
Tosh Lupoi
Tosh Lupoi went 3–4 as a head coach, 2026, at California. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 3–3); by them his record is 3–3. Share
- Record
- 3–4 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jul 22, 1981
- Alma mater
- California 2005
- Best season
- 2026 3–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | California | 3–4 (Wikipedia: 3–3) |
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 | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Conference games | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| At home | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| On the road | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
His own seven games on file, 2026, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Syracuseseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Virginia Techseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Wagnerseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| UCLAseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Wake Forestseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Clemsonseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| UNLVseries | 1 | 0–1 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Alabama’s 2015 staff (outside linebackers) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Alabama’s 2017 staff (co-defensive coordinator and 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–11 | California | Defensive line coach | |
| 2012–13 | Washington | Defensive line coach | |
| 2014–15 | Alabama | Defensive assistant | |
| 2016 | Alabama | Outside linebackers coach | |
| 2017 | Alabama | Co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2018 | Alabama | Defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| 2019 | Cleveland Browns NFL | Defensive line coach | |
| 2020 | Atlanta Falcons NFL | Defensive line coach and running game coordinator | |
| 2021 | Jacksonville Jaguars NFL | Defensive line coach | |
| 2022–25 | Oregon | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2026–present | California | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jeff TedfordCalifornia
- Steve SarkisianWashington
- Marques TuiasosopoWashington
- Nick SabanAlabama
- Freddie KitchensCleveland Browns
- Dan QuinnAtlanta Falcons
- Urban MeyerJacksonville Jaguars
- Dan LanningOregon
Assistants who became head coaches
- Bob GregoryBoise State, Washington
- Nick RolovichHawai’i, Washington State, California
Worked under (8)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Tedford | California | 2008–11 | Defensive line coach | |
| Steve Sarkisian | Washington | 2012–13 | Defensive line coach | |
| Marques Tuiasosopo | Washington | 2013 | Defensive line coach | |
| Nick Saban | Alabama | 2014–18 | 2014–15: defensive assistant; 2016: outside linebackers coach; 2017: co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach; 2018: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Freddie Kitchens | Cleveland Browns NFL | 2019 | Defensive line coach | |
| Dan Quinn | Atlanta Falcons NFL | 2020 | Defensive line coach and running game coordinator | |
| Urban Meyer | Jacksonville Jaguars NFL | 2021 | Defensive line coach | |
| Dan Lanning | Oregon | 2022–25 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gregory | California, 2026: analyst; 2026: inside linebackers coach | Boise State, Washington | |
| Nick Rolovich | California, 2026: assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach | Hawai’i, Washington State, California |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Da’Von Brown | California, 2026: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Ike Hilliard | California, 2026: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Jordan Somerville | California, 2026: offensive coordinator | |
| Keith Heyward | California, 2026: defensive backs coach | |
| Michael Hutchings | California, 2026: 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 | Alabama | co-defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $209,000 | $950,000 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
Lupoi’s teams went for it on 31% of fourth downs and on 47% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 63% of plays and took 24.9 seconds a play, in 2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 7 g | 18 of 59 31% | 47% | 63% | 24.9 | −0.05 |
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.