Tim Billings
Tim Billings went 27–46 as a head coach, 2000–2020, at Southeast Missouri State and Southern Miss. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2000–05 at Southeast Missouri State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 27–46 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jan 4, 1957
- Alma mater
- Southeastern Oklahoma State 1980
- Best season
- 2020 3–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | 7th | |||
| 2001 | Southeast Missouri State * | 4–7 | 6th | |||
| 2002 | Southeast Missouri State * | 8–4 | T–2nd | |||
| 2003 | Southeast Missouri State * | 5–7 | T–3rd | |||
| 2004 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | 7th | |||
| 2005 | Southeast Missouri State * | 2–9 | 7th | |||
| 2006–19: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2020 | Southern Miss remainder of season | 2–3 | 6th (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference games | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| At home | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
His own five games on file, 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.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlanticseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| North Alabamaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Western Kentuckyseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Riceseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UTSAseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Duncan HS (OK) high school | Safeties coach | |
| 1981 | Prairiland HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 1982–83 | Norman HS (OK) high school | Safeties coach | |
| 1983–84 | Missouri | Graduate assistant | |
| 1985–86 | Oklahoma | Graduate assistant | |
| 1987–88 | Missouri | Tight ends coach | |
| 1990–91 | Marshall | Defensive line and special teams coach | |
| 1992–93 | Marshall | Tight ends, linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 1994–98 | Marshall | Defensive line and special teams coach | |
| 1999 | Marshall | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2000–05 | Southeast Missouri State | Head coach | |
| 2006–07 | Wake Forest | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2008–09 | Wake Forest | Safeties coach | |
| 2010 | Wake Forest | Defensive ends coach | |
| 2011 | Wake Forest | Co-defensive coordinator and special teams coach | |
| 2012–13 | Memphis | Defensive line coach | |
| 2014–15 | North Lamar HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 2016–20 | Southern Miss | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | Interim head coach | |
| 2022 | Southeast Missouri State | Outside linebackers coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Warren PowersMissouri
- Barry SwitzerOklahoma
- Woody WidenhoferMissouri
- Jim DonnanMarshall
- Bob PruettMarshall
- Jim GrobeWake Forest
- Justin FuenteMemphis
- Jay HopsonSouthern Miss
- Scotty WaldenSouthern Miss
- Tom MatukewiczSoutheast Missouri State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Cedric ThomasArkansas–Pine Bluff, Mississippi Delta, Alcorn State
- Reed StringerSouthern Miss
- Rick MinterCincinnati, Marshall
- Scotty WaldenAustin Peay, Southern Miss, UTEP, East Texas Baptist
Worked under (10)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Powers | Missouri | 1983–84 | Graduate assistant | |
| Barry Switzer | Oklahoma | 1985–86 | Graduate assistant | |
| Woody Widenhofer | Missouri | 1987–88 | Tight ends coach | |
| Jim Donnan | Marshall | 1990–95 | 1990–95: defensive line and special teams coach; 1992–93: tight ends, linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Bob Pruett | Marshall | 1996–99 | 1996–98: defensive line and special teams coach; 1999: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Jim Grobe | Wake Forest | 2006–11 | 2006–07: wide receivers coach; 2008–09: safeties coach; 2010: defensive ends coach; 2011: co-defensive coordinator and special teams coach | |
| Justin Fuente | Memphis | 2012–13 | Defensive line coach | |
| Jay Hopson | Southern Miss | 2016–20 | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Scotty Walden | Southern Miss | 2020 | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Tom Matukewicz | Southeast Missouri State | 2022 | Outside linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric Thomas | Southern Miss, 2020: defensive backs coach | Arkansas–Pine Bluff, Mississippi Delta, Alcorn State | |
| Reed Stringer | Southern Miss, 2020: special teams and tight ends coach | Southern Miss | |
| Rick Minter | Southern Miss, 2020: defensive analyst | Cincinnati, Marshall | |
| Scotty Walden | Southern Miss, 2020: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Austin Peay, Southern Miss, UTEP, East Texas Baptist |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge Munoz | Southeast Missouri State, 2000: wide receivers coach | |
| Rob Likens | Southeast Missouri State, 2004–05: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and wide receivers coach | |
| Akeem Davis | Southern Miss, 2020: running backs coach | |
| Matt Kubik | Southern Miss, 2020: offensive coordinator | |
| Ryan Stanchek | Southern Miss, 2020: offensive line coach | |
| Tony Pecoraro | Southern Miss, 2020: 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.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Southern Miss | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $9,167 | $110,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Southern Miss | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $9,167 | $110,000 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.