Kerry Coombs
Special Teams Coordinator at Michigan since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 44
- First season
- 1983
- Teams
- 8
Career
17 stints
1980s
- 1983–1984Greenhills HS (OH)Assistant Coach
- 1985–1988Lakota HS (OH)Assistant Coach
- 1989–1990Loveland HS (OH)Head Coach
1990s
- 1991–2006Colerain HS (OH)Head Coach
2000s
- 2007–2008CincinnatiDefensive Backs
- 2009–2011CincinnatiAssistant Head CoachSpecial Teams CoordinatorDefensive Backs
2010s
- 2012Ohio StateCornerbacks
- 2013Ohio StateSpecial Teams CoordinatorCornerbacks
- 2014Ohio StateAssistant Coach
- 2015–2016Ohio StateSpecial Teams CoordinatorCornerbacks
- 2017Ohio StateAssistant Coach
- 2018–2019Tennessee TitansDefensive Backs
2020s
- 2020Ohio StateCo-Defensive CoordinatorDefensive Backs
- 2021Ohio StateDefensive Coordinator
- 2022CincinnatiHead CoachInterim
- 2022–2024CincinnatiAssistant Coach
- 2025–presentMichiganSpecial Teams Coordinator
Coaching tree
12 mentors, 12 protégés, 2 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
24
- 2026Kyle WhittinghamCoached under · Michigan
- 2025Biff PoggiCoached under · Michigan
- 2025Sherrone MooreCoached under · Michigan
- 2023–2024Scott SatterfieldCoached under · Cincinnati
- 2022Colin HitschlerMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022Darren PaigeMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022Gino GuidugliMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022John Ross IIIMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022Luke FickellMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022Luke FickellCoached under · Cincinnati
- 2022Mike BrownMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022Mike CummingsMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022Mike TresselMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022Nate LettonMentored · Cincinnati
- 2022Ricky BrownMentored · Cincinnati
9 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
78
- 2025Adam BraithwhiteSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2025Eddie HicksSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2025J.B. BrownSucceeded · Michigan
- 2025Luke PaschallSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2025Nic CardwellSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2025Vijay StingleySucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2024Josh SteppSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2024Sean DawkinsSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2024Tyson VeidtSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2023Scott SatterfieldSucceeded by · Cincinnati
- 2022Brian MasonSucceeded · Cincinnati
- 2022Colin HitschlerSucceeded · Cincinnati
- 2022Darren PaigeSucceeded · Cincinnati
- 2022FindlaySucceeded · Cincinnati
- 2022Gino GuidugliSucceeded · Cincinnati
63 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
44 seasons
- Colerain HS (OH)Head coach · 1991–200616
- CincinnatiPosition coach · 2007–20245
- Ohio StateCoordinator · 2013–20215
- Lakota HS (OH)Position coach · 1985–19884
- Ohio StatePosition coach · 2012–20173
- CincinnatiCoordinator · 2009–20113
- MichiganCoordinator · 2025–2026 · current2
- Tennessee TitansPosition coach · 2018–20192
- Loveland HS (OH)Head coach · 1989–19902
- Greenhills HS (OH)Position coach · 1983–19842
- CincinnatiHead coach · 20221
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Kerry Coombs. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.