Youngest Active FBS Head Coaches
/Updated: 8/29/24 Going through the Coaching Info spreadsheet again, I noticed that I had to add Nate Dreiling as the new Utah State head coach after the Aggies fired Blake Anderson. When plugging in his birthday, I noticed that he had to be added to this list - but I didn’t know that he would be the youngest. Eric Morris, the Red Raider head coach, fell off the list.
Updated: 7/18/24 After pulling together my Coaching Info spreadsheet earlier this summer, I realized it was time to update this blog since there have been some changes. I also want to add that Kris McCullough, the head coach at Texas-Permian Basin (Div. II), is the youngest head coach in NCAA football (age 28). McCullough led the Falcons to the playoffs in his first year after going 10-2 (8-0 conference) during the regular season. Meanwhile Chase Paramore, who was the youngest head coach in all of college football at 26 (Waldorf University - NAIA), is now a wide receiver coach/passing game coordinator at Texas A&M-Commerce (FCS). Lastly, not only are there two former UIW head coaches on this list (G. J. Kinne and Eric Morris), but their current head coach, Clint Killough, is currently the youngest head coach in the FCS.
1. Nate Dreiling, Utah State - 33 (10-27-90)
2. Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State - 34 (4-28-90)
3. Scotty Walden - 34 (11-15-89)
4. G. J. Kinne, Texas State - 35 (12-1-88)
5. Spencer Danielson, Boise State - 35 (11-11-88)
6. Sean Lewis, San Diego State - 38 (4-11-86)
7. Dan Lanning, Oregon - 38 (4-10-86)
8. Sherrone Moore, Michigan - 38 (2-3-86)
9. Ryan Walters, Purdue - 38 (1-21-86)
10. Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame - 38 (1-10-86)