James Shibest

Special Teams Coordinator · Purdue

Headline rating: as position coach · special teams. Every role he has been rated in is below.

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Seasons here2

Programs3

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2025–2026PurdueSpecial Teams Coordinator

2023–2024UNLVSpecial Teams Coordinator

2017–2021Virginia TechSpecial Teams Coordinator & Tight Ends Coach

Rating77Peak82

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	Purdue	Special teams	72	+11.3	0.821	0.74
2024	UNLV	Special teams	65	-7.3	—	-0.15
2023	UNLV	Special teams	77	+10.8	0.804	0.85
2021	Virginia Tech	Special teams	69	—	0.863	0.50
2021	Virginia Tech	Tight ends	54	-5.0	0.863	-0.38
2020	Virginia Tech	Special teams	70	-4.1	0.833	0.17
2020	Virginia Tech	Tight ends	68	+8.6	0.833	0.47
2019	Virginia Tech	Tight ends	67	-3.4	0.834	0.02
2019	Virginia Tech	Special teams	78	+19.2	0.834	1.38
2018	Virginia Tech	Special teams	61	-3.2	0.869	0.06
2018	Virginia Tech	Tight ends	64	+8.8	0.869	0.52
2017	Virginia Tech	Tight ends	59	—	0.816	-0.29
2017	Virginia Tech	Special teams	65	-0.2	0.816	0.02

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.