Gary Andersen
Followed Mike Riley. Gary Andersen held Oregon State at National Program II for 3 seasons.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Power Program in his 7th career season — faster than 21% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #297 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
4–5 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Chris Petersen.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
9th-best Oregon State tenure of 17 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Mike Riley (1997–2014) · succeeded by Jonathan Smith (2018–2023).
| Season | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||
| Record | 2–10 | 4–8 | 0–6 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #61 | #58 | #51 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||
| Pass rate | 43.5 | 44.4 | 46.8 | |
| Coordinators | ||||
| OC | Dave Baldwin | Kevin McGiven / T. J. Woods | Kevin McGiven / T. J. Woods | |
| DC | Kalani Sitake | Kevin Clune | Kevin Clune | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||
| Offense | 24 | 38 | 22 | |
| Defense | 14 | 67 | 3 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||
| 1st-down pass% | 39.1 | 36.2 | 40.2 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 36.8 | 35.9 | 28.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 26.5 | 21.9 | 7.4 | |
8 NFL Draft picks: Sean Mannion (2015), Steven Nelson (2015), D.J. Alexander (2015), Obum Gwacham (2015), Ryan Smith-Murphy (2015), Isaac Seumalo (2016), Sean Harlow (2017), Treston Decoud (2017)
3rd-best Wisconsin tenure of 14 by the numbers.
Followed Bret Bielema (2006–2012) · succeeded by Paul Chryst (2015–2022).
| Season | 2013 | 2014 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||
| Record | 9–4 | 10–3 | |
| Postseason | — | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | — | #32 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||
| Pass rate | — | 33.2 | |
| Coordinators | |||
| OC | — | Andy Ludwig | |
| DC | — | Dave Aranda | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||
| Offense | — | 86 | |
| Defense | — | 63 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||
| 1st-down pass% | — | 32.9 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | 30.5 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | 29.3 | |
10 NFL Draft picks: Travis Frederick (2013), Montee Ball (2013), Ricky Wagner (2013), Dez Southward (2014), Chris Borland (2014), James White (2014), Jared Abbrederis (2014), Beau Allen (2014) + 2 more
10th-best Utah State tenure of 22 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on offense and outperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Brent Guy (2005–2008) · succeeded by Blake Anderson (2021–2024).
| Season | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||||
| Record | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 11–2 | 9–5 | 10–4 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 1–2 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | W bowl | L bowl | — | CFP loss | W bowl | L bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | #110 | #96 | #92 | #104 | #109 | #90 | #117 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | 43.2 | 45.6 | 48.2 | 47.3 | 49.5 | 52.2 | 46.8 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | Kevin McGiven | Josh Heupel | Jovon Bouknight / Luke Wells | David Yost | David Yost | Mike Sanford | Bodie Reeder | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | Todd Orlando | Kevin Clune | Frank Maile / Kendrick Shaver | Frank Maile / Kendrick Shaver | Frank Maile / Keith Patterson | Justin Ena | Stacy Collins / Frank Maile | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 45 | 39 | 21 | 94 | 37 | 4 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | 68 | 61 | 87 | 93 | 30 | 14 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | 38.5 | 46.4 | 38.7 | 43.6 | 50.6 | 46.9 | 31.9 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | 29.4 | 38.9 | 32.9 | 50.0 | 33.6 | 44.8 | 40.0 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | 9.8 | 29.2 | 22.7 | 27.7 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 20.0 | |
13 NFL Draft picks: Curtis Marsh (2011), Bobby Wagner (2012), Robert Turbin (2012), Michael Smith (2012), Will Davis (2013), Kerwynn Williams (2013), Maurice Alexander (2014), Nevin Lawson (2014) + 5 more