Tony Samuel
Tony Samuel went 65–117 as a head coach, 1997–2013, at New Mexico State and Southeast Missouri State. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2006–13 at Southeast Missouri State. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 65–117 career
- Seasons
- 16
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2002 7–5
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | New Mexico State | 2–9 | 6th | |||
| 1998 | New Mexico State | 3–8 | 6th | |||
| 1999 | New Mexico State | 6–5 | 3rd | |||
| 2000 | New Mexico State | 3–8 | 4th | |||
| 2001 | New Mexico State | 5–7 | 3rd | |||
| 2002 | New Mexico State | 7–5 | 2nd | |||
| 2003 | New Mexico State | 3–9 | 7th | |||
| 2004 | New Mexico State | 5–6 | T–3rd | |||
| 2005: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2006 | Southeast Missouri State * | 4–7 | 7th | |||
| 2007 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | 9th | |||
| 2008 | Southeast Missouri State * | 4–8 | 7th | |||
| 2009 | Southeast Missouri State * | 2–9 | 9th | |||
| 2010 | Southeast Missouri State * | 9–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Second Round L | 13 | |
| 2011 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | T–7th | |||
| 2012 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–8 | 7th | |||
| 2013 | Southeast Missouri State * | 3–9 | 8th | |||
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 | 7 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 14 | 5–9 | 36% |
| Conference games | 44 | 19–25 | 43% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 37 | 15–22 | 41% |
| At home | 39 | 22–17 | 56% |
| On the road | 51 | 12–39 | 24% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 35 | 20–15 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 56 | 14–42 | 25% |
His own 91 games on file, 1997–2004, 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 1998–2004 | 3–4 | New Mexico | 7 | |
| Darrell Dickey 1998–2004 | 1–6 | North Texas | 7 | |
| Joe Hollis 1997–2001 | 3–1 | Arkansas State | 4 | |
| Tom Cable 2000–2003 | 2–2 | Idaho | 4 | |
| Andy McCollum 2001–2004 | 2–2 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | |
| Mick Dennehy 2000–2004 | 1–3 | Utah State | 4 | |
| Rickey Bustle 2002–2004 | 2–1 | Louisiana | 3 | |
| Charlie Bailey 1997–1999 | 1–2 | UTEP | 3 | |
| Chris Tormey 1997–1999 | 1–2 | Idaho | 3 | |
| Jeff Tisdel 1997–1999 | 1–2 | Nevada | 3 |
Tony Samuel’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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexicoseries | 8 | 3–5 |
| North Texasseries | 8 | 1–7 |
| Idahoseries | 7 | 3–4 |
| Utah Stateseries | 7 | 2–5 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 6 | 4–2 |
| UTEPseries | 6 | 2–4 |
| Louisianaseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 4 | 2–2 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Nebraska’s 1994 staff (assistant coach, outside linebackers) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Nebraska’s 1995 staff (assistant coach, outside linebackers) · 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.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–83 | Western Michigan | Defensive line coach | |
| 1984–85 | Stanford | Defensive line coach | |
| 1986–96 | Nebraska | Defensive ends and outside linebackers coach | |
| 1997–2004 | New Mexico State | Head coach | |
| 2005 | Purdue | Defensive ends coach | |
| 2006–13 | Southeast Missouri State | Head coach | |
| 2014 | Georgia State | Outside linebackers coach | |
| 2015 | Georgia State | Defensive line coach | |
| 2016–19 | UNLV | Defensive line coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jack HarbaughWestern Michigan
- Jack ElwayStanford
- Tom OsborneNebraska
- Joe TillerPurdue
- Trent MilesGeorgia State
- Tony SanchezUNLV
Assistants who became head coaches
- Barney CottonNebraska, Hastings
- Steve StanardNebraska Wesleyan
- Ross ElsHastings
- Derek MasonVanderbilt, Middle Tennessee
- Tim McGuireMorningside, Indiana State
- Vincent WhiteSaint Mary’s (CA)
- Dan LounsburySoutheastern Oklahoma State, Wisconsin–Superior
- Jake DickertWashington State, Wake Forest
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Harbaugh | Western Michigan | 1982–83 | Defensive line coach | |
| Jack Elway | Stanford | 1984–85 | Defensive line coach | |
| Tom Osborne | Nebraska | 1986–96 | Defensive ends and outside linebackers coach | |
| Joe Tiller | Purdue | 2005 | Defensive ends coach | |
| Trent Miles | Georgia State | 2014–15 | 2014: outside linebackers coach; 2015: defensive line coach | |
| Tony Sanchez | UNLV | 2016–19 | Defensive line coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (8)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barney Cotton | New Mexico State, 1997–2002: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | Nebraska, Hastings | |
| Steve Stanard | New Mexico State, 1997–99: defensive ends and outside linebackers coach; 2000–02: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Nebraska Wesleyan | |
| Ross Els | New Mexico State, 2001–02: special teams coordinator and safeties coach; 2003–04: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Hastings | |
| Derek Mason | New Mexico State, 2004: wide receivers coach | Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee | |
| Tim McGuire | Southeast Missouri State, 2006–10: defensive coordinator; 2011–13: offensive coordinator and associate head coach | Morningside, Indiana State | |
| Vincent White | Southeast Missouri State, 2006–10: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Saint Mary’s (CA) | |
| Dan Lounsbury | Southeast Missouri State, 2008: offensive assistant | Southeastern Oklahoma State, Wisconsin–Superior | |
| Jake Dickert | Southeast Missouri State, 2012: defensive backs coach | Washington State, Wake Forest |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Busch | New Mexico State, 1997–2000: defensive backs coach | |
| Jeff Jamrog | New Mexico State, 1997–99: defensive coordinator | |
| Gerry Gdowski | New Mexico State, 1998–2002: quarterbacks coach; 2003–04: assistant head coach and offensive coordinator | |
| Marvin Sanders | New Mexico State, 2000: defensive ends and linebackers coach | |
| Richard Rodgers Sr. | New Mexico State, 2001–04: 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.
How he coached
Samuel’s teams went for it on 0% of fourth downs and on 0% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 44% of plays and took 31.4 seconds a play, in 2004.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 2 g | 0 of 16 0% | 0% | 44% | 31.4 | −0.07 |
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.