Randy Edsall
Followed Ralph Friedgen. Randy Edsall held Maryland at National Program II for 5 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 National Program in his 9th career season — faster than 5% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #630 of 675 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.
1–1 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Tom O'Brien.
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
10th-best Maryland tenure of 21 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Ralph Friedgen (2001–2010) · succeeded by D.J. Durkin (2016–2017).
| Season | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 2–10 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 2–4 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | L bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | #41 | #47 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | 49.4 | 46.7 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||
| OC | — | — | — | Mike Locksley | Mike Locksley | |
| DC | — | — | — | Brian Stewart | Keith Dudzinski | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | 24 | 18 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | 33 | 54 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | 46.5 | 39.9 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | 34.1 | 38.6 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | 21.9 | 27.0 | |
9 NFL Draft picks: Torrey Smith (2011), Da'Rel Scott (2011), Kevin Dorsey (2013), Dex McDougle (2014), Stefon Diggs (2015), Darius Kilgo (2015), Sean Davis (2016), Yannick Ngakoue (2016) + 1 more
1st-best UConn tenure of 8 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Succeeded by Jim Mora (2022–2025).
| Season | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 3–8 | 2–9 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 0–4 | 2–12 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 3–9 | 1–11 | 2–10 | 0–0 | 1–9 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | L bowl | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | #109 | #99 | #99 | #101 | #102 | #116 | #118 | #114 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46.2 | 41.8 | 47.6 | 46.4 | 41.2 | 47.2 | — | 51.9 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mike Cummings | Frank Verducci | Frank Verducci / David Corley Jr. | Rhett Lashlee | John Dunn | Frank Giufre | Frank Giufre | Frank Giufre | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Anthony Poindexter | Anthony Poindexter | Anthony Poindexter | Billy Crocker | Billy Crocker | Lou Spanos | Lou Spanos | Lou Spanos / Jarren Horton | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 7 | — | 1 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | 81 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | — | 23 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39.8 | 35.7 | 42.0 | 41.4 | 31.1 | 43.6 | — | 53.0 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34.6 | 30.7 | 32.4 | 36.5 | 35.2 | 49.2 | — | 53.7 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25.0 | 26.1 | 36.7 | 46.0 | 48.3 | 27.3 | — | 33.3 | |
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.
29 NFL Draft picks: Alfred Fincher (2005), Dan Orlovsky (2005), Deon Anderson (2007), Tyvon Branch (2008), Donald Thomas (2008), Donald Brown (2009), Darius Butler (2009), Will Beatty (2009) + 21 more