Rick Stockstill
Followed Andy McCollum. Rick Stockstill held Middle Tennessee at Regional Program III for 18 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 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.
5–10 against his rivals. Just 1–6 against Larry Blakeney.
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
2nd-best Middle Tennessee tenure of 3 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Andy McCollum (1999–2005) · succeeded by Derek Mason (2024–2026).
| Season | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–6 | 4–8 | 3–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 4–8 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | L bowl | L bowl | W bowl | L bowl | — | — | W bowl | W bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | #85 | #86 | #96 | #91 | #104 | #85 | #90 | #122 | #118 | #119 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39.3 | 49.9 | 57.1 | 52.6 | 49.2 | 47.3 | 49.1 | 50.3 | 53.2 | 53.3 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Buster Faulkner | Buster Faulkner | Tony Franklin | Tony Franklin | Tony Franklin | Tony Franklin | Tony Franklin | Brent Dearmon | Mitch Stewart | Mitch Stewart | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tyrone Nix / Steve Ellis | Tyrone Nix / Steve Ellis | Tyrone Nix | Scott Shafer | Scott Shafer | Scott Shafer | Scott Shafer | Scott Shafer | Scott Shafer | Scott Shafer | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 70 | 96 | 53 | 39 | 70 | 37 | 18 | 27 | 33 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 74 | 16 | 85 | 60 | 33 | 21 | 82 | 77 | 74 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31.4 | 41.9 | 50.9 | 48.5 | 44.8 | 42.4 | 44.3 | 50.5 | 54.1 | 50.3 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27.7 | 35.8 | 52.4 | 37.5 | 51.5 | 38.6 | 41.1 | 46.7 | 43.1 | 52.2 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.3 | 35.0 | 25.8 | 18.9 | 39.3 | 21.9 | 28.0 | 45.2 | 42.6 | 43.9 | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Brings in smaller-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.
6 NFL Draft picks: Erik Walden (2008), Chris McCoy (2010), Roderick Issac (2011), Jimmy Staten (2014), Kevin Byard (2016), Richie James (2018)