Jerry Kill
Followed Doug Martin. Jerry Kill moved New Mexico State from Regional Program VI to Regional Program V in 2 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 9th career season — faster than 10% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #332 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.
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.
8–5 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against Mark Dantonio.
Coaching career
9th-best New Mexico State tenure of 20 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Doug Martin (2013–2021) · succeeded by Tony Sanchez (2024–2026).
| Season | 2022 | 2023 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||
| Record | 7–6 | 10–5 | |
| Postseason | W bowl | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #106 | #112 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||
| Pass rate | 40.2 | 42.8 | |
| Coordinators | |||
| OC | Tim Beck | Tim Beck | |
| DC | Nate Dreiling / Melvin Rice | Nate Dreiling / Melvin Rice | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||
| Offense | 79 | 82 | |
| Defense | 70 | 20 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||
| 1st-down pass% | 32.3 | 36.7 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 28.8 | 36.8 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 40.7 | 23.4 | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
Coach of the Year: Conference USA Coach of the Year (2023)
5th-best TCU tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on offense and underperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Succeeded by Sonny Dykes (2022–2026).
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
2 NFL Draft picks: Trevon Moehrig (2021), Garret Wallow (2021)
11th-best Minnesota tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Tim Brewster (2007–2010).
| Season | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 3–9 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–3 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | L bowl | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | #57 | #63 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | 29.8 | 48.9 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||
| OC | — | — | — | Matt Limegrover | Matt Limegrover | |
| DC | — | — | — | Tracy Claeys | Tracy Claeys | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | 51 | 54 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | 49 | 50 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | 21.9 | 38.1 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | 21.0 | 34.5 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | 16.7 | 22.0 | |
8 NFL Draft picks: Ra'Shede Hageman (2014), Brock Vereen (2014), Maxx Williams (2015), Damien Wilson (2015), David Cobb (2015), Ced Thompson (2015), Eric Murray (2016), De'Vondre Campbell (2016)
3rd-best Northern Illinois tenure of 13 by the numbers.
Followed Joe Novak (1996–2007) · succeeded by Dave Doeren (2011–2012).
1 NFL Draft pick: Larry English (2009)