Steve Campbell
Steve Campbell went 69–49 as a head coach, 1999–2020, at Delta State, Central Arkansas and South Alabama. Share
Seven seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1999–2001 at Delta State; 2014–17 at Central Arkansas. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 69–49 career
- Seasons
- 10
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Apr 11, 1966
- Alma mater
- Troy 1988
- Best season
- 2020 4–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Delta State * | 6–4 | 4th | |||
| 2000 | Delta State * | 14–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II Championship W | ||
| 2001 | Delta State * | 7–3 | T–4th | |||
| 2002–13: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2014 | Central Arkansas * | 6–6 | T–3rd | |||
| 2015 | Central Arkansas * | 7–4 | T–2nd | |||
| 2016 | Central Arkansas * | 10–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Second Round L | 14 | |
| 2017 | Central Arkansas * | 10–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round L | 10 | |
| 2018 | South Alabama | 3–9 | 4th (West) | |||
| 2019 | South Alabama | 2–10 | 5th (West) | |||
| 2020 | South Alabama | 4–7 | 2nd (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 | 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Conference games | 24 | 6–18 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 8 | 3–5 | 38% |
| At home | 18 | 7–11 | 39% |
| On the road | 17 | 2–15 | 12% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 6–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 29 | 3–26 | 10% |
His own 35 games on file, 2018–2020, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Anderson 2018–2020 | 2–1 | Arkansas State | 3 | |
| Matt Viator 2018–2020 | 1–2 | UL Monroe | 3 | |
| Billy Napier 2018–2020 | 0–3 | Louisiana | 3 | |
| Chad Lunsford 2018–2020 | 0–3 | Georgia Southern | 3 |
Steve Campbell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| UL Monroeseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Georgia Southernseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Louisianaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Troyseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Coastal Carolinaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| UABseries | 2 | 0–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | Auburn | Graduate assistant | |
| 1990–92 | Delta State | Offensive line coach | |
| 1993–95 | Nicholls State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1996 | Southwest Mississippi | Running backs coach | |
| 1997–98 | Southwest Mississippi | Head coach | |
| 1999–2001 | Delta State | Head coach | |
| 2002 | Middle Tennessee | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 2003 | Mississippi State | Offensive line coach | |
| 2004–13 | Mississippi Gulf Coast | Head coach | |
| 2014–17 | Central Arkansas | Head coach | |
| 2018–20 | South Alabama | Head coach | |
| 2021–22 | UMS-Wright (AL) high school | Volunteer assistant | |
| 2024–present | UMS-Wright (AL) high school | Offensive line and tight ends coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Pat DyeAuburn
- Rick RhoadesNicholls
- Andy McCollumMiddle Tennessee
- Jackie SherrillMississippi State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Kenny EdenfieldSouthwest Mississippi
- Chris WillisNorth Alabama
- Gwaine MathewsArkansas Monticello
- Mark HudspethLouisiana, North Alabama, Austin Peay
- Nathan BrownCentral Arkansas
- Tommy RybackiNicholls
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dye | Auburn | 1988–89 | Graduate assistant | |
| Rick Rhoades | Nicholls | 1993–94 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Andy McCollum | Middle Tennessee | 2002 | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Jackie Sherrill | Mississippi State | 2003 | Offensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Edenfield | Southwest Mississippi, 1997–98: assistant coach; South Alabama, 2018–20: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Southwest Mississippi | |
| Chris Willis | Delta State, 1999: graduate assistant; 2000–01: assistant coach | North Alabama | |
| Gwaine Mathews | Delta State, 1999–2001: defensive coordinator | Arkansas Monticello | |
| Mark Hudspeth | Delta State, 1999–2000: offensive coordinator | Louisiana, North Alabama, Austin Peay | |
| Nathan Brown | Central Arkansas, 2014–17: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Central Arkansas | |
| Tommy Rybacki | Central Arkansas, 2014: cornerbacks coach | Nicholls |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Stewart | South Alabama, 2018–20: defensive 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.
How he coached
Campbell’s teams went for it on 29% of fourth downs and on 44% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 44% of plays and took 25.6 seconds a play, 2018–2020.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 11 g | 26 of 100 26% | 36% | 43% | 25.8 | −0.06 | |
| 2019 12 g | 26 of 105 25% | 39% | 39% | 25.5 | −0.11 | |
| 2020 11 g | 35 of 96 36% | 60% | 51% | 25.4 | −0.04 | |
| All 34 g | 87 of 301 29% | 44% | 44% | 25.6 | −0.07 |
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.