Trent Bray
Trent Bray went 5–14 as a head coach, 2024–2025, at Oregon State. Share
- Record
- 5–14 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 28, 1982
- Alma mater
- Oregon State 2007
- Best season
- 2024 5–7
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oregon State | 5–7 | 1st | |||
| 2025 | Oregon State coached seven of 12 games | 0–7 |
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.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 5 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Conference games | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 6 | 2–4 | 33% |
| At home | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| On the road | 8 | 1–7 | 13% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 9 | 4–5 | 44% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 10 | 1–9 | 10% |
His own 19 games on file, 2024–2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Californiaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Oregonseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| San Diego Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Washington Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Idaho Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Purdueseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| San José Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Also a player: Trent Bray’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Arizona State | Graduate assistant | |
| 2009 | California Redwoods UFL | Linebackers coach | |
| 2010–11 | Arizona State | Linebackers coach | |
| 2012–14 | Oregon State | Graduate assistant and linebackers coach | |
| 2015–17 | Nebraska | Linebackers coach | |
| 2018–21 | Oregon State | Linebackers coach | |
| 2022–23 | Oregon State | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2024–25 | Oregon State | Head coach | |
| 2026–present | Washington State | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Dennis EricksonArizona State
- Dennis GreenCalifornia Redwoods
- Mike RileyOregon State, Nebraska
- Jonathan SmithOregon State
- Kefense HynsonOregon State
- Kirby MooreWashington State
Assistants who became head coaches
- Kefense HynsonOregon State
- Robb AkeyIdaho, Oregon State
Worked under (6)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Erickson | Arizona State | 2008–11 | 2008: graduate assistant; 2010–11: linebackers coach | |
| Dennis Green | California Redwoods pro | 2009 | Linebackers coach | |
| Mike Riley | Oregon State | 2012–14 | Graduate assistant and linebackers coach | |
| Mike Riley | Nebraska | 2015–17 | Linebackers coach | |
| Jonathan Smith | Oregon State | 2018–23 | 2018–21: linebackers coach; 2022–23: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Kefense Hynson | Oregon State | 2023 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Kirby Moore | Washington State | 2026 | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kefense Hynson | Oregon State, 2024: wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator | Oregon State | |
| Robb Akey | Oregon State, 2025: SAHC | Idaho, Oregon State |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Ilaisa Tuiaki | Oregon State, 2024–25: defensive line coach | |
| Keith Heyward | Oregon State, 2024: defensive coordinator | |
| Ryan Gunderson | Oregon State, 2024–25: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Danny Langsdorf | Oregon State, 2025: offensive quality control coach | |
| Mark Criner | Oregon State, 2025: defensive assistant | |
| Rod Chance | Oregon State, 2025: co-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.
How he coached
Bray’s teams went for it on 46% of fourth downs and on 65% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 46% of plays and took 27.8 seconds a play, in 2024.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 12 g | 42 of 92 46% | 65% | 46% | 27.8 | +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.