cfbd_coaches(): A coach search function which provides coaching records and school history for a given coach.
Coach information search A coach search function which provides coaching records and school history for a given coach
Usage
cfbd_coaches(
first = NULL,
last = NULL,
team = NULL,
year = NULL,
min_year = NULL,
max_year = NULL
)Arguments
- first
(String optional): First name for the coach you are trying to look up
- last
(String optional): Last name for the coach you are trying to look up
- team
(String optional): Team - Select a valid team, D1 football
- year
(Integer optional): Year, 4 digit format (YYYY).
- min_year
(Integer optional): Minimum Year filter (inclusive), 4 digit format (YYYY).
- max_year
(Integer optional): Maximum Year filter (inclusive), 4 digit format (YYYY)
Value
Returns a tibble with 15 variables:
| col_name | types | description |
| first_name | character | First name of coach. |
| last_name | character | Last name of coach. |
| hire_date | character | Hire date of coach (ISO date string from CFBD). |
| school | character | School of coach for the listed season. |
| year | integer | Four-digit season year of record. |
| games | integer | Games coached during the season. |
| wins | integer | Wins for the season. |
| losses | integer | Losses for the season. |
| ties | integer | Ties for the season. |
| preseason_rank | integer | Preseason AP rank for the school of coach (NA if unranked). |
| postseason_rank | integer | Postseason AP rank for the school of coach (NA if unranked). |
| srs | character | Simple Rating System adjustment for team. |
| sp_overall | character | Bill Connelly's SP+ overall rating for team. |
| sp_offense | character | Bill Connelly's SP+ offense rating for team. |
| sp_defense | character | Bill Connelly's SP+ defense rating for team. |
Details
Coach information search
cfbd_coaches(first = "Nick", last = "Saban", team = "alabama")Examples
# \donttest{
try(cfbd_coaches(first = "Nick", last = "Saban", team = "alabama"))
#> ── Coaches data from CollegeFootballData.com ───────────────── cfbfastR 2.3.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-09 19:57:39 UTC
#> # A tibble: 125 × 15
#> first_name last_name hire_date school year games wins losses ties
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 M. Griffin NA Alabama 1900 5 2 3 0
#> 2 G.H. Harvey NA Alabama 1901 5 2 1 2
#> 3 Eli Abbott NA Alabama 1902 8 4 4 0
#> 4 J.O. Heyworth NA Alabama 1902 8 4 4 0
#> 5 W.B. Blount NA Alabama 1903 7 3 4 0
#> 6 W.B. Blount NA Alabama 1904 10 7 3 0
#> 7 Jack Leavenworth NA Alabama 1905 10 6 4 0
#> 8 J.W.H. Pollard NA Alabama 1906 6 5 1 0
#> 9 J.W.H. Pollard NA Alabama 1907 8 5 1 2
#> 10 J.W.H. Pollard NA Alabama 1908 8 6 1 1
#> # ℹ 115 more rows
#> # ℹ 6 more variables: preseason_rank <int>, postseason_rank <int>, srs <dbl>,
#> # sp_overall <dbl>, sp_offense <dbl>, sp_defense <dbl>
# }