Vic Koenning
Vic Koenning went 6–29 as a head coach, 2000–2011, at Wyoming and Illinois. Share
- Record
- 6–29 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2011 7–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Wyoming | 1–10 | 9th | |||
| 2001 | Wyoming | 2–9 | 9th | |||
| 2002 | Wyoming | 2–10 | 9th | |||
| 2003–10: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2011 | Illinois interim, bowl game | 1–0 | Fight Hunger Bowl W | |||
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
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 | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Conference games | 21 | 1–20 | 5% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 14 | 5–9 | 36% |
| At home | 16 | 4–12 | 25% |
| On the road | 17 | 1–16 | 6% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 7 | 4–3 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 28 | 2–26 | 7% |
His own 35 games on file, 2000–2011, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher DeBerry 2000–2002 | 1–2 | Air Force | 3 | |
| John Robinson 2000–2002 | 0–3 | UNLV | 3 | |
| Rocky Long 2000–2002 | 0–3 | New Mexico | 3 | |
| Ron McBride 2000–2002 | 0–3 | Utah | 3 | |
| Sonny Lubick 2000–2002 | 0–3 | Colorado State | 3 |
Vic Koenning’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Air Forceseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| San Diego Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Colorado Stateseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| New Mexicoseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| BYUseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Utahseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| UNLVseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Central Michiganseries | 2 | 1–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986–90 | Memphis State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1991–96 | Memphis State/Memphis | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1997–99 | Wyoming | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2000–02 | Wyoming | Head coach | |
| 2003–04 | Troy | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2005–08 | Clemson | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2009 | Kansas State | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2010–11 | Illinois | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2011 | Illinois | Interim head coach | |
| 2012–14 | North Carolina | Assistant head coach and safeties coach | |
| 2015–18 | Troy | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2019 | West Virginia | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2022–23 | Louisiana–Monroe | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2024 | Louisiana–Monroe | Outside linebackers coach | |
| 2025–present | Tuscaloosa County HS high school | Defensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Charlie BaileyMemphis
- Chuck StobartMemphis
- Dana DimelWyoming
- Larry BlakeneyTroy
- Tommy BowdenClemson
- Dabo SwinneyClemson
- Bill SnyderKansas State
- Ron ZookIllinois
- Larry FedoraNorth Carolina
- Neal BrownTroy, West Virginia
- Terry BowdenUL Monroe
- Bryant VincentUL Monroe
Assistants who became head coaches
- Rob PhenicieIdaho State
- Jeremiah JohnsonCoastal Carolina
- Jeff BrohmWestern Kentucky, Purdue, Louisville
- Paul PetrinoIdaho
Worked under (12)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bailey | Memphis | 1986–88 | Graduate assistant | |
| Chuck Stobart | Memphis | 1989–90 | Graduate assistant | |
| Dana Dimel | Wyoming | 1997–99 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Larry Blakeney | Troy | 2003–04 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Tommy Bowden | Clemson | 2005–08 | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Dabo Swinney | Clemson | 2008 | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Bill Snyder | Kansas State | 2009 | Assistant head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Ron Zook | Illinois | 2010–11 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Larry Fedora | North Carolina | 2012–14 | Assistant head coach and safeties coach | |
| Neal Brown | Troy | 2015–18 | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Neal Brown | West Virginia | 2019 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Terry Bowden | UL Monroe | 2022–23 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Bryant Vincent | UL Monroe | 2024 | Outside linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Phenicie | Wyoming, 2000–01: wide receivers coach; 2002: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | Idaho State | |
| Jeremiah Johnson | Wyoming, 2002: graduate assistant | Coastal Carolina | |
| Jeff Brohm | Illinois, 2011: quarterbacks coach | Western Kentucky, Purdue, Louisville | |
| Paul Petrino | Illinois, 2011: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | Idaho |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Wallerstedt | Wyoming, 2000–02: defensive coordinator | |
| Rusty Burns | Wyoming, 2000–01: offensive coordinator | |
| Lawrence Livington | Wyoming, 2002: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Chip Long | Illinois, 2011: tight ends and fullbacks 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 | Troy | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $33,750 | $270,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Troy | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $31,563 | $252,500 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Troy | defensive coordinatorbonuses up to $31,250 | $250,000 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.