Coaches / Head coach / Sean Lewis
Form · last two seasons
58
performing to its level
Rating56recent
Peak58best 5 yrs
Career55whole career
confidence
Sean Lewis
Head Coach · San Diego State
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
65
continuity at San Diego State · early
Seasons here3
Programs3
Stints4
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
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
Rating56Form58≈ as usualPeak58Career55
2018–2026 · 8 seasonsRecord 36-44National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)
- Rating 56: 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 58: best five-season stretch, 2018–2020 at Kent State (12-17), taking over one of the weakest programs in major college football.
- Career 55 (#406 since 1936): total accomplishment over 8 seasons (36-44), 0 national titles, 0 elite seasons; full credit for the program he inherited.
Over expectation · 2016 on52Results 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 lift52
Evaluation67
Results54
Recruiting53
Staff building53
Game management74
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San Diego State | 0-0 | #85 | -0.36 SD |
| 2025 | San Diego State | 9-4 | #54 | +0.31 SD |
| 2024 | San Diego State | 3-9 | #125 | -1.49 SD |
| 2022 | Kent State | 5-7 | #92 | -0.61 SD |
| 2021 | Kent State | 7-7 | #111 | -1.26 SD |
| 2020 | Kent State | 3-1 | — | — |
| 2019 | Kent State | 7-6 | #95 | -0.55 SD |
| 2018 | Kent State | 2-10 | #121 | -1.53 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
Rating74Peak74
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Colorado | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.73 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.