John Baxter

Special Teams Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach · Fresno State

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

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Seasons here5

Programs2

Stints2

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2022–2026Fresno StateSpecial Teams Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach

2016–2018USCSpecial Teams Coordinator

Rating51Peak66

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	Fresno State	Special teams	54	-4.2	0.780	-0.82
2024	Fresno State	Special teams	54	-14.3	—	-0.89
2023	Fresno State	Tight ends	65	—	0.817	-0.04
2023	Fresno State	Special teams	64	+1.3	0.817	0.05
2022	Fresno State	Tight ends	54	+3.0	0.821	-0.36
2022	Fresno State	Special teams	60	-11.7	0.821	-0.58
2018	USC	Special teams	65	-1.2	—	0.07
2017	USC	Special teams	57	—	0.740	-0.81
2017	USC	Tight ends	65	-4.1	0.740	-0.69
2016	USC	Tight ends	63	—	0.862	0.14
2016	USC	Special teams	56	—	0.862	-0.08

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