Jeff Monken
Followed Rich Ellerson. Jeff Monken raised Army from Regional Program V to Regional Program I.
In his own words
I don’t know if it’s an opportunity
He knows our signals, our calls, our terminology
They’ve got a great quarterback, and their kicker might be one of the best kickers, maybe the best kicker in the country
We’re fanatical about fundamentals
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 Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 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.
13–11 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Dave Clawson.
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
7th-best Army tenure of 17 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Rich Ellerson (2009–2013).
| Season | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||||
| Record | 4–8 | 2–10 | 8–5 | 10–3 | 11–2 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 12–2 | 7–6 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | W bowl | W bowl | W bowl | — | L bowl | W bowl | — | — | W bowl | W bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #120 | #120 | #117 | #120 | #116 | #99 | #111 | #108 | #133 | #117 | #133 | #130 | #138 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | 13.6 | 14.9 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 10.6 | 14.5 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 22.3 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 18.2 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||||||
| OC | Brent Davis | Brent Davis | Brent Davis | Brent Davis | Brent Davis | Brent Davis | Brent Davis | Brent Davis | Brent Davis | Drew Thatcher | Cody Worley | Cody Worley | Cody Worley | |
| DC | Jay Bateman | Jay Bateman | Jay Bateman | Jay Bateman | Jay Bateman | John Loose | Greg Gasparato / Nate Woody | Nate Woody / Shiel Wood | Nate Woody | Nate Woody | Nate Woody | Nate Woody | Daryl Dixon | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||||
| Offense | 54 | 30 | 79 | 93 | 96 | 71 | 34 | 55 | 63 | 17 | 88 | 73 | 97 | |
| Defense | 17 | 31 | 71 | 20 | 63 | 33 | 91 | 34 | 68 | 18 | 47 | 50 | 74 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 10.5 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 17.1 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 19.1 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 8.0 | 16.9 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 12.7 | 23.1 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 38.9 | 46.4 | 55.9 | 62.5 | 57.1 | 59.4 | 65.8 | 55.3 | 53.3 | 41.7 | 66.7 | 65.3 | — | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Coach of the Year: AAC Coach of the Year (2024)