Mark Hudspeth
Followed Rickey Bustle. Mark Hudspeth moved Louisiana from Regional Program V to Regional Program III in 7 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.
5–2 against his rivals. Winless in 4 tries against Scott Satterfield.
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
7th-best Louisiana tenure of 9 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Rickey Bustle (2002–2010) · succeeded by Billy Napier (2018–2021).
| Season | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||
| Record | 9–4 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | W bowl | — | L bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | #106 | #78 | #106 | #121 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | 40.3 | 46.1 | 36.9 | 45.4 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | Jay Johnson | Jay Johnson | Jorge Munoz | Rob Sale | |
| DC | — | — | — | James Willis | Charlie Harbison / Melvin Smith | Charlie Harbison | Charlie Harbison | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | 76 | 44 | 18 | 56 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | 55 | 21 | 82 | 3 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | 38.0 | 42.8 | 38.5 | 46.7 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | 28.6 | 36.7 | 26.1 | 40.0 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | 24.4 | 30.8 | 34.7 | 32.4 | |
6 NFL Draft picks: Dwight Bentley (2012), Ladarius Green (2012), Christian Ringo (2015), Elijah McGuire (2017), Tracy Walker (2018), Simeon Thomas (2018)