Billy Napier

Head Coach at James Madison since 2026.

Seasons coached: 23
First season: 2003
Teams: 8

Career

13 stints

2000s
- 2003–2004ClemsonGraduate Assistant
- 2005South Carolina StateQuarterbacks
- 2007ClemsonTight EndsRecruiting Coordinator
- 2008ClemsonQuarterbacks
- 2009–2010ClemsonOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
2010s
- 2011AlabamaOffensive Analyst
- 2012Colorado StateAssistant Head CoachQuarterbacks
- 2013–2016AlabamaWide Receivers
- 2015–2016AlabamaWide Receivers
- 2017Arizona StateOffensive Coordinator
- 2018–2021LouisianaHead Coach
2020s
- 2022–2025FloridaHead Coach
- 2026–presentJames MadisonHead Coach

Coaching tree

10 mentors, 120 protégés, 4 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row

Relationships

Coached under

143

128 more, most recent shown first.

Succeeded

18

3 more, most recent shown first.

Tenure

23 seasons

Pipeline

1 of 27 coordinators

0 seasonsMichael Desormeauxunder at Louisiana 2018 · head coach at Louisiana2021

Moves

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