Zach Kittley
Zach Kittley went 8–10 as a head coach, 2025–2026, at Florida Atlantic. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 4–1); by them his record is 8–9. Share
- Record
- 8–10 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Aug 14, 1991
- Alma mater
- Texas Tech 2014
- Best season
- 2026 4–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 4–8 | T–9th | |||
| 2026 | Florida Atlantic | 4–2 (Wikipedia: 4–1) |
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 | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Conference games | 10 | 4–6 | 40% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| At home | 9 | 6–3 | 67% |
| On the road | 9 | 2–7 | 22% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 6 | 6–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 12 | 2–10 | 17% |
His own 18 games on file, 2025–2026, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Internationalseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Navyseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| UABseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Florida A&Mseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Tulsaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Riceseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| UL Monroeseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Texas Southernseries | 1 | 1–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Texas Tech | Student assistant | |
| 2015–17 | Texas Tech | Graduate assistant | |
| 2018–20 | Houston Baptist | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2022–24 | Texas Tech | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2025–present | Florida Atlantic | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Kliff KingsburyTexas Tech
- Vic ShealyHouston Christian
- Tyson HeltonWestern Kentucky
- Joey McGuireTexas Tech
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian YoungStetson
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kliff Kingsbury | Texas Tech | 2013–17 | 2013–14: student assistant; 2015–17: graduate assistant | |
| Vic Shealy | Houston Christian | 2018–20 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Tyson Helton | Western Kentucky | 2021 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Joey McGuire | Texas Tech | 2022–24 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Young | Florida Atlantic, 2025–26: CTDC | Stetson |
Other assistants under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Brett Dewhurst | Florida Atlantic, 2025–26: 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
Kittley’s teams went for it on 55% of fourth downs and on 76% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 62% of plays and took 21.1 seconds a play, 2025–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 12 g | 62 of 107 58% | 78% | 65% | 21.3 | +0.06 | |
| 2026 6 g | 20 of 43 47% | 71% | 56% | 20.8 | +0.16 | |
| All 18 g | 82 of 150 55% | 76% | 62% | 21.1 | +0.09 |
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.