Bob Diaco

Defensive Line Coach, North Carolina Tar Heels

Record: 11-26
Win percentage: .297
Games: 37
Seasons: 32014–2016

Season history

Every season the coach has run a program.

Season	Team	Record
2016	UConn	3-9	AP preseason —	AP final —	SRS -17.5	SP+ -11.6	Offense 19.8	Defense 30.9
2015	UConn	6-7	AP preseason —	AP final —	SRS -2.5	SP+ -6.3	Offense 18.1	Defense 23.9
2014	UConn	2-10	AP preseason —	AP final —	SRS -20.4	SP+ -14.1	Offense 14.6	Defense 27.7

Coaching history

Dated coaching jobs from published histories and school biographies.

Years	Team	Role
2025–	North Carolina	Defensive Line Coach (under Bill Belichick)
2023–2025	LSU	Special Teams and Outside Linebackers Coach (under Brian Kelly)
2022–2023	New Jersey General	Defensive Line Coach
2020	Purdue	Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach (under Jeff Brohm)
2019	Louisiana Tech	Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach (under Skip Holtz)
2018	Oklahoma	Outside Linebackers Coach (under Lincoln Riley)
2017	Nebraska	Defensive Coordinator (under Mike Riley)
2014–2016	UConn	Head Coach
2012–2013	Notre Dame	Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator (under Brian Kelly)
2010–2011	Notre Dame	Defensive Coordinator and Inside Linebackers Coach (under Brian Kelly)
2009	Cincinnati	Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach (under Brian Kelly)
2006–2008	Virginia	Linebackers Coach and Special Teams (under Al Groh)
2005	Central Michigan	Co-Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach (under Brian Kelly)
2004	Western Michigan	Linebackers Coach and Special Teams (under Gary Darnell)
2003	Eastern Michigan	Outside Linebackers Coach and Special Teams (under Jeff Woodruff)
2002	Eastern Michigan	Linebackers Coach and Special Teams (under Jeff Woodruff)
2001	Eastern Michigan	Running Backs Coach and Special Teams (under Jeff Woodruff)
1999–2000	Western Illinois	Running Backs Coach and Special Teams/Special Teams Coordinator and Running Backs Coach
1996–1997	Iowa	Graduate Assistant (under Hayden Fry)

Notable staff

Assistants who went on to run a program of their own.

Years	Coach	Role	Head coach at
2017–2018	Rhett Lashlee	Offensive Coordinator	Head coach at SMU 2022–
2009–2015	Joe Moorhead	Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks Coach	Head coach at Akron 2021–