Paul Gonzales

Safeties Coach / Defensive Pass Game Coordinator · USC

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

Chemistry

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Seasons here1

Programs3

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2026USCSafeties Coach / Defensive Pass Game Coordinator

2025BaylorDefensive Pass-Game Coordinator (Cornerbacks)

2016–2024TCUSafeties Coach

Rating76Peak86

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	Baylor	Defensive backs	73	+2.3	0.827	-0.08
2024	TCU	Defensive backs	78	-3.1	0.863	0.06
2023	TCU	Defensive backs	76	-2.1	0.866	0.01
2022	TCU	Defensive backs	84	+4.3	0.889	1.15
2021	TCU	Defensive backs	69	-3.7	0.885	-0.42
2020	TCU	Defensive backs	78	-0.8	0.879	0.34
2019	TCU	Defensive backs	84	+8.6	0.900	1.50
2018	TCU	Defensive backs	80	+4.8	0.860	0.73
2017	TCU	Defensive backs	79	-0.7	0.880	0.40
2016	TCU	Defensive backs	80	—	0.844	0.26

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