Derek Mason

Head Coach at Middle Tennessee since 2024.

Career

16 stints

1990s
- 1994Mesa (AZ)Wide Receivers
- 1995–1996Weber StateWide Receivers
- 1997–1998Idaho StateRunning Backs
- 1999–2001BucknellDefensive Backs
2000s
- 2002UtahSpecial Teams CoordinatorWide Receivers
- 2003Saint Mary'sAssistant Head CoachCo-Defensive Coordinator
- 2004New Mexico StateWide Receivers
- 2005–2006OhioWide Receivers
- 2007–2009Minnesota VikingsAssistant Defensive Backs
2010s
- 2010StanfordDefensive Backs
- 2011–2012StanfordAssociate Head CoachCo-Defensive CoordinatorDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2013StanfordAssistant Coach
- 2014–2020VanderbiltHead Coach
2020s
- 2021AuburnDefensive Coordinator
- 2022Oklahoma StateDefensive Coordinator
- 2024–presentMiddle TennesseeHead Coach

10 mentors, 89 protégés, 5 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row

101

86 more, most recent shown first.

3 more, most recent shown first.

32 seasons

3 of 15 coordinators

1 seasonJason Tarverunder at Vanderbilt 2018 · head coach at Cleveland Browns2020
6 seasonsKarl Dorrellunder at Vanderbilt 2014 · head coach at Colorado2020
0 seasonsTodd Fitchunder at Vanderbilt 2020 · head coach at Vanderbilt2020

Nothing on the wire for Derek Mason. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.