Bill O'Brien

Team: Not EmployedType: Offensive

HC Record: 38-42 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

Brown

Inside Linebackers

1993-942 yrs

CFB

Georgia Tech

Graduate Assistant

1995-973 yrs

CFB

Georgia Tech

Running Backs

1998-003 yrs

CFB

Georgia Tech

Offensive Coordinator

2001-022 yrs

CFB

Maryland

Running Backs

2003-042 yrs

CFB

Duke

Offensive Coordinator

2005-062 yrs

New England Patriots

Offensive Assistant

20071 yr

New England Patriots

Other Notable Asst.

2007-082 yrs

New England Patriots

Wide Receivers

20081 yr

New England Patriots

Other Notable Asst.

2009-102 yrs

New England Patriots

Offensive Coordinator

20111 yr

CFB

Penn State

Head Coach

2012-132 yrs

Houston Texans

Head Coach

2014-207 yrs

CFB

Alabama

Offensive Coordinator

2021-222 yrs

New England Patriots

Offensive Coordinator

20231 yr

CFB

Ohio State

Offensive Coordinator

20241 yr

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	4-13	Bill Belichick	Bill O'Brien	Bill Belichick	Mac Jones(10.00)	Bailey Zappe(7.50)	Ezekiel Elliott(16.50)	Hunter Henry(14.00)	DeMario Douglas(12.50)
2020	Head Coach	HOU	4-12	Romeo Crennel	Tim Kelly	Anthony Weaver	Deshaun Watson(16.00)	—	David Johnson(11.25)	Brandin Cooks(15.00)	Will Fuller(11.00)
2019	Head Coach	HOU	10-6	Bill O'Brien	Tim Kelly	Romeo Crennel	Deshaun Watson(15.00)	AJ McCarron(1.25)	Carlos Hyde(15.25)	DeAndre Hopkins(15.00)	Will Fuller(9.75)
2018	Head Coach	HOU	11-5	Bill O'Brien	—	Romeo Crennel	Deshaun Watson(16.00)	—	Lamar Miller(13.00)	DeAndre Hopkins(16.00)	Will Fuller(6.50)
2017	Head Coach	HOU	4-12	Bill O'Brien	—	Mike Vrabel	Deshaun Watson(6.50)	Tom Savage(6.25)	Lamar Miller(15.75)	DeAndre Hopkins(15.00)	Will Fuller(8.75)

Coach Impact

Percentiles

New England Patriots (2023)

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

	Before (2022)	First Year (2023)	Delta
OFFENSE
EPA	-0.053²⁸	-0.164³	▼ -0.111¹⁴
Succ%	40.9%²⁴	38.9%⁹	▼ -2.0%³²
RZ P/V	4.5⁷	5.3⁶⁹	▲ +0.8⁹⁴
Scripted EPA	-0.033³⁸	-0.235²	▼ -0.202⁶
3&Out%	35.1%²⁴	44.7%⁰	▲ +9.6%⁵
TO Rate	2.2%²⁸	2.9%⁷	▲ +0.7%¹⁶
Pass EPA	-0.049²²	-0.192²	▼ -0.143¹³
Rush EPA	-0.040⁶⁶	-0.102²⁹	▼ -0.062²⁰
YAC OEX	-0.06¹¹	0.08¹⁸	▲ +0.14⁵⁸
xRY	4.15⁶⁸	3.69²⁵	▼ -0.45⁵
RYOE	0.34⁷¹	-0.34⁸	▼ -0.68⁸

Coaching Signature

Low Play Action 100%High xFP Concentration 100%Heavy Shotgun 83%Light 11 Personnel 83%RB-Light Targets 83%High Pace 83%Weak Scripted Plays 83%Weak Run Game 83%

Core Efficiency

PercentilesGraph

Pass/Rush Splits

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	% Pass	Pass EPA	Pass Succ%	Pass SOS	xYAC OEX	YAC OEX	% RB Rush	Rush EPA	Rush Succ%	Rush SOS	xRY	RYOE	% QB Rush	QB Rush EPA
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	60.4%	-0.192	39.1%	-0.008	0.39	0.08	35.8%	-0.102	38.2%	0.008	3.69	-0.34	3.8%	0.012
2020	Head Coach	HOU	66.4%	0.209	52.7%	0.020	0.09	0.49	25.6%	-0.148	34.6%	0.025	4.11	0.15	8.1%	0.225
2019	Head Coach	HOU	59.8%	0.131	48.4%	-0.018	0.38	0.59	33.0%	-0.055	38.6%	-0.006	3.89	0.23	7.2%	0.422
2018	Head Coach	HOU	57.3%	0.106	48.8%	-0.017	0.27	0.04	34.4%	-0.151	33.9%	-0.006	3.85	0.24	8.3%	0.239
2017	Head Coach	HOU	57.6%	-0.038	41.7%	-0.015	-0.28	0.19	38.3%	-0.125	34.3%	-0.002	0.00	0.00	4.2%	0.474

Scheme

PercentilesEPA PctileGraph

Year	Role	Team	Shotgun%	Under Center %	RPO%	PA%	Motion%	1R%	Horiz%	Screen%	WR Tgt%	RB Tgt%	TE Tgt%	11 Pers	12 Pers	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	43.0%	57.0%	6.1%	14.0%	43.0%	61.7%	44.1%	13.1%	55.5%	22.0%	22.5%	50.1%	38.8%	6.1%	2.3%	56.8%
2020	Head Coach	HOU	63.6%	36.4%	9.4%	13.5%	—	—	49.2%	6.7%	64.1%	17.0%	18.9%	62.8%	28.4%	0.4%	2.5%	58.0%
2019	Head Coach	HOU	67.5%	32.9%	11.5%	17.4%	—	—	51.0%	6.0%	64.2%	15.2%	19.8%	59.8%	34.7%	1.2%	1.7%	58.4%
2018	Head Coach	HOU	47.5%	52.5%	—	—	—	—	48.7%	8.9%	66.5%	13.7%	13.7%	44.9%	39.3%	2.9%	5.8%	57.6%
2017	Head Coach	HOU	49.8%	51.2%	—	—	—	—	34.4%	6.4%	63.9%	16.6%	19.5%	51.4%	11.1%	0.2%	13.6%	61.2%

Tendencies

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	59.6	11.0%	0.3	26.1	61.7%	-3.6%	14.4%	3.8%	—	72.3%
2020	Head Coach	HOU	58.0	10.9%	0.2	26.5	70.8%	5.5%	11.9%	5.3%	—	76.8%
2019	Head Coach	HOU	62.8	2.9%	0.9	28.7	62.7%	1.3%	17.8%	2.9%	39.0%	81.0%
2018	Head Coach	HOU	64.0	6.0%	0.8	30.8	60.6%	-0.9%	7.9%	2.7%	42.9%	83.8%
2017	Head Coach	HOU	63.8	9.1%	0.2	25.2	59.1%	-4.0%	7.1%	6.2%	42.1%	73.0%

XFP Summary

PercentilesGraph

Season	Role	Team	Type	GP	XFP	FP	XFP/G	FP/G	OEX%	% XFP	% FP	RZ XFP/G	RZ FP/G	RZ OEX%	% RZ XFP	% RZ FP
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	QB Pass	17	184.1	153.7	10.8	9.0	-16.5%	—	—	1.9	3.5	+77.2%	—	—
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	QB Rush	17	20.8	22.6	1.2	1.3	+8.7%	2.3%	2.8%	0.1	0.5	+342.7%	1.4%	4.4%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	RB Rush	17	191.3	179.5	11.3	10.6	-6.2%	21.4%	22.0%	2.5	3.2	+27.9%	33.1%	31.0%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	RB Rec	17	140.3	123.4	8.3	7.3	-12.0%	15.7%	15.1%	0.9	1.4	+57.8%	12.1%	14.0%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	WR/TE Rec	17	530.9	479.0	31.2	28.2	-9.8%	59.5%	58.7%	4.0	5.2	+30.5%	52.7%	50.4%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	WR/TE Rush	17	8.8	11.3	0.5	0.7	+28.3%	1.0%	1.4%	0.1	0.0	-66.4%	0.7%	0.2%

Bill O'Brien

Team: Not EmployedType: Offensive

HC Record: 38-42 (since 2016)

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

Brown

Inside Linebackers

1993-942 yrs

CFB

Georgia Tech

Graduate Assistant

1995-973 yrs

CFB

Georgia Tech

Running Backs

1998-003 yrs

CFB

Georgia Tech

Offensive Coordinator

2001-022 yrs

CFB

Maryland

Running Backs

2003-042 yrs

CFB

Duke

Offensive Coordinator

2005-062 yrs

New England Patriots

Offensive Assistant

20071 yr

New England Patriots

Other Notable Asst.

2007-082 yrs

New England Patriots

Wide Receivers

20081 yr

New England Patriots

Other Notable Asst.

2009-102 yrs

New England Patriots

Offensive Coordinator

20111 yr

CFB

Penn State

Head Coach

2012-132 yrs

Houston Texans

Head Coach

2014-207 yrs

CFB

Alabama

Offensive Coordinator

2021-222 yrs

New England Patriots

Offensive Coordinator

20231 yr

CFB

Ohio State

Offensive Coordinator

20241 yr

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	4-13	Bill Belichick	Bill O'Brien	Bill Belichick	Mac Jones(10.00)	Bailey Zappe(7.50)	Ezekiel Elliott(16.50)	Hunter Henry(14.00)	DeMario Douglas(12.50)
2020	Head Coach	HOU	4-12	Romeo Crennel	Tim Kelly	Anthony Weaver	Deshaun Watson(16.00)	—	David Johnson(11.25)	Brandin Cooks(15.00)	Will Fuller(11.00)
2019	Head Coach	HOU	10-6	Bill O'Brien	Tim Kelly	Romeo Crennel	Deshaun Watson(15.00)	AJ McCarron(1.25)	Carlos Hyde(15.25)	DeAndre Hopkins(15.00)	Will Fuller(9.75)
2018	Head Coach	HOU	11-5	Bill O'Brien	—	Romeo Crennel	Deshaun Watson(16.00)	—	Lamar Miller(13.00)	DeAndre Hopkins(16.00)	Will Fuller(6.50)
2017	Head Coach	HOU	4-12	Bill O'Brien	—	Mike Vrabel	Deshaun Watson(6.50)	Tom Savage(6.25)	Lamar Miller(15.75)	DeAndre Hopkins(15.00)	Will Fuller(8.75)

Coach Impact

Percentiles

New England Patriots (2023)

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

	Before (2022)	First Year (2023)	Delta
OFFENSE
EPA	-0.053²⁸	-0.164³	▼ -0.111¹⁴
Succ%	40.9%²⁴	38.9%⁹	▼ -2.0%³²
RZ P/V	4.5⁷	5.3⁶⁹	▲ +0.8⁹⁴
Scripted EPA	-0.033³⁸	-0.235²	▼ -0.202⁶
3&Out%	35.1%²⁴	44.7%⁰	▲ +9.6%⁵
TO Rate	2.2%²⁸	2.9%⁷	▲ +0.7%¹⁶
Pass EPA	-0.049²²	-0.192²	▼ -0.143¹³
Rush EPA	-0.040⁶⁶	-0.102²⁹	▼ -0.062²⁰
YAC OEX	-0.06¹¹	0.08¹⁸	▲ +0.14⁵⁸
xRY	4.15⁶⁸	3.69²⁵	▼ -0.45⁵
RYOE	0.34⁷¹	-0.34⁸	▼ -0.68⁸

Coaching Signature

Low Play Action 100%High xFP Concentration 100%Heavy Shotgun 83%Light 11 Personnel 83%RB-Light Targets 83%High Pace 83%Weak Scripted Plays 83%Weak Run Game 83%

Core Efficiency

PercentilesGraph

Pass/Rush Splits

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	% Pass	Pass EPA	Pass Succ%	Pass SOS	xYAC OEX	YAC OEX	% RB Rush	Rush EPA	Rush Succ%	Rush SOS	xRY	RYOE	% QB Rush	QB Rush EPA
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	60.4%	-0.192	39.1%	-0.008	0.39	0.08	35.8%	-0.102	38.2%	0.008	3.69	-0.34	3.8%	0.012
2020	Head Coach	HOU	66.4%	0.209	52.7%	0.020	0.09	0.49	25.6%	-0.148	34.6%	0.025	4.11	0.15	8.1%	0.225
2019	Head Coach	HOU	59.8%	0.131	48.4%	-0.018	0.38	0.59	33.0%	-0.055	38.6%	-0.006	3.89	0.23	7.2%	0.422
2018	Head Coach	HOU	57.3%	0.106	48.8%	-0.017	0.27	0.04	34.4%	-0.151	33.9%	-0.006	3.85	0.24	8.3%	0.239
2017	Head Coach	HOU	57.6%	-0.038	41.7%	-0.015	-0.28	0.19	38.3%	-0.125	34.3%	-0.002	0.00	0.00	4.2%	0.474

Scheme

PercentilesEPA PctileGraph

Year	Role	Team	Shotgun%	Under Center %	RPO%	PA%	Motion%	1R%	Horiz%	Screen%	WR Tgt%	RB Tgt%	TE Tgt%	11 Pers	12 Pers	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	43.0%	57.0%	6.1%	14.0%	43.0%	61.7%	44.1%	13.1%	55.5%	22.0%	22.5%	50.1%	38.8%	6.1%	2.3%	56.8%
2020	Head Coach	HOU	63.6%	36.4%	9.4%	13.5%	—	—	49.2%	6.7%	64.1%	17.0%	18.9%	62.8%	28.4%	0.4%	2.5%	58.0%
2019	Head Coach	HOU	67.5%	32.9%	11.5%	17.4%	—	—	51.0%	6.0%	64.2%	15.2%	19.8%	59.8%	34.7%	1.2%	1.7%	58.4%
2018	Head Coach	HOU	47.5%	52.5%	—	—	—	—	48.7%	8.9%	66.5%	13.7%	13.7%	44.9%	39.3%	2.9%	5.8%	57.6%
2017	Head Coach	HOU	49.8%	51.2%	—	—	—	—	34.4%	6.4%	63.9%	16.6%	19.5%	51.4%	11.1%	0.2%	13.6%	61.2%

Tendencies

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	59.6	11.0%	0.3	26.1	61.7%	-3.6%	14.4%	3.8%	—	72.3%
2020	Head Coach	HOU	58.0	10.9%	0.2	26.5	70.8%	5.5%	11.9%	5.3%	—	76.8%
2019	Head Coach	HOU	62.8	2.9%	0.9	28.7	62.7%	1.3%	17.8%	2.9%	39.0%	81.0%
2018	Head Coach	HOU	64.0	6.0%	0.8	30.8	60.6%	-0.9%	7.9%	2.7%	42.9%	83.8%
2017	Head Coach	HOU	63.8	9.1%	0.2	25.2	59.1%	-4.0%	7.1%	6.2%	42.1%	73.0%

XFP Summary

PercentilesGraph

Season	Role	Team	Type	GP	XFP	FP	XFP/G	FP/G	OEX%	% XFP	% FP	RZ XFP/G	RZ FP/G	RZ OEX%	% RZ XFP	% RZ FP
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	QB Pass	17	184.1	153.7	10.8	9.0	-16.5%	—	—	1.9	3.5	+77.2%	—	—
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	QB Rush	17	20.8	22.6	1.2	1.3	+8.7%	2.3%	2.8%	0.1	0.5	+342.7%	1.4%	4.4%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	RB Rush	17	191.3	179.5	11.3	10.6	-6.2%	21.4%	22.0%	2.5	3.2	+27.9%	33.1%	31.0%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	RB Rec	17	140.3	123.4	8.3	7.3	-12.0%	15.7%	15.1%	0.9	1.4	+57.8%	12.1%	14.0%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	WR/TE Rec	17	530.9	479.0	31.2	28.2	-9.8%	59.5%	58.7%	4.0	5.2	+30.5%	52.7%	50.4%
2023	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	NE	WR/TE Rush	17	8.8	11.3	0.5	0.7	+28.3%	1.0%	1.4%	0.1	0.0	-66.4%	0.7%	0.2%