Steve Addazio
Steve Addazio went 61–67 as a head coach, 2011–2021, at Temple, Boston College and Colorado State. Share
- Record
- 61–67 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jun 1, 1959
- Alma mater
- Central Connecticut 1981
- Best season
- 2011 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Temple | 9–4 | 2nd (East) | New Mexico Bowl W | ||
| 2012 | Temple | 4–7 | T–6th | |||
| 2013 | Boston College | 7–6 | T–3rd (Atlantic) | AdvoCare V100 Bowl L | ||
| 2014 | Boston College | 7–6 | 4th (Atlantic) | Pinstripe Bowl L | ||
| 2015 | Boston College | 3–9 | 7th (Atlantic) | |||
| 2016 | Boston College | 7–6 | T–6th (Atlantic) | Quick Lane Bowl W | ||
| 2017 | Boston College | 7–6 | T–3rd (Atlantic) | Pinstripe Bowl L | ||
| 2018 | Boston College | 7–5 | 4th (Atlantic) | First Responder (not played) | ||
| 2019 | Boston College | 6–6 | T–3rd (Atlantic) | Birmingham (not coached) | ||
| 2020 | Colorado State | 1–3 | 10th | |||
| 2021 | Colorado State | 3–9 | T–4th (Mountain) |
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.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 21 | 1–20 | 5% |
| Against top-10 teams | 13 | 1–12 | 8% |
| Against rivals | 37 | 15–22 | 41% |
| Conference games | 83 | 32–51 | 39% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 41 | 16–25 | 39% |
| At home | 65 | 33–32 | 51% |
| On the road | 55 | 25–30 | 45% |
| At neutral sites | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 61 | 39–22 | 64% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 67 | 22–45 | 33% |
His own 128 games on file, 2011–2021, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Doeren 2013–2019 | 4–3 | NC State | 7 | |
| Dave Clawson 2011–2019 | 3–4 | Bowling Green, Wake Forest | 7 | |
| Dabo Swinney 2013–2019 | 0–7 | Clemson | 7 | |
| Bobby Petrino 2014–2018 | 2–3 | Louisville | 5 | |
| Jimbo Fisher 2013–2017 | 1–4 | Florida State | 5 | |
| Randy Edsall 2011–2017 | 3–1 | Maryland, UConn | 4 | |
| Dino Babers 2016–2019 | 2–2 | Syracuse | 4 | |
| Justin Fuente 2016–2019 | 2–2 | Virginia Tech | 4 | |
| Rich Ellerson 2011–2013 | 3–0 | Army | 3 | |
| Mark Whipple 2014–2018 | 3–0 | Massachusetts | 3 |
Steve Addazio’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Syracuseseries | 8 | 3–5 |
| NC Stateseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Wake Forestseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Virginia Techseries | 7 | 4–3 |
| Louisvilleseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Florida Stateseries | 7 | 1–6 |
| Clemsonseries | 7 | 0–7 |
| Marylandseries | 4 | 3–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Florida’s 2006 staff (offensive line, tackles; tight ends) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Florida’s 2008 staff (assistant head coach, offense, offensive line, part of the season) · 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–87 | Western Connecticut State | Offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1988–94 | Cheshire HS (CT) high school | Head coach | |
| 1995–96 | Syracuse | Tight ends coach and assistant offensive line | |
| 1997–98 | Syracuse | Offensive line coach | |
| 1999–2001 | Notre Dame | Tackles, tight ends and special teams coach | |
| 2002–03 | Indiana | Offensive line coach | |
| 2004 | Indiana | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2005–06 | Florida | Tackles and tight ends coach | |
| 2007–08 | Florida | Assistant head coach and offensive line coach | |
| 2009–10 | Florida | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2011–12 | Temple | Head coach | |
| 2013–19 | Boston College | Head coach | |
| 2020–21 | Colorado State | Head coach | |
| 2022–23 | Texas A&M | Offensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Paul PasqualoniSyracuse
- Bob DavieNotre Dame
- Gerry DiNardoIndiana
- Urban MeyerFlorida
- Jimbo FisherTexas A&M
- Elijah RobinsonTexas A&M
Assistants who became head coaches
- Ed FoleyTemple, Fordham
- Matt RhuleTemple, Baylor, Nebraska, Carolina Panthers
- Scot LoefflerBowling Green
- Fran BrownSyracuse
- Ryan DayOhio State
- Don BrownPlymouth State, Northeastern, Massachusetts
- Todd FitchVanderbilt
- Vinny MarinoNichols
- Jim ReidMassachusetts, Richmond, VMI
- Paul PasqualoniSyracuse, UConn, Western Connecticut
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Pasqualoni | Syracuse | 1995–98 | 1995–96: tight ends coach and assistant offensive line; 1997–98: offensive line coach | |
| Bob Davie | Notre Dame | 1999–2001 | Tackles, tight ends and special teams coach | |
| Gerry DiNardo | Indiana | 2002–04 | 2002–03: offensive line coach; 2004: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Urban Meyer | Florida | 2005–10 | 2005–06: tackles and tight ends coach; 2007–08: assistant head coach and offensive line coach; 2009–10: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Jimbo Fisher | Texas A&M | 2022–23 | Offensive line coach | |
| Elijah Robinson | Texas A&M | 2023 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (10)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Foley | Temple, 2011–12: director of operations | Temple, Fordham | |
| Matt Rhule | Temple, 2011: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach | Temple, Baylor, Nebraska, Carolina Panthers | |
| Scot Loeffler | Temple, 2011: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Boston College, 2016–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Bowling Green | |
| Fran Brown | Temple, 2012: graduate assistant | Syracuse | |
| Ryan Day | Temple, 2012: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach; Boston College, 2013–14: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Ohio State | |
| Don Brown | Boston College, 2013–15: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Plymouth State, Northeastern, Massachusetts | |
| Todd Fitch | Boston College, 2013–14: wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator; 2015: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Vanderbilt | |
| Vinny Marino | Boston College, 2014–15: offensive quality control coach | Nichols | |
| Jim Reid | Boston College, 2016–19: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Massachusetts, Richmond, VMI | |
| Paul Pasqualoni | Boston College, 2016–17: defensive line coach | Syracuse, UConn, Western Connecticut |
Other assistants under him (13)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Albert | Temple, 2011–12: outside linebackers coach; Boston College, 2013–15: defensive line coach | |
| Chuck Heater | Temple, 2011–12: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach; Colorado State, 2020–21: defensive coordinator | |
| Justin Frye | Temple, 2011–12: offensive line coach; Boston College, 2013–17: offensive line coach | |
| Kevin Rogers | Temple, 2012: assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach | |
| Brian White | Boston College, 2015: wide receivers coach; 2016–19: running backs coach; Colorado State, 2020–21: senior associate head coach and running backs coach | |
| Coleman Hutzler | Boston College, 2015: special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Sean Duggan | Boston College, 2015: graduate assistant | |
| Anthony Campanile | Boston College, 2016–17: defensive backs coach; 2018: co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Bill Sheridan | Boston College, 2018: linebackers coach; 2019: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Mike Bajakian | Boston College, 2019: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Joey Lynch | Colorado State, 2020: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Kenny Guiton | Colorado State, 2020: wide receivers coach | |
| Jon Budmayr | Colorado State, 2021: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks 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
Addazio’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 36% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 36% of plays and took 25.6 seconds a play, 2011–2021.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 12 g | Temple | 19 of 82 23% | 58% | 26% | 28.4 | +0.03 | |
| 2012 11 g | Temple | 16 of 86 19% | 38% | 35% | 24.8 | −0.09 | |
| 2013 13 g | Boston College | 8 of 103 8% | 13% | 35% | 27.1 | +0.04 | |
| 2014 13 g | Boston College | 21 of 104 20% | 39% | 30% | 28.9 | +0.04 | |
| 2015 12 g | Boston College | 13 of 115 11% | 22% | 36% | 28.7 | −0.21 | |
| 2016 13 g | Boston College | 22 of 133 17% | 30% | 38% | 29.7 | −0.17 | |
| 2017 13 g | Boston College | 29 of 125 23% | 35% | 39% | 23.6 | −0.08 | |
| 2018 12 g | Boston College | 31 of 110 28% | 47% | 40% | 22.2 | 0.00 | |
| 2019 13 g | Boston College | 24 of 109 22% | 45% | 33% | 21.9 | +0.09 | |
| 2020 4 g | Colorado State | 10 of 53 19% | 50% | 45% | 20.9 | −0.22 | |
| 2021 11 g | Colorado State | 21 of 106 20% | 41% | 45% | 22.2 | 0.00 | |
| All 127 g | 214 of 1126 19% | 36% | 36% | 25.6 | −0.04 |
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.