Doc Holliday
Followed Mark Snyder. Doc Holliday moved Marshall from Regional Program II to National Program II in 11 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 5th career season — faster than 14% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #547 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.
0–3 against his rivals. Winless in 3 tries against George O'Leary.
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
3rd-best Marshall tenure of 11 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent on offense and outperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Mark Snyder (2005–2009) · succeeded by Charles Huff (2021–2024).
| Season | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||||||
| Record | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–4 | 13–1 | 10–3 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–3 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | W bowl | W bowl | — | W bowl | W bowl | L bowl | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | #62 | #75 | #51 | #87 | #74 | #71 | #96 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | 45.8 | 48.7 | 52.5 | 49.3 | 47.7 | 40.0 | 42.1 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | Bill Legg | Bill Legg | Bill Legg | Bill Legg | Tim Cramsey | Tim Cramsey | Tim Cramsey | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | Chuck Heater | Chuck Heater | Chuck Heater | Chuck Heater | Adam Fuller | Brad Lambert / J. C. Price | Brad Lambert / J. C. Price | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | 96 | 46 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 23 | 42 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | 86 | 91 | 21 | 80 | 80 | 63 | 81 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | 43.9 | 44.0 | 52.4 | 45.4 | 45.5 | 38.0 | 38.8 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | 42.2 | 43.9 | 49.1 | 56.0 | 42.4 | 27.3 | 34.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | 40.5 | 20.9 | 19.4 | 34.9 | 21.2 | 24.4 | 48.3 | |
8 NFL Draft picks: Lee Smith (2011), Vinny Curry (2012), Aaron Dobson (2013), Garrett Scott (2014), Darryl Roberts (2015), Justin Rohrwasser (2020), Chris Jackson (2020), Josh Ball (2021)
Coach of the Year: Conference USA Coach of the Year (2020)
1 player-season honored (All-America / national award): Cain Madden (2020)