Tim DeRuyter
Tim DeRuyter went 31–30 as a head coach, 2011–2016, at Texas A&M and Fresno State. Share
- Record
- 31–30 career
- Seasons
- 6
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jan 3, 1963
- Alma mater
- Air Force 1985
- Best season
- 2011 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Texas A&M interim, bowl game | 1–0 | Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas W | |||
| 2012 | Fresno State | 9–4 | T–1st | Hawai’i Bowl L | ||
| 2013 | Fresno State | 11–2 | 1st (West) | Las Vegas Bowl L | ||
| 2014 | Fresno State | 6–8 | T–1st (West) | Hawai’i Bowl L | ||
| 2015 | Fresno State | 3–9 | T–4th (West) | |||
| 2016 | Fresno State coached eight of 12 games | 1–7 |
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.
Players he coached
Phillip ThomasConsensus All‑American, 2012
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 6 | 0–6 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 22 | 13–9 | 59% |
| Conference games | 36 | 21–15 | 58% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 12 | 7–5 | 58% |
| At home | 27 | 19–8 | 70% |
| On the road | 29 | 10–19 | 34% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 31 | 26–5 | 84% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 30 | 5–25 | 17% |
His own 61 games on file, 2011–2016, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Long 2012–2016 | 3–2 | San Diego State | 5 | |
| Brian Polian 2013–2016 | 2–2 | Nevada | 4 | |
| Bob Davie 2012–2014 | 3–0 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Norm Chow 2012–2014 | 3–0 | Hawai’i | 3 | |
| Matt Wells 2013–2016 | 1–2 | Utah State | 3 | |
| Ron Caragher 2013–2015 | 1–2 | San José State | 3 |
Tim DeRuyter’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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Nevadaseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Hawai’iseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| UNLVseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| Boise Stateseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| New Mexicoseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Wyomingseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| San José Stateseries | 3 | 1–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Air Force | Graduate assistant | |
| 1989–92 | Air Force | Defensive assistant | |
| 1995–98 | Ohio | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 1999–2000 | Navy | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2001 | Navy | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2002–04 | Ohio | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2005–06 | Nevada | Co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2007 | Air Force | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2008–09 | Air Force | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2010–11 | Texas A&M | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| 2011 | Texas A&M | Interim head coach | |
| 2012–16 | Fresno State | Head coach | |
| 2017 | California | Defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2018–19 | California | Defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2020 | California | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2021 | Oregon | Defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2022–24 | Texas Tech | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2026–present | Kansas State | Assistant head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Fisher DeBerryAir Force
- Jim GrobeOhio
- Charlie WeatherbieNavy
- Rick LantzNavy
- Brian KnorrOhio
- Chris AultNevada
- Troy CalhounAir Force
- Mike ShermanTexas A&M
- Justin WilcoxCalifornia
- Mario CristobalOregon
- Bryan McClendonOregon
- Joey McGuireTexas Tech
- and 1 more
Assistants who became head coaches
- Tom RossleySMU
- Zac TaylorCincinnati Bengals
- Eric KiesauFresno State
- Lorenzo WardLouisville
Worked under (13)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher DeBerry | Air Force | 1985–92 | 1985: graduate assistant; 1989–92: defensive assistant | |
| Jim Grobe | Ohio | 1995–98 | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Charlie Weatherbie | Navy | 1999–2001 | 1999–2000: defensive coordinator; 2001: defensive backs coach | |
| Rick Lantz | Navy | 2001 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Brian Knorr | Ohio | 2002–04 | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Chris Ault | Nevada | 2005–06 | Co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Troy Calhoun | Air Force | 2007–09 | 2007: defensive coordinator and safeties coach; 2008–09: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Mike Sherman | Texas A&M | 2010–11 | Assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Justin Wilcox | California | 2017–20 | 2017: defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach; 2018–19: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach; 2020: assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Mario Cristobal | Oregon | 2021 | Defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Bryan McClendon | Oregon | 2021 | Defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Joey McGuire | Texas Tech | 2022–24 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Collin Klein | Kansas State | 2026 | Assistant head coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Rossley | Texas A&M, 2011: quarterbacks coach | SMU | |
| Zac Taylor | Texas A&M, 2011: graduate assistant | Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Eric Kiesau | Fresno State, 2016: assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | Fresno State | |
| Lorenzo Ward | Fresno State, 2016: defensive coordinator | Louisville |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Peterson | Texas A&M, 2011: graduate assistant; Fresno State, 2012–16: secondary and outside linebackers coach | |
| Michael Hodges | Texas A&M, 2011: strength coach and conditioning assistant; Fresno State, 2012–13: graduate assistant | |
| Troy Walters | Texas A&M, 2011: wide receivers coach | |
| Dave Schramm | Fresno State, 2012–15: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Nick Toth | Fresno State, 2012–15: defensive coordinator | |
| Marcus Woodson | Fresno State, 2014–15: defensive backs 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 | California | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $50,000 | $300,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Fresno State | head coachbonuses up to $1,685,000; $245,000 in bonuses paid | $1,548,480 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Fresno State | head coachbonuses up to $1,685,000; $420,000 in bonuses paid | $1,492,745 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Fresno State | head coachbonuses up to $1,685,000 | $1,435,000 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
DeRuyter’s teams went for it on 27% of fourth downs and on 39% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 56% of plays and took 21.5 seconds a play, 2012–2015.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 13 g | 32 of 114 28% | 36% | 56% | 21.7 | 0.00 | |
| 2013 13 g | 32 of 108 30% | 44% | 63% | 19.5 | +0.10 | |
| 2014 14 g | 33 of 129 26% | 36% | 52% | 21.7 | −0.05 | |
| 2015 12 g | 29 of 109 27% | 38% | 52% | 23.1 | −0.14 | |
| All 52 g | 126 of 460 27% | 39% | 56% | 21.5 | −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.