Coaches / Position coach / Derrick Nix
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Derrick Nix
Wide Receivers · Alabama
Headline rating: as position coach · running backs. Every role he has been rated in is below.
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Seasons here1
Programs3
Stints3
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As offensive coordinator
Rating63Peak63
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Auburn | 0.03 | -0.02 | -0.02 |
| 2024 | Auburn | 0.01 | -0.04 | -0.27 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.
As position coach · running backs
Rating80Peak84
Room quality, development (his players gaining more than typical players at the position year to year) and recruiting credit.
| Season | Team | Room | Room quality | Development | Recruiting | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Auburn | Running backs | 68 | +8.0 | — | 0.27 |
| 2024 | Auburn | Running backs | 74 | +3.8 | 0.901 | 0.67 |
| 2023 | Ole Miss | Receivers | 75 | +6.9 | 0.891 | 0.80 |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | Receivers | 73 | +4.0 | 0.891 | 0.59 |
| 2021 | Ole Miss | Receivers | 75 | +5.3 | 0.890 | 0.72 |
| 2020 | Ole Miss | Receivers | 80 | +10.2 | 0.870 | 1.02 |
| 2019 | Ole Miss | Running backs | 70 | -12.7 | 0.902 | -0.09 |
| 2018 | Ole Miss | Running backs | 71 | — | 0.923 | 0.56 |
| 2017 | Ole Miss | Running backs | 71 | — | 0.872 | 0.27 |
| 2016 | Ole Miss | Running backs | 58 | — | 0.797 | -0.72 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.