The Northern Illinois
coaching tree

Air Force 5 coaches Akron 28 coaches Alabama 27 coaches Alabama Birmingham 7 coaches Appalachian State 8 coaches Arizona 31 coaches Arizona State 24 coaches Arkansas 34 coaches Arkansas State 31 coaches Army 36 coaches Auburn 25 coaches Ball State 17 coaches Baylor 28 coaches Boise State 13 coaches Boston College 35 coaches Bowling Green 20 coaches Brigham Young 14 coaches Buffalo 26 coaches California 34 coaches Central Florida 9 coaches Central Michigan 28 coaches Charlotte 6 coaches Cincinnati 40 coaches Clemson 25 coaches Coastal Carolina 4 coaches Colorado 27 coaches Colorado State 21 coaches Connecticut 30 coaches Duke 23 coaches East Carolina 22 coaches Eastern Michigan 37 coaches Florida 24 coaches Florida Atlantic 6 coaches Florida International 5 coaches Florida State 11 coaches Fresno State 20 coaches Georgia 24 coaches Georgia Southern 15 coaches Georgia State 4 coaches Georgia Tech 20 coaches Hawaii 25 coaches Houston 16 coaches Illinois 26 coaches Indiana 30 coaches Iowa 25 coaches Iowa State 31 coaches Jacksonville State 25 coaches James Madison 9 coaches Kansas 41 coaches Kansas State 33 coaches Kennesaw State 1 coaches Kent State 23 coaches Kentucky 37 coaches Liberty 10 coaches Louisiana 22 coaches Louisiana Monroe 16 coaches Louisiana State 30 coaches Louisiana Tech 31 coaches Louisville 23 coaches Marshall 29 coaches Maryland 36 coaches Massachusetts 30 coaches Memphis 25 coaches Miami 25 coaches Miami Ohio 35 coaches Michigan 20 coaches Michigan State 25 coaches Middle Tennessee State 16 coaches Minnesota 27 coaches Mississippi 38 coaches Mississippi State 35 coaches Missouri 33 coaches Navy 38 coaches Nebraska 34 coaches Nevada 27 coaches Nevada Las Vegas 13 coaches New Mexico 32 coaches New Mexico State 35 coaches North Carolina 33 coaches North Carolina State 34 coaches North Texas 19 coaches Northern Illinois 23 coaches Northwestern 29 coaches Notre Dame 30 coaches Ohio 29 coaches Ohio State 25 coaches Oklahoma 23 coaches Oklahoma State 22 coaches Old Dominion 2 coaches Oregon 36 coaches Oregon State 30 coaches Penn State 16 coaches Pittsburgh 35 coaches Purdue 37 coaches Rice 19 coaches Rutgers 28 coaches Sam Houston State 15 coaches San Diego State 19 coaches San Jose State 31 coaches South Alabama 4 coaches South Carolina 34 coaches South Florida 6 coaches Southern California 23 coaches Southern Methodist 22 coaches Southern Mississippi 22 coaches Stanford 32 coaches Syracuse 31 coaches Temple 29 coaches Tennessee 25 coaches Texas 31 coaches Texas A&M 30 coaches Texas Christian 31 coaches Texas El Paso 26 coaches Texas San Antonio 3 coaches Texas State 15 coaches Texas Tech 18 coaches Toledo 26 coaches Troy 24 coaches Tulane 39 coaches Tulsa 30 coaches UCLA 19 coaches Utah 20 coaches Utah State 29 coaches Vanderbilt 28 coaches Virginia 39 coaches Virginia Tech 34 coaches Wake Forest 32 coaches Washington 32 coaches Washington State 35 coaches West Virginia 34 coaches Western Kentucky 22 coaches Western Michigan 17 coaches Wisconsin 31 coaches Wyoming 33 coaches