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Form · last two seasons
54
performing to its level
Rating54recent
Peak54best 5 yrs
Career58whole career
confidence

Phil Longo

Head Coach · Sam Houston

Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry
Chem 56: typical56
continuity at Sam Houston · early
Seasons here2
Programs4
Stints5

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
2025–2026Sam HoustonHead Coach
2023–2024WisconsinOffensive Coordinator/QBs
2019–2022North CarolinaOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
2017–2018Ole MissAssistant Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2016Sam HoustonOffensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks

Chemistry

vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
How much continuity and loyalty his programs carryat Sam Houston
Tenure here — Seasons as head coach at his current schoolTenure here50Staff continuity — Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked togetherStaff continuity68Player retention — Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)Player retention70Followers — Players and staff who followed him from his previous jobFollowers60QB & coordinator — How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinatorQB & coordinator70Roster continuity — Share of starters returning from one season to the next under himRoster continuity21
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
50
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
68
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
70
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
60
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
70
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
21
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.

As head coach

Rating54Form54≈ as usualPeak54Career58
2004–2026 · 4 seasonsRecord 9-24National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)
  • Rating 54: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
  • Peak 54: best five-season stretch, 2004–2026 at La Salle and Sam Houston (9-24).
Over expectation · 2016 on36Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).

Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.

Program lift41
Evaluation68
Results38
Recruiting71
Staff building36
Game management69
SeasonTeamRecordSeason rankvs contemporaries
2026Sam Houston0-0#81-0.30 SD
2025Sam Houston2-10#135-1.96 SD
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).

As offensive coordinator

Rating75Peak88

His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.

SeasonTeamUnit (EPA/play)Over expectationSeason score
2024Wisconsin-0.03-0.09-0.91
2023Wisconsin0.01-0.05-0.39
2022North Carolina0.130.061.15
2021North Carolina0.09-0.040.09
2020North Carolina0.190.091.68
2019North Carolina0.100.121.49
2018Ole Miss0.100.050.95
2017Ole Miss0.080.050.83
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.