Mike Neu

Passing Game Coordinator at Illinois since 2026.

Seasons coached: 26
First season: 1994
Teams: 8

Career

12 stints

1994Ball StateGraduate Assistant
1998Nashville KatsQuarterbacks
1999Nashville KatsOffensive Coordinator
2000Augusta StallionsHead Coach
2001–2002Carolina CobrasHead Coach
2001Carolina CobrasOffensive Coordinator
2004–2008New Orleans VooDooHead Coach
2012–2013TulaneQuarterbacks
2014–2015New Orleans SaintsQuarterbacks
2016–2024Ball StateHead Coach
2025IllinoisOffensive Assistant
2026–presentIllinoisPassing Game Coordinator

Coaching tree

5 mentors, 31 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

47

32 more, most recent shown first.

Succeeded

9

Tenure

26 seasons

Ball StateHead coach · 2016–20249
New Orleans VooDooHead coach · 2004–20085
New Orleans SaintsPosition coach · 2014–20152
TulanePosition coach · 2012–20132
Carolina CobrasHead coach · 2001–20022
IllinoisCoordinator · 2026 · current1
IllinoisAnalyst · 20251
Carolina CobrasCoordinator · 20011
Augusta StallionsHead coach · 20001
Nashville KatsCoordinator · 19991
Nashville KatsPosition coach · 19981
Ball StateAnalyst · 19941

Pipeline

2 of 12 coordinators

1 seasonKevin Lynchunder at Ball State 2019 · head coach at Butler2025
2 seasonsColin Johnsonunder at Ball State 2022 · head coach at Ball State2024

Moves

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