Coaches / Head coach / Thomas Ford Jr.
Career
—
not coaching now
Rating—recent
Peak—best 5 yrs
Career—whole career
confidence
Thomas Ford Jr.
Head Coach
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
50
continuity at Idaho · early
Seasons here—
Programs2
Stints3
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
2025–2026IdahoHead Coach
2022–2023IdahoRunning Backs/Special Teams Coordinator
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
Rating—Peak—
Over expectation · 2016 on62Results 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 lift61
Evaluation89
Results51
Recruiting90
Staff building65
Game management62
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Idaho | 0-1 | — | — |
| 2025 | Idaho | 0-2 | — | — |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).