Stan Parrish
Stan Parrish went 64–62–3 as a head coach, 1978–2013, at Wabash, Marshall, Kansas State, Ball State and Eastern Michigan. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1978–82 at Wabash; 1984–85 at Marshall. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 64–62–3 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 5
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2010 4–8
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Wabash * | 8–1 | ||||
| 1979 | Wabash * | 8–1 | ||||
| 1980 | Wabash * | 8–0–1 | ||||
| 1981 | Wabash * | 8–1 | ||||
| 1982 | Wabash * | 10–0 | ||||
| 1983: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 1984 | Marshall * | 6–5 | T–5th | |||
| 1985 | Marshall * | 7–3–1 | 4th | |||
| 1986 | Kansas State | 2–9 | 8th | |||
| 1987 | Kansas State | 0–10–1 | T–7th | |||
| 1988 | Kansas State | 0–11 | 8th | |||
| 1989–07: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2008 | Ball State interim, bowl game | 0–1 | GMAC Bowl L | |||
| 2009 | Ball State | 2–10 | 5th (West) | |||
| 2010 | Ball State | 4–8 | 4th (West) | |||
| 2011–12: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2013 | Eastern Michigan interim, final 3 games | 1–2 | T–5th (West) | |||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
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 | 22 | 2–19–1 | 11% |
| Conference games | 40 | 7–32–1 | 19% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 18 | 4–13–1 | 25% |
| At home | 32 | 5–26–1 | 17% |
| On the road | 28 | 4–24 | 14% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 19 | 5–13–1 | 29% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 42 | 4–38 | 10% |
His own 61 games on file, 1986–2013, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Switzer 1986–1988 | 0–3 | Oklahoma | 3 | |
| Bill McCartney 1986–1988 | 0–3 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Pat Jones 1986–1988 | 0–3 | Oklahoma State | 3 | |
| Tom Osborne 1986–1988 | 0–3 | Nebraska | 3 | |
| Woody Widenhofer 1986–1988 | 0–3 | Missouri | 3 |
Stan Parrish’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Western Michiganseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Central Michiganseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Kansasseries | 3 | 1–1–1 |
| Coloradoseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Iowa Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Missouriseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Nebraskaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Oklahoma Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Michigan’s 1997 staff (quarterbacks coach) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–71 | Windham HS (OH) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1972–74 | Windham HS (OH) high school | Head coach | |
| 1975–76 | Purdue | Graduate assistant | |
| 1977 | Wabash | Assistant coach | |
| 1978–82 | Wabash | Head coach | |
| 1983 | Purdue | Assistant coach | |
| 1984–85 | Marshall | Head coach | |
| 1986–88 | Kansas State | Head coach | |
| 1990–92 | Rutgers | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1993–95 | Rutgers | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1996–99 | Michigan | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2000–01 | Michigan | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2002–03 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2005 | Ball State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2006–08 | Ball State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2008–10 | Ball State | Head coach | |
| 2011–12 | Siena Heights | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2013 | Eastern Michigan | Interim head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Alex AgasePurdue
- Leon BurtnettPurdue
- Doug GraberRutgers
- Lloyd CarrMichigan
- Brady HokeBall State
- Ron EnglishEastern Michigan
Assistants who became head coaches
- Joe RedmondMaryland Eastern Shore, Central State, Texas Southern, Joliet, Knoxville, Morris Brown
- L. C. ColeTennessee State, Alabama State, Stillman
- Dana DimelWyoming, Houston, UTEP
- Kevin RamseyClark Atlanta
- Jon TenutaGeorgia Tech
- Doug GraberRutgers, Montana State, Frankfurt Galaxy
- Jason EckNew Mexico, Idaho
- KiJuan WareAugsburg
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Agase | Purdue | 1975–76 | Graduate assistant | |
| Leon Burtnett | Purdue | 1983 | Assistant coach | |
| Doug Graber | Rutgers | 1990–95 | 1990–92: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 1993–95: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Lloyd Carr | Michigan | 1996–2001 | 1996–99: quarterbacks coach; 2000–01: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Brady Hoke | Ball State | 2005–08 | 2005: quarterbacks coach; 2006–08: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Ron English | Eastern Michigan | 2013 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Redmond | Marshall, 1984–85: assistant coach | Maryland Eastern Shore, Central State, Texas Southern, Joliet, Knoxville, Morris Brown | |
| L. C. Cole | Kansas State, 1986: defensive ends coach; 1987: outside linebackers coach | Tennessee State, Alabama State, Stillman | |
| Dana Dimel | Kansas State, 1987–88: graduate assistant | Wyoming, Houston, UTEP | |
| Kevin Ramsey | Kansas State, 1987–88: outside linebackers coach | Clark Atlanta | |
| Jon Tenuta | Kansas State, 1988: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | Georgia Tech | |
| Doug Graber | Ball State, 2009: defensive coordinator | Rutgers, Montana State, Frankfurt Galaxy | |
| Jason Eck | Ball State, 2009–10: offensive line coach | New Mexico, Idaho | |
| KiJuan Ware | Eastern Michigan, 2013: defensive backs coach | Augsburg |
Other assistants under him (10)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jerry Hartman | Kansas State, 1986–87: defensive coordinator | |
| Ken Bowman | Kansas State, 1986: offensive coordinator | |
| Mike Deal | Kansas State, 1987–88: offensive coordinator | |
| Jeff Hecklinski | Ball State, 2008: wide receivers coach | |
| Mark Smith | Ball State, 2008: defensive coordinator | |
| Eddie Faulkner | Ball State, 2009–10: offensive coordinator | |
| Joey Lynch | Ball State, 2009: wide receivers coach; 2010: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Kurt Mattix | Ball State, 2009–10: tight ends coach | |
| Jay Hood | Ball State, 2010: defensive coordinator | |
| Mark Criner | Eastern Michigan, 2013: linebackers 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.
How he coached
Parrish’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 25% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 43% of plays and took 22.0 seconds a play, 2009–2010.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 11 g | 18 of 92 20% | 23% | 43% | 22.7 | −0.12 | |
| 2010 12 g | 12 of 95 13% | 27% | 43% | 21.4 | −0.17 | |
| All 23 g | 30 of 187 16% | 25% | 43% | 22.0 | −0.15 |
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.