Tim Brewster
Tim Brewster went 17–30 as a head coach, 2007–2024, at Minnesota and Charlotte. Share
- Record
- 17–30 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Oct 13, 1960
- Alma mater
- Illinois 1984
- Best season
- 2024 5–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Minnesota | 1–11 | 11th | |||
| 2008 | Minnesota | 7–6 | T–6th | Insight Bowl L | ||
| 2009 | Minnesota | 6–7 | 8th | Insight Bowl L | ||
| 2010 | Minnesota coached seven of 12 games | 1–6 | ||||
| 2011–23: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2024 | Charlotte interim, final 2 games | 2–0 | 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 | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 10 | 0–10 | 0% |
| Conference games | 29 | 8–21 | 28% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 22 | 9–13 | 41% |
| At home | 26 | 10–16 | 38% |
| On the road | 19 | 7–12 | 37% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 18 | 10–8 | 56% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 29 | 7–22 | 24% |
His own 47 games on file, 2007–2024, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Fitzgerald 2007–2010 | 1–3 | Northwestern | 4 | |
| Bret Bielema 2007–2010 | 0–4 | Wisconsin | 4 | |
| Ron Zook 2007–2009 | 1–2 | Illinois | 3 | |
| Jim Tressel 2007–2009 | 0–3 | Ohio State | 3 | |
| Kirk Ferentz 2007–2009 | 0–3 | Iowa | 3 |
Tim Brewster’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Purdueseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Northwesternseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Wisconsinseries | 4 | 0–4 |
| Florida Atlanticseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Illinoisseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| Ohio Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Iowaseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Indianaseries | 2 | 1–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Florida State’s 2013 staff (recruiting coordinator, tight ends) · 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.
Other roles
- Team captain, Illinois 1983
From each season’s Wikipedia article.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Purdue | Graduate assistant | |
| 1987–88 | Lafayette Central Catholic HS (IN) high school | Head coach | |
| 1989–97 | North Carolina | Special teams and tight ends coach | |
| 1998–2001 | Texas | Tight ends coach | |
| 2002–03 | San Diego Chargers NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 2004 | San Diego Chargers NFL | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| 2005–06 | Denver Broncos NFL | Tight ends coach | |
| 2007–10 | Minnesota | Head coach | |
| 2012 | Mississippi State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 2013–17 | Florida State | Tight ends coach | |
| 2018 | Texas A&M | Tight ends coach | |
| 2019 | North Carolina | Assistant head coach, tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2020–21 | Florida | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| 2022 | Jackson State | Tight ends coach | |
| 2023 | Colorado | Tight ends coach | |
| 2024 | Charlotte | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| 2024–25 | Charlotte | Interim head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Leon BurtnettPurdue
- Mack BrownNorth Carolina, Texas
- Carl TorbushNorth Carolina
- Joe PascaleSan Diego Chargers
- Mike ShanahanDenver Broncos
- Dan MullenMississippi State, Florida
- Jimbo FisherFlorida State, Texas A&M
- Odell HagginsFlorida State
- Greg KnoxFlorida
- Deion SandersJackson State, Colorado
- Biff PoggiCharlotte
Assistants who became head coaches
- Everett WithersNorth Carolina, Texas State, Temple, James Madison
- Mike DunbarCentral Washington, Northern Iowa
- Thomas HammockNorthern Illinois
- Ted RoofDuke
- Jedd FischUCLA, Arizona, Washington
- Jeff HortonNevada, UNLV, Minnesota
- Steve WilksArizona Cardinals
Worked under (11)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Burtnett | Purdue | 1986 | Graduate assistant | |
| Mack Brown | North Carolina | 1989–2019 | 1989–97: special teams and tight ends coach; 2019: assistant head coach, tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| Carl Torbush | North Carolina | 1997 | Special teams and tight ends coach | |
| Mack Brown | Texas | 1998–2001 | Tight ends coach | |
| Joe Pascale | San Diego Chargers NFL | 2002 | Tight ends coach | |
| Mike Shanahan | Denver Broncos NFL | 2005–06 | Tight ends coach | |
| Dan Mullen | Mississippi State | 2012 | Wide receivers coach | |
| Jimbo Fisher | Florida State | 2013–17 | Tight ends coach | |
| Odell Haggins | Florida State | 2017 | Tight ends coach | |
| Jimbo Fisher | Texas A&M | 2018 | Tight ends coach | |
| Dan Mullen | Florida | 2020–21 | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| Greg Knox | Florida | 2021 | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach | |
| Deion Sanders | Jackson State | 2022 | Tight ends coach | |
| Deion Sanders | Colorado | 2023 | Tight ends coach | |
| Biff Poggi | Charlotte | 2024 | Assistant head coach and tight ends coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (7)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everett Withers | Minnesota, 2007: defensive coordinator | North Carolina, Texas State, Temple, James Madison | |
| Mike Dunbar | Minnesota, 2007–08: assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | Central Washington, Northern Iowa | |
| Thomas Hammock | Minnesota, 2007–09: running backs coach; 2010: co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach | Northern Illinois | |
| Ted Roof | Minnesota, 2008: defensive coordinator | Duke | |
| Jedd Fisch | Minnesota, 2009: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UCLA, Arizona, Washington | |
| Jeff Horton | Minnesota, 2010: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Nevada, UNLV, Minnesota | |
| Steve Wilks | Charlotte, 2024: volunteer advisor | Arizona Cardinals |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| George McDonald | Minnesota, 2007–08: wide receivers coach | |
| John Butler | Minnesota, 2007–10: special teams and linebackers coach | |
| Kevin Cosgrove | Minnesota, 2009–10: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Ronnie Lee | Minnesota, 2009–10: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Miller | Charlotte, 2024: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Ryan Osborn | Charlotte, 2024: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Minnesota | head coachbonuses up to $1,050,000 | $808,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2009 | Minnesota | head coachbonuses up to $700,000 | $1,000,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2008 | Minnesota | head coach | $1,000,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2007 | Minnesota | head coachbonuses up to $650,000 | $1,000,000 USA Today via Leeds |
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
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
Brewster’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 52% of plays and took 24.6 seconds a play, 2007–2009.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 12 g | 24 of 96 25% | 34% | 53% | 21.6 | −0.03 | |
| 2008 13 g | 22 of 114 19% | 30% | 52% | 25.4 | −0.07 | |
| 2009 13 g | 15 of 103 15% | 34% | 52% | 26.5 | −0.16 | |
| All 38 g | 61 of 313 19% | 33% | 52% | 24.6 | −0.09 |
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.