Steve Fairchild
Steve Fairchild went 16–33 as a head coach, 2008–2011, at Colorado State. Share
- Record
- 16–33 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2008 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Colorado State | 7–6 | 5th | New Mexico Bowl W | ||
| 2009 | Colorado State | 3–9 | 9th | |||
| 2010 | Colorado State | 3–9 | T–6th | |||
| 2011 | Colorado State | 3–9 | T–6th |
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 | 9 | 0–9 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 2–10 | 17% |
| Conference games | 31 | 7–24 | 23% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 20 | 9–11 | 45% |
| At home | 23 | 10–13 | 43% |
| On the road | 22 | 5–17 | 23% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 13 | 8–5 | 62% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 36 | 8–28 | 22% |
His own 49 games on file, 2008–2011, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Patterson 2008–2011 | 0–4 | TCU | 4 | |
| Troy Calhoun 2008–2011 | 0–4 | Air Force | 4 | |
| Mike Locksley 2009–2011 | 2–1 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Dan Hawkins 2008–2010 | 1–2 | Colorado | 3 | |
| Bronco Mendenhall 2008–2010 | 0–3 | BYU | 3 | |
| Kyle Whittingham 2008–2010 | 0–3 | Utah | 3 | |
| Dave Christensen 2009–2011 | 0–3 | Wyoming | 3 |
Steve Fairchild’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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexicoseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| UNLVseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| San Diego Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Coloradoseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Wyomingseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Air Forceseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| TCUseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| BYUseries | 3 | 0–3 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–83 | San Diego Mesa | OCQB and wide receivers coach | |
| 1984–85 | Ferris State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and running backs coach | |
| 1986 | San Diego State | Tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 1987–88 | New Mexico | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1989 | New Mexico | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1990–92 | San Diego State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1993–96 | Colorado State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1997–2000 | Colorado State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2001–02 | Buffalo Bills NFL | Running backs coach | |
| 2003–05 | St. Louis Rams NFL | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2006–07 | Buffalo Bills NFL | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2008–11 | Colorado State | Head coach | |
| 2012 | San Diego Chargers NFL | Offensive assistant | |
| 2013–15 | Virginia | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2017 | The Spring League | Head coach | |
| 2020–present | Alphas | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dennis StolzSan Diego State
- Mike SheppardNew Mexico
- Al LuginbillSan Diego State
- Sonny LubickColorado State
- Gregg WilliamsBuffalo Bills
- Norv TurnerSan Diego Chargers
- Mike LondonVirginia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Todd StroudWest Alabama
- Bernard ClarkRobert Morris
Worked under (7)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Stolz | San Diego State | 1986 | Tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Mike Sheppard | New Mexico | 1987–89 | 1987–88: quarterbacks coach; 1989: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Al Luginbill | San Diego State | 1990–92 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Sonny Lubick | Colorado State | 1993–2000 | 1993–96: quarterbacks coach; 1997–2000: offensive coordinator | |
| Gregg Williams | Buffalo Bills NFL | 2001–02 | Running backs coach | |
| Norv Turner | San Diego Chargers NFL | 2012 | Offensive assistant | |
| Mike London | Virginia | 2013–15 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Stroud | Colorado State, 2010: tight ends and fullbacks coach; 2011: defensive line coach | West Alabama | |
| Bernard Clark | Colorado State, 2011: linebackers coach | Robert Morris |
Other assistants under him (3)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Greg Peterson | Colorado State, 2008–09: offensive coordinator | |
| Larry Kerr | Colorado State, 2008–11: defensive coordinator | |
| Pat Meyer | Colorado State, 2008–11: offensive line 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Virginia | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $158,750 | $454,250 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Virginia | offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $158,750 | $450,000 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.
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
Fairchild’s teams went for it on 26% of fourth downs and on 42% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 50% of plays and took 24.7 seconds a play, 2008–2011.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 12 g | 25 of 87 29% | 43% | 51% | 26.7 | −0.01 | |
| 2009 12 g | 18 of 87 21% | 45% | 47% | 25.7 | −0.02 | |
| 2010 12 g | 25 of 97 26% | 37% | 56% | 23.0 | −0.12 | |
| 2011 12 g | 26 of 97 27% | 44% | 47% | 23.5 | −0.07 | |
| All 48 g | 94 of 368 26% | 42% | 50% | 24.7 | −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.