 2019 12 g | 25 of 87 29% | 45% | 41% | 23.3 | +0.12 | |
| 2020 10 g | 14 of 83 17% | 30% | 42% | 22.7 | +0.01 | |
| 2021 11 g | 18 of 79 23% | 43% | 37% | 23.5 | +0.08 | |
| 2022 11 g | 23 of 94 24% | 34% | 38% | 23.9 | −0.01 | |
| 2023 13 g | 18 of 90 20% | 37% | 44% | 25.7 | +0.05 | |
| All 79 g | 134 of 598 22% | 37% | 43% | 24.5 | +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.