George O'Leary
Followed Mike Kruczek. George O'Leary moved UCF from National Program III to National Program II in 12 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 1st career season — faster than 41% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #1 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.
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 1–4 against Skip Holtz.
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 UCF tenure of 7 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Mike Kruczek (1998–2003) · succeeded by Scott Frost (2016–2026).
| Season | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||||||
| Record | 0–11 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 10–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 11–3 | 5–7 | 10–4 | 12–1 | 9–4 | 0–8 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | L bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | #68 | #71 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44.2 | 54.4 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Charlie Taaffe | Brent Key | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tyson Summers | Chuck Bresnahan | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | 3 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | 7 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38.1 | 37.2 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33.3 | 38.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.2 | 33.3 | |
17 NFL Draft picks: Michael Gaines (2004), Brandon Marshall (2006), Mike Walker (2007), Kevin Smith (2008), Josh Sitton (2008), Mike Merritt (2008), Joe Burnett (2009), Torell Troup (2010) + 9 more
6th-best Georgia Tech tenure of 14 by the numbers.
Followed Bill Lewis (1992–1993) · succeeded by Chan Gailey (2002–2007).
15 NFL Draft picks: Gary Brown (1994), Dorsey Levens (1994), Lethon Flowers (1995), Charlie Simmons (1995), Jamal Cox (1995), Keith Brooking (1998), Ron Rogers (1998), Nate Stimson (1999) + 7 more