Jimbo Fisher
Followed Kevin Sumlin. Jimbo Fisher moved Texas A&M from Power Program III to Power Program II in 6 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 Blue Blood in his 1st career season — faster than 59% of the 100 FBS coaches who have ever reached Blue Blood (rank #1 of 100 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.
15–2 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Nick Saban.
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 Texas A&M tenure of 19 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Kevin Sumlin (2012–2017) · succeeded by Mike Elko (2024–2026).
| Season | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||
| Record | 9–4 | 8–5 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 1–2 | |
| Postseason | W CFP | W bowl | W bowl | — | — | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #17 | #4 | #6 | #7 | #1 | #15 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||
| Pass rate | 45.0 | 51.3 | 44.6 | 47.0 | 51.6 | 48.3 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||
| OC | Darrell Dickey | Darrell Dickey | Darrell Dickey | Darrell Dickey | Darrell Dickey / James Coley | Bobby Petrino / James Coley | |
| DC | Mike Elko | Mike Elko | Mike Elko | Mike Elko | D. J. Durkin / Tyler Santucci | D. J. Durkin / Elijah Robinson | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||
| Offense | 90 | 44 | 81 | 43 | 41 | 56 | |
| Defense | 61 | 72 | 81 | 97 | 78 | 77 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 40.9 | 46.3 | 40.7 | 45.1 | 43.8 | 46.9 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 39.6 | 48.7 | 37.4 | 43.0 | 44.6 | 41.6 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 14.0 | 12.9 | 32.0 | 10.7 | 20.6 | 25.5 | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
27 NFL Draft picks: Christian Kirk (2018), Armani Watts (2018), Damion Ratley (2018), Erik McCoy (2019), Jace Sternberger (2019), Kingsley Keke (2019), Daylon Mack (2019), Trayveon Williams (2019) + 19 more
4 player-seasons honored (All-America / national award): Kenyon Green (2020), Kenyon Green (2021), DeMarvin Leal (2021), Edgerrin Cooper (2023)
2nd-best Florida State tenure of 10 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Bobby Bowden (1976–2009) · succeeded by Willie Taggart (2018–2019).
| Season | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||||
| Record | 10–4 | 9–4 | 12–2 | 14–0 | 13–1 | 10–3 | 10–3 | 2–0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | L bowl | CFP loss | W bowl | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | #4 | #3 | #3 | #6 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | 53.4 | 49.6 | 44.8 | 42.7 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | Randy Sanders / Lawrence Dawsey | Randy Sanders / Lawrence Dawsey | Randy Sanders / Lawrence Dawsey | Randy Sanders / Lawrence Dawsey | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | Charles Kelly | Charles Kelly | Charles Kelly | Charles Kelly | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | 88 | 66 | 86 | 64 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | 45 | 69 | 90 | 84 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | 51.0 | 45.1 | 43.3 | 39.8 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | 34.6 | 40.0 | 33.9 | 39.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | 10.5 | 17.5 | 9.4 | 17.1 | |
51 NFL Draft picks: Patrick Robinson (2010), Myron Rolle (2010), Dekoda Watson (2010), Christian Ponder (2011), Rodney Hudson (2011), Markus White (2011), Nigel Bradham (2012), Zebrie Sanders (2012) + 43 more