Shawn Watson
Shawn Watson went 3–3 as a head coach in the games on file: 2022 at Wofford (interim, games 6–11). His full head-coaching career isn’t in our records. Share
- Record
- 3–3 games on file
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2022 3–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Wofford interim, games 6–11 | 3–3 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Conference games | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| At home | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| On the road | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
His own six games on file, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| The Citadelseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| VMIseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Furmanseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Samfordseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Western Carolinaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Southern Illinois | Graduate assistant | |
| 1983–84 | Illinois | Graduate assistant | |
| 1985 | Illinois | Tight ends and offensive tackles coach | |
| 1986 | Illinois | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1987–89 | Miami (OH) | Tight ends coach | |
| 1990–91 | Miami (OH) | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1992–93 | Miami (OH) | Quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1994–96 | Southern Illinois | Head coach | |
| 1997–98 | Northwestern | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1999 | Colorado | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2000–05 | Colorado | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2006 | Nebraska | Tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2007–10 | Nebraska | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2011–13 | Louisville | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2014–15 | Texas | Assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2016 | Indiana | Offensive quality control coach | |
| 2016 | Indiana | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2017–18 | Pittsburgh | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019 | Georgia | Offensive quality control coach | |
| 2020–21 | Northern Iowa | Offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2022 | Wofford | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and interim head coach | |
| 2022–present | Wofford | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Rey DempseySouthern Illinois
- Mike WhiteIllinois
- Tim RoseMiami (OH)
- Randy WalkerMiami (OH)
- Gary BarnettNorthwestern, Colorado
- Mike HankwitzColorado
- Bill CallahanNebraska
- Bo PeliniNebraska
- Charlie StrongLouisville, Texas
- Tom AllenIndiana
- Kevin WilsonIndiana
- Pat NarduzziPittsburgh
- and 2 more
Assistants who became head coaches
- David ElsonWestern Kentucky
- T. J. WeistUConn, South Florida
Worked under (14)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rey Dempsey | Southern Illinois | 1982 | Graduate assistant | |
| Mike White | Illinois | 1983–86 | 1983–84: graduate assistant; 1985: tight ends and offensive tackles coach; 1986: wide receivers coach | |
| Tim Rose | Miami (OH) | 1987–89 | Tight ends coach | |
| Randy Walker | Miami (OH) | 1990–93 | 1990–91: wide receivers coach; 1992–93: quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Gary Barnett | Northwestern | 1997–98 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Gary Barnett | Colorado | 1999–2005 | 1999: quarterbacks coach; 2000–05: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mike Hankwitz | Colorado | 2005 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bill Callahan | Nebraska | 2006–07 | 2006: tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator; 2007: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bo Pelini | Nebraska | 2008–10 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Charlie Strong | Louisville | 2011–13 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Charlie Strong | Texas | 2014–15 | Assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach | |
| Tom Allen | Indiana | 2016 | 2016: offensive quality control coach; 2016: quarterbacks coach | |
| Kevin Wilson | Indiana | 2016 | 2016: offensive quality control coach; 2016: quarterbacks coach | |
| Pat Narduzzi | Pittsburgh | 2017–18 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Kirby Smart | Georgia | 2019 | Offensive quality control coach | |
| Josh Conklin | Wofford | 2022 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Elson | Southern Illinois, 1994–95: graduate assistant | Western Kentucky | |
| T. J. Weist | Southern Illinois, 1994–95: wide receivers and tight ends coach | UConn, South Florida |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Warwick | Wofford, 2022: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Dane Romero | Wofford, 2022: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Rob Greene | Wofford, 2022: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Tyler Carlton | Wofford, 2022: co-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.