Tim Albin
Followed Frank Solich. Tim Albin moved Ohio from Regional Program II to Regional Program I in 4 seasons.
In his own words
Awaiting signal — no quotes collected from this staff yet this cycle.
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.
3–3 against his rivals. Just 1–2 against Jason Candle.
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
6th-best Charlotte tenure of 6 by the numbers.
Underperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Biff Poggi (2023–2024).
| Season | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||
| Record | 1–11 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #135 | #103 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||
| Pass rate | 51.1 | 51.1 | |
| Coordinators | |||
| OC | Todd Fitch | Todd Fitch | |
| DC | Kurt Mattix / Nate Faanes | Nate Faanes | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||
| Offense | 0 | 37 | |
| Defense | 29 | 6 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | |
A portal-built roster.
Brings in smaller-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.
AI Narratives — “Charlotte — stat check”.
4th-best Ohio tenure of 11 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Frank Solich (2005–2020) · succeeded by Brian Smith (2025–2025).
| Season | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 3–9 | 10–4 | 10–3 | 11–3 | |
| Postseason | — | W bowl | W bowl | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #98 | #126 | #96 | #92 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | 41.9 | 48.5 | 44.1 | 37.7 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | Allen Rudolph / Scott Isphording | Allen Rudolph / Scott Isphording | Allen Rudolph / Scott Isphording | Brian Smith | |
| DC | Ron Collins / Pete Germano | Spence Nowinsky | Spence Nowinsky | John Hauser / Nate Faanes | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | 40 | 75 | 60 | 89 | |
| Defense | 20 | 22 | 94 | 88 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | 41.6 | 46.6 | 47.1 | 38.6 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 36.7 | 37.7 | 35.0 | 24.5 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 25.6 | 23.9 | 24.4 | 19.2 | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Brings in smaller-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
Coach of the Year: MAC Coach of the Year (2022), MAC Coach of the Year (2024)