Tim DeRuyter
Defensive coordinator across 3 programs, 4 stints, before and after wearing the head-coach hat — every season measured on the same axis, whether he personally ran the unit or someone else did.
Tim DeRuyter
Followed Pat Hill. Tim DeRuyter slid Fresno State from Regional Program I to National Program III in 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 Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 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.
4–4 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against Ron Caragher.
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
4th-best Fresno State tenure of 12 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Pat Hill (1997–2011) · succeeded by Jeff Tedford (2017–2023).
| Season | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 9–4 | 11–2 | 6–8 | 3–9 | 0–4 | |
| Postseason | — | — | L bowl | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | #84 | #72 | #85 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | 48.4 | 48.8 | 47.9 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||
| OC | — | — | Dave Schramm | Dave Schramm | Eric Kiesau | |
| DC | — | — | Nick Toth | Nick Toth | Lorenzo Ward | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | — | — | 21 | 7 | 6 | |
| Defense | — | — | 16 | 16 | 43 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | 42.0 | 43.3 | 39.5 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | 38.3 | 44.0 | 40.2 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | 46.9 | 48.6 | 35.0 | |
7 NFL Draft picks: Devon Wylie (2012), Phillip Thomas (2013), Derek Carr (2014), Davante Adams (2014), Tyeler Davison (2015), Derron Smith (2015), Cody Wichmann (2015)
15th-best Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Succeeded by Kevin Sumlin (2012–2017).
5 NFL Draft picks: Von Miller (2011), Ryan Tannehill (2012), Randy Bullock (2012), Cyrus Gray (2012), Terrence Frederick (2012)