Paul Rhoads
Defensive Analyst at Mississippi State since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 38
- First season
- 1989
- Teams
- 12
Career
20 stints
1980s
- 1989–1990Utah StateGraduate Assistant
1990s
- 1991Ohio StateHead Coach
- 1992–1993Pacific (CA)Defensive Backs
- 1994Pacific (CA)Passing Game Coordinator
- 1995Iowa StateInside Linebackers
- 1996–1999Iowa StateDefensive Backs
2000s
- 2000–2003PittsburghDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2004PittsburghAssistant Coach
- 2005–2007PittsburghDefensive CoordinatorDefensive BacksLinebackers
- 2008AuburnDefensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2009–2015Iowa StateHead Coach
2010s
2020s
- 2020ArizonaDefensive CoordinatorSafeties
- 2021Ohio StateDefensive Analyst
- 2022Gulf Shores HS (AL)dc
- 2023Boston CollegeOutside Linebackers
- 2024Gulf Shores HS (AL)Defensive Analyst
- 2025–presentMississippi StateDefensive Analyst
Coaching tree
13 mentors, 52 protégés, 9 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
69
- 2025–2026Jeff LebbyCoached under · Mississippi State
- 2024Mark HudspethCoached under · Gulf Shores HS (AL)
- 2023Jeff HafleyCoached under · Boston College
- 2022Mark HudspethCoached under · Gulf Shores HS (AL)
- 2021Ryan DayCoached under · Ohio State
- 2020Kevin SumlinCoached under · Arizona
- 2018–2019Chip KellyCoached under · UCLA
- 2016–2017Bret BielemaCoached under · Arkansas
- 2015Clayton OsterMentored · Iowa State
- 2015Derek HoodjerMentored · Iowa State
- 2015Lou AyeniMentored · Iowa State
- 2015Reece PettyMentored · Iowa State
- 2015Ryan OlsonMentored · Iowa State
- 2015Shane DowtyMentored · Iowa State
- 2014–2015Brandon BlaneyMentored · Iowa State
54 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
58
- 2025Mike MacIntyreSucceeded · Mississippi State
- 2021Don BrownSucceeded by · Arizona
- 2020Chuck CecilSucceeded · Arizona
- 2018Demetrice MartinSucceeded · UCLA
- 2017Barry Lunney Jr.Succeeded by · Arkansas
- 2017Barry Lunney Jr.Succeeded · Arkansas
- 2017Ben HerbertSucceeded · Arkansas
- 2017Bret BielemaSucceeded by · Arkansas
- 2017Bret BielemaSucceeded · Arkansas
- 2017Chad Walker (Outside Linebackers)Succeeded · Arkansas
- 2017Chad Walker (Outside Linebackers)Succeeded by · Arkansas
- 2017Dan EnosSucceeded by · Arkansas
- 2017Dan EnosSucceeded · Arkansas
- 2017John Scott Jr. (Defensive Line)Succeeded by · Arkansas
- 2017John Scott Jr. (Defensive Line)Succeeded · Arkansas
43 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
38 seasons
- Iowa StateHead coach · 2009–20157
- PittsburghCoordinator · 2000–20077
- Iowa StatePosition coach · 1995–19995
- Mississippi StateAnalyst · 2025–2026 · current2
- UCLAPosition coach · 2018–20192
- ArkansasPosition coach · 2016–20172
- Pacific (CA)Position coach · 1992–19932
- Utah StateAnalyst · 1989–19902
- Gulf Shores HS (AL)Analyst · 20241
- Boston CollegePosition coach · 20231
- Gulf Shores HS (AL)Coordinator · 20221
- Ohio StateAnalyst · 20211
- ArizonaCoordinator · 20201
- AuburnCoordinator · 20081
- PittsburghPosition coach · 20041
- Pacific (CA)Coordinator · 19941
- Ohio StateHead coach · 19911
Pipeline
3 of 9 coordinators
- 3 seasonsTodd Sturdyunder at Iowa State 2012 · head coach at MidAmerica Nazarene2018
- 4 seasonsTom Hermanunder at Iowa State 2009 · head coach at Houston2015
- 11 seasonsElliot Uzelacunder at Ohio State 1991 · head coach at St. John's College HS (DC)2002
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Paul Rhoads. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.