Tom Arth
Tom Arth went 52–45 as a head coach, 2013–2021, at John Carroll, Chattanooga and Akron. Share
Six seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2013–16 at John Carroll; 2017–18 at Chattanooga. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 52–45 career
- Seasons
- 9
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- May 11, 1981
- Alma mater
- John Carroll 2003
- Best season
- 2021 2–10
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | John Carroll * | 9–2 | 2nd | NCAA Division III First Round L | ||
| 2014 | John Carroll * | 11–2 | 2nd | NCAA Division III Quarterfinal L | ||
| 2015 | John Carroll * | 8–2 | T–2nd | |||
| 2016 | John Carroll * | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Division III Semifinal L | ||
| 2017 | Chattanooga * | 3–8 | T–6th | |||
| 2018 | Chattanooga * | 6–5 | T–5th | |||
| 2019 | Akron | 0–12 | 6th (East) | |||
| 2020 | Akron | 1–5 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2021 | Akron coached nine of 12 games | 2–7 |
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. * 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 | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 19 | 2–17 | 11% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| At home | 14 | 2–12 | 14% |
| On the road | 13 | 1–12 | 8% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 26 | 2–24 | 8% |
His own 27 games on file, 2019–2021, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scot Loeffler 2019–2021 | 2–1 | Bowling Green | 3 | |
| Chuck Martin 2019–2021 | 0–3 | Miami (OH) | 3 |
Tom Arth’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bowling Greenseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Miami (OH)series | 3 | 0–3 |
| Ohioseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Buffaloseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Kent Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Bryantseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Auburnseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UABseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–16 | John Carroll | job not given | |
| 2017–18 | Chattanooga | Head coach | |
| 2019–21 | Akron | Head coach | |
| 2022–23 | Los Angeles Chargers NFL | Pass game specialist | |
| 2024–present | Pittsburgh Steelers NFL | Quarterbacks coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Brandon StaleyLos Angeles Chargers
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brandon StaleyLos Angeles Chargers
- Tom KaufmanMarietta
- Oscar RodriguezAkron, Southwestern (CA)
- Tommy ZagorskiOtterbein
Worked under (1)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Staley | Los Angeles Chargers NFL | 2022–23 | Pass game specialist |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Staley | Chattanooga, 2017: defensive coordinator | Los Angeles Chargers | |
| Tom Kaufman | Chattanooga, 2017: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Marietta | |
| Oscar Rodriguez | Chattanooga, 2018: assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach; Akron, 2019: safeties coach; 2020: inside linebackers coach; 2021: assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach | Akron, Southwestern (CA) | |
| Tommy Zagorski | Akron, 2019–21: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | Otterbein |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Rascati | Chattanooga, 2017–18: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Matt Feeney | Chattanooga, 2017: linebackers coach; 2018: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; Akron, 2019: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2020–21: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Ryan Aplin | Chattanooga, 2017: wide receivers coach | |
| Greg Harbaugh | Chattanooga, 2018: wide receivers coach | |
| Bryan Gasser | Akron, 2020: co-offensive 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.
How he coached
Arth’s teams went for it on 19% of fourth downs and on 33% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 58% of plays and took 26.9 seconds a play, 2019–2020.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 12 g | 21 of 110 19% | 31% | 63% | 25.5 | −0.25 | |
| 2020 6 g | 9 of 46 20% | 39% | 48% | 29.6 | −0.14 | |
| All 18 g | 30 of 156 19% | 33% | 58% | 26.9 | −0.21 |
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.