Coach Wins Against The Spread: Group of Five, Independent Ranked From Best To Worst

Coach Wins Against The Spread: Who are the best and worst Group of Five coaches when it comes to covering?

Mountain West Coach Wins Against The Spread

Other than the first year head coaches who have never been the main man – Timmy Chang at Hawaii and Ken Wilson at Nevada, and including Jeff Tedford at Fresno State after his time off – these stats reflect how all the coaches have done on their current Mountain West teams.

1. Blake Anderson, Utah State

ATS Record (since 2021)

ATS Overall: 10-4 (71.4%)
On Extra Rest: 0-1
vs. Ranked: 1-1
After Win: 8-2
After Loss: 1-2
Home: 3-3
Road: 6-1
Favorite: 4-2
Underdog: 6-2
Home Favorite: 2-1
Home Dog: 1-2
Road Favorite: 2-1
Road Dog: 4-0
vs. Conference: 6-3
Non-conference: 4-1

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 6-8
On Extra Rest: 0-1
vs. Ranked: 1-1
Home: 3-3
Road: 3-4
Favorite: 3-3
Underdog: 3-5
Home Favorite: 3-0
Home Dog: 0-3
Road Favorite: 0-3
Road Dog: 3-1
Conference: 5-4
Non-conference: 1-4
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2. Andy Avalos, Boise State

ATS Record (since 2021)

ATS Overall: 7-5 (58.3%)
On Extra Rest: 1-0
vs. Ranked: 2-1
After Win: 2-5
After Loss: 4-0
Home: 2-4
Road: 5-1
Favorite: 4-5
Underdog: 3-0
Home Favorite: 2-4
Home Dog: 0-0
Road Favorite: 2-1
Road Dog: 3-0
vs. Conference: 4-4
Non-conference: 3-1

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 2-9-1
On Extra Rest: 0-1
vs. Ranked: 0-3
Home: 2-4
Road: 0-5-1
Favorite: 2-7
Underdog: 0-2-1
Home Favorite: 2-4
Home Dog: 0-0
Road Favorite: 0-3
Road Dog: 0-2-1
Conference: 1-7
Non-conference: 1-2-1
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3. Brady Hoke, San Diego State

ATS Record (since 2020)

ATS Overall: 12-9-1 (56.8%)
On Extra Rest: 2-0
vs. Ranked: 2-0
After Win: 8-7
After Loss: 3-1-1
Home: 7-5
Road: 4-4-1
Favorite: 7-7-1
Underdog: 5-2
Home Favorite: 5-4
Home Dog: 2-1
Road Favorite: 1-3-1
Road Dog: 3-1
vs. Conference: 7-7-1
Non-conference: 5-2

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 10-12
On Extra Rest: 0-2
vs. Ranked: 1-1
Home: 5-7
Road: 4-5
Favorite: 7-8
Underdog: 3-4
Home Favorite: 3-6
Home Dog: 2-1
Road Favorite: 3-2
Road Dog: 1-3
Conference: 6-9
Non-conference: 4-3
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4. Jay Norvell, Colorado State

*Nevada ATS Record since 2017

ATS Overall: 33-25-2 (56.7%)
On Extra Rest: 7-2-1
vs. Ranked: 1-3
After Win: 13-17
After Loss: 15-8-2
Home: 17-9-2
Road: 13-13
Favorite: 14-13-1
Underdog: 19-12-1
Home Favorite: 10-7-1
Home Dog: 7-2-1
Road Favorite: 3-4
Road Dog: 10-9
vs. Conference: 24-14-2
Non-conference: 9-11

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 29-31
On Extra Rest: 6-4
vs. Ranked: 2-2
Home: 15-13
Road: 12-14
Favorite: 13-15
Underdog: 16-16
Home Favorite: 9-9
Home Dog: 6-4
Road Favorite: 4-3
Road Dog: 8-11
Conference: 18-22
Non-conference: 11-9
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Brent Brennan, San Jose State

ATS Record (since 2017)

ATS Overall: 29-25-3 (53.5%)
On Extra Rest: 4-4
vs. Ranked: 4-2
After Win: 10-6-2
After Loss: 16-17-1
Home: 13-11-2
Road: 14-12-1
Favorite: 8-8-1
Underdog: 21-17-2
Home Favorite: 6-5-1
Home Dog: 7-6-1
Road Favorite: 2-2
Road Dog: 12-10-1
vs. Conference: 23-13-3
Non-conference: 6-12

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 25-32
On Extra Rest: 3-5
vs. Ranked: 2-4
Home: 12-14
Road: 12-15
Favorite: 9-8
Underdog: 16-24
Home Favorite: 7-5
Home Dog: 5-9
Road Favorite: 2-2
Road Dog: 10-13
Conference: 18-21
Non-conference: 7-11
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Marcus Arroyo, UNLV

ATS Record (since 2020)

ATS Overall: 9-8-1 (52.8%)
On Extra Rest: 2-2
vs. Ranked: 3-1
After Win: 2-0
After Loss: 6-7-1
Home: 4-5
Road: 5-3-1
Favorite: 0-0
Underdog: 9-8-1
Home Favorite: 0-0
Home Dog: 4-5
Road Favorite: 0-0
Road Dog: 5-3-1
vs. Conference: 6-7
Non-conference: 3-1

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 9-9
On Extra Rest: 1-3
vs. Ranked: 2-2
Home: 5-4
Road: 4-5
Favorite: 0-0
Underdog: 9-9
Home Favorite: 0-0
Home Dog: 5-4
Road Favorite: 0-0
Road Dog: 4-5
Conference: 8-6
Non-conference: 1-3
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Craig Bohl, Wyoming

ATS Record (since 2014)

ATS Overall: 49-45-1 (52.1%)
On Extra Rest: 9-6
vs. Ranked: 4-2
After Win: 20-19-1
After Loss: 25-22
Home: 24-22
Road: 21-23-1
Favorite: 21-21-1
Underdog: 27-24
Home Favorite: 11-12
Home Dog: 12-10
Road Favorite: 7-9-1
Road Dog: 14-14
vs. Conference: 34-29
Non-conference: 15-16-1

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 40-53-2
On Extra Rest: 13-2
vs. Ranked: 3-3
Home: 17-28-1
Road: 20-24-1
Favorite: 20-23
Underdog: 20-29-2
Home Favorite: 8-15
Home Dog: 9-12-1
Road Favorite: 9-8
Road Dog: 11-16-1
Conference: 28-34-1
Non-conference: 12-19-1
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Troy Calhoun, Air Force

ATS Record (since 2007)

ATS Overall: 94-87-2 (51.9%)
On Extra Rest: 16-13
vs. Ranked: 11-7
After Win: 58-42-2
After Loss: 27-40
Home: 45-40-1
Road: 40-40-1
Favorite: 55-54-1
Underdog: 39-31-1
Home Favorite: 32-32
Home Dog: 13-8-1
Road Favorite: 19-20-1
Road Dog: 21-19
vs. Conference: 55-59-2
Non-conference: 39-28

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 93-87-1
On Extra Rest: 11-18
vs. Ranked: 6-12
Home: 40-44
Road: 43-37-1
Favorite: 56-52
Underdog: 37-33-1
Home Favorite: 29-33
Home Dog: 11-11
Road Favorite: 24-16
Road Dog: 19-20-1
Conference: 68-47-1
Non-conference: 25-40
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Danny Gonzales, New Mexico

ATS Record (since 2020)

ATS Overall: 5-14 (26.3%)
On Extra Rest: 0-2
vs. Ranked: 0-2
After Win: 1-3
After Loss: 4-9
Home: 1-6
Road: 2-8
Favorite: 0-5
Underdog: 5-9
Home Favorite: 0-3
Home Dog: 1-3
Road Favorite: 0-2
Road Dog: 2-6
vs. Conference: 5-10
Non-conference: 0-4

Over/Under (to the over)

Overall: 7-12
On Extra Rest: 2-0
vs. Ranked: 0-2
Home: 3-4
Road: 3-7
Favorite: 3-2
Underdog: 4-10
Home Favorite: 2-1
Home Dog: 1-3
Road Favorite: 1-1
Road Dog: 2-6
Conference: 6-9
Non-conference: 1-3
Preview | Top 10 PlayersSchedule

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