Tim Albin
Tim Albin went 60–44 as a head coach, 1997–2026, at Northwestern Oklahoma State, Ohio and Charlotte. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 0–6); by them his record is 59–44. Share
Three seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1997–99 at Northwestern Oklahoma State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 60–44 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 13, 1965
- Alma mater
- Northwestern (OK) 1989
- Best season
- 2023 10–3
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Northwestern Oklahoma State * | 5–5 | ||||
| 1998 | Northwestern Oklahoma State * | 7–3 | 21 | |||
| 1999 | Northwestern Oklahoma State * | 13–0 | NAIA Championship W | 1 | ||
| 2000–20: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2021 | Ohio | 3–9 | 3rd (East) | |||
| 2022 | Ohio | 10–4 | 1st (East) | Arizona Bowl W | ||
| 2023 | Ohio | 10–3 | 2nd (East) | Myrtle Beach Bowl W | ||
| 2024 | Ohio | 10–3 | T–1st | Cure (not coached) | ||
| 2025 | Charlotte | 1–11 | 14th | |||
| 2026 | Charlotte | 1–6 (Wikipedia: 0–6) | ||||
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 | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 11 | 6–5 | 55% |
| Conference games | 43 | 24–19 | 56% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 21 | 13–8 | 62% |
| At home | 33 | 19–14 | 58% |
| On the road | 33 | 13–20 | 39% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 38 | 27–11 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 33 | 8–25 | 24% |
His own 71 games on file, 2021–2026, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Martin 2021–2024 | 3–2 | Miami (OH) | 5 | |
| Joe Moorhead 2022–2024 | 3–0 | Akron | 3 | |
| Jim McElwain 2021–2024 | 2–1 | Central Michigan | 3 | |
| Maurice Linguist 2021–2023 | 2–1 | Buffalo | 3 | |
| Scot Loeffler 2021–2023 | 2–1 | Bowling Green | 3 | |
| Jason Candle 2021–2024 | 1–2 | Toledo | 3 |
Tim Albin’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miami (OH)series | 5 | 3–2 |
| Akronseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Buffaloseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Kent Stateseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Bowling Greenseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Central Michiganseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Toledoseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Ball Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–91 | Northeastern State (OK) | Graduate assistant and wide receivers coach | |
| 1992–93 | Northeastern State (OK) | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 1994–96 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| 1997–99 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | Head coach | |
| 2000–02 | Nebraska | Graduate assistant | |
| 2003 | Nebraska | Passing game coordinator and running backs coach | |
| 2004 | North Dakota State | Offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| 2005–18 | Ohio | Offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| 2019–20 | Ohio | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| 2021–24 | Ohio | Head coach | |
| 2025–present | Charlotte | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Frank SolichNebraska, Ohio
- Bo PeliniNebraska
- Craig BohlNorth Dakota State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian SmithOhio
- John HauserOhio
- Todd FitchVanderbilt
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Solich | Nebraska | 2000–03 | 2000–02: graduate assistant; 2003: passing game coordinator and running backs coach | |
| Bo Pelini | Nebraska | 2003 | Passing game coordinator and running backs coach | |
| Craig Bohl | North Dakota State | 2004 | Offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| Frank Solich | Ohio | 2005–20 | 2005–18: offensive coordinator and running backs coach; 2019–20: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Smith | Ohio, 2022: passing game coordinator and running backs coach; 2023: assistant head coach, passing game coordinator and running backs coach; 2024: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and running backs coach | Ohio | |
| John Hauser | Ohio, 2022: safeties coach; 2023: safeties coach and defensive passing game coordinator; 2024: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Ohio | |
| Todd Fitch | Charlotte, 2025–26: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Vanderbilt |
Other assistants under him (8)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Rudolph | Ohio, 2021–23: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; 2024: offensive line coach; Charlotte, 2025–26: offensive line coach | |
| Pete Germano | Ohio, 2021: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Ron Collins | Ohio, 2021: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Scott Isphording | Ohio, 2021–24: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2024: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Spence Nowinsky | Ohio, 2022–23: defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Kurt Mattix | Ohio, 2024: defensive ends coach; Charlotte, 2025: co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| Nate Faanes | Ohio, 2024: co-defensive coordinator; Charlotte, 2025–26: defensive coordinator | |
| Bryan Nardo | Charlotte, 2025: safeties 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ohio | offensive coordinator | $141,466 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Ohio | offensive coordinator | $135,406 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Ohio | offensive coordinator | $131,314 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Ohio | offensive coordinator | $131,473 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
Albin’s teams went for it on 18% of fourth downs and on 30% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 48% of plays and took 28.0 seconds a play, 2021–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 11 g | Ohio | 15 of 80 19% | 34% | 45% | 27.0 | +0.08 | |
| 2022 13 g | Ohio | 13 of 96 14% | 28% | 51% | 27.7 | +0.11 | |
| 2023 13 g | Ohio | 17 of 92 18% | 34% | 47% | 28.8 | +0.02 | |
| 2024 14 g | Ohio | 11 of 87 13% | 20% | 41% | 29.5 | +0.07 | |
| 2025 12 g | Charlotte | 25 of 109 23% | 32% | 55% | 26.5 | −0.14 | |
| 2026 7 g | Charlotte | 10 of 50 20% | 27% | 53% | 28.6 | −0.03 | |
| All 70 g | 91 of 514 18% | 30% | 48% | 28.0 | +0.02 |
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.