Tom Herman
Assistant Coach at Florida State since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 26
- First season
- 1998
- Teams
- 11
Career
14 stints
1990s
- 1998Texas LutheranWide Receivers
- 1999–2000TexasGraduate Assistant
2000s
- 2001–2004Sam HoustonSpecial Teams CoordinatorWide Receivers
- 2005–2006Texas StateOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2007–2008RiceOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2009Iowa StateOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
2010s
- 2011Iowa StateOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2012–2013Ohio StateOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2014Ohio StateAssistant Coach
- 2015–2016HoustonHead Coach
- 2017–2020TexasHead Coach
2020s
- 2021Chicago BearsOffensive Analyst
- 2023–2024Florida AtlanticHead Coach
- 2026–presentFlorida StateAssistant Coach
Coaching tree
6 mentors, 45 protégés, 10 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
60
- 2026Mike NorvellCoached under · Florida State
- 2023–2024Brandon HarrisMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023Chad LunsfordMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023–2024Charlie FryeMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023Chris PerkinsMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023Corey BellMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023–2024David BeatyMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023–2024Derrick GibsonMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023Ed WarinnerMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023Everett WithersMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023–2024Roc BellantoniMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2023Roosevelt MaggittMentored · Florida Atlantic
- 2020Andre ColemanMentored · Texas
- 2020Coleman HutzlerMentored · Texas
- 2020Dave HuxtableMentored · Texas
45 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
45
- 2025Zach KittleySucceeded by · Florida Atlantic
- 2024Chad LunsfordSucceeded by · Florida Atlantic
- 2023Willie TaggartSucceeded · Florida Atlantic
- 2021Steve SarkisianSucceeded by · Texas
- 2017Charlie StrongSucceeded · Texas
- 2016Major ApplewhiteSucceeded by · Houston
- 2015Corey DennisSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2015David GibbsSucceeded · Houston
- 2015Mike HartlineSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2015Tony LevineSucceeded · Houston
- 2014Adrian MayesSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2014Adrian MayesSucceeded · Ohio State
- 2014Chris AshSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2014Chris AshSucceeded · Ohio State
- 2014Cody HawkinsSucceeded · Ohio State
30 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
26 seasons
- TexasHead coach · 2017–20204
- Sam HoustonCoordinator · 2001–20044
- Florida AtlanticHead coach · 2023–20242
- HoustonHead coach · 2015–20162
- Ohio StateCoordinator · 2012–20132
- Iowa StateCoordinator · 2009–20112
- RiceCoordinator · 2007–20082
- Texas StateCoordinator · 2005–20062
- TexasAnalyst · 1999–20002
- Florida StatePosition coach · 2026 · current1
- Chicago BearsAnalyst · 20211
- Ohio StatePosition coach · 20141
- Texas LutheranPosition coach · 19981
Pipeline
6 of 21 coordinators
- 3 seasonsEd Warinnerunder at Florida Atlantic 2023 · head coach at Avila2026
- 1 seasonChad Lunsfordunder at Florida Atlantic 2023 · head coach at Florida Atlantic2024
- 1 seasonEverett Withersunder at Florida Atlantic 2023 · head coach at Temple2024
- 4 seasonsTim Beckunder at Texas 2017 · head coach at Coastal Carolina2023
- 2 seasonsStan Draytonunder at Texas 2017 · head coach at Temple2022
- 0 seasonsMajor Applewhiteunder at Houston 2015 · head coach at Houston2016
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Tom Herman. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.