cfbd_coaches(): A coach search function which provides coaching records and school history for a given coach.cfbd_coaches_profile(): Get a single coach's biographical profile.cfbd_coaches_seasons(): Get season-by-season coaching records.cfbd_coaches_tenures(): Get the start and end of each coaching tenure.
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).
Minimum value accepted: 1886- 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")Get a coach profile
cfbd_coaches_profile(coach_id = 1)Get coaching seasons
cfbd_coaches_seasons(team = "Georgia")Get coaching tenures
cfbd_coaches_tenures(team = "Georgia")See also
Other CFBD Coaches Functions:
cfbd_coaches_profile(),
cfbd_coaches_seasons(),
cfbd_coaches_tenures()
Examples
# \donttest{
try(cfbd_coaches(first = "Nick", last = "Saban", team = "alabama"))
#> ── Coaches data from CollegeFootballData.com ──────────── cfbfastR 3.0.0.9000 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-09-01 11:20:23 UTC
#> # A tibble: 126 × 19
#> id first_name last_name hire_date team_id school conference year games
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <int> <int>
#> 1 600 M. Griffin NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1900 5
#> 2 601 G.H. Harvey NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1901 5
#> 3 602 Eli Abbott NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1902 8
#> 4 603 J.O. Heyworth NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1902 8
#> 5 604 W.B. Blount NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1903 7
#> 6 604 W.B. Blount NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1904 10
#> 7 605 Jack Leavenworth NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1905 10
#> 8 606 J.W.H. Pollard NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1906 6
#> 9 606 J.W.H. Pollard NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1907 8
#> 10 606 J.W.H. Pollard NA 333 Alabama SIAA 1908 8
#> # ℹ 116 more rows
#> # ℹ 10 more variables: wins <int>, losses <int>, ties <int>,
#> # win_percentage <dbl>, preseason_rank <int>, postseason_rank <int>,
#> # srs <dbl>, sp_overall <dbl>, sp_offense <dbl>, sp_defense <dbl>
# }