Steve Sarkisian

Team: Not EmployedType: Offensive

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

El Camino College

Quarterbacks

20001 yr

CFB

USC

Quarterbacks

2001-033 yrs

Las Vegas Raiders

Other Notable Asst.

20041 yr

CFB

USC

Quarterbacks

2005-062 yrs

CFB

USC

Offensive Coordinator

2007-082 yrs

CFB

Washington

Head Coach

2009-135 yrs

CFB

USC

Head Coach

2014-152 yrs

CFB

Alabama

Offensive Coordinator

20161 yr

Atlanta Falcons

Offensive Coordinator

2017-182 yrs

CFB

Alabama

Offensive Coordinator

2019-202 yrs

CFB

Texas

Head Coach

2021-244 yrs

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	7-9	Dan Quinn	Steve Sarkisian	Marquand Manuel	Matt Ryan(16.00)	—	Tevin Coleman(15.75)	Julio Jones(15.75)	Calvin Ridley(15.25)
2017	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	10-6	Dan Quinn	Steve Sarkisian	Marquand Manuel	Matt Ryan(16.00)	—	Devonta Freeman(13.25)	Julio Jones(15.50)	Mohamed Sanu(14.50)

Coach Impact

Note: only calculated for first year upon arrival — take results with a grain of salt.

Percentiles

Atlanta Falcons (2017–2018)

Offensive Coordinator

Playbook Fingerprint

↓13 Personnel% -5.7%⁴↓21 Personnel% -10.4%⁶↓Pass Rate OEX -0.05¹¹

	Before (2016)	First Year (2017)	Delta
OFFENSE
Scripted EPA	0.275⁹⁹	0.122⁸⁶	▼ -0.153¹³
RZ P/V	5.3⁶⁸	4.8²⁶	▼ -0.5¹⁶
3&Out%	24.6%⁸⁸	24.8%⁸⁷	▲ +0.2%⁴⁶
Penalty EPA	12.8⁸³	-8.1³	▼ -20.9⁹⁸
Pass EPA	0.293⁹⁸	0.172⁸⁷	▼ -0.121¹⁹
Rush EPA	0.018⁸⁷	-0.100²⁹	▼ -0.118⁸
xRY	0.00⁰	0.00⁰	0.00⁴³
RYOE	0.00²⁶	0.00²⁶	0.00³⁹
YAC OEX	0.93⁸⁷	1.10⁹³	▲ +0.17⁶⁰
xYAC OEX	0.98⁹⁸	-0.01⁴⁹	▼ -0.99³

Player Impacts

Skill positions only (QB/RB/WR/TE), min 4 adj. games per qualifying season. Baselines use the 1–2 seasons immediately before the coach took over.

Atlanta Falcons (2017–2018)

Offensive Coordinator

Personal-best FP/G seasons set under this coach (must clear pre-coach peak).

WR	Julio Jones	17.12018 FP/G · 15.8 gp	15.6Prev Best	+9.6%
QB	Matt Ryan	22.22018 FP/G · 16.0 gp	22.1Prev Best	+0.3%

Core Efficiency - Offensive

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Pass/Rush Splits - Offensive

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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
2018	OC	ATL	66.4%	0.177	51.0%	0.023	-0.15	0.44	30.9%	-0.121	35.6%	0.005	4.75	0.14	2.6%	0.333
2017	OC	ATL	57.4%	0.172	49.6%	0.016	-0.01	1.10	40.2%	-0.100	37.2%	0.008	0.00	0.00	2.3%	0.174

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	13 Pers	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2018	OC	ATL	20.2%	79.8%	—	—	—	—	57.0%	8.8%	67.3%	14.6%	17.7%	58.4%	17.2%	4.4%	10.0%	52.1%
2017	OC	ATL	16.3%	83.8%	—	—	—	—	46.3%	6.2%	66.0%	18.6%	15.3%	49.1%	20.4%	1.9%	16.7%	62.6%

Tendencies

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Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Low PC%	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2018	OC	ATL	62.6	7.3%	-0.2	28.5%	26.3	67.6%	4.3%	7.5%	10.5%	46.6%	84.6%
2017	OC	ATL	60.7	7.1%	-0.1	30.6%	25.9	58.4%	-2.5%	10.1%	3.3%	27.6%	83.7%

XFP Summary

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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
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	QB Pass	16	268.3	317.8	16.8	19.9	+18.5%	—	—	5.7	6.6	+15.8%	—	—
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	QB Rush	14	25.4	31.2	1.8	2.2	+22.9%	2.4%	2.7%	0.7	1.4	+81.7%	4.4%	7.2%
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	RB Rush	16	178.7	182.5	11.2	11.4	+2.1%	17.0%	16.1%	3.4	2.5	-24.8%	22.8%	15.3%
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	RB Rec	16	107.5	111.1	6.7	6.9	+3.3%	10.2%	9.8%	2.0	2.3	+12.2%	13.8%	13.9%
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	WR/TE Rec	16	727.4	803.0	45.5	50.2	+10.4%	69.3%	70.7%	8.7	10.5	+20.7%	58.9%	63.6%
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	WR/TE Rush	12	11.2	8.3	0.9	0.7	-26.1%	1.1%	0.7%	0.0	0.0	—	0.0%	0.0%

Steve Sarkisian

Team: Not EmployedType: Offensive

Coaching Timeline

Why does coaching matter?

CFB

El Camino College

Quarterbacks

20001 yr

CFB

USC

Quarterbacks

2001-033 yrs

Las Vegas Raiders

Other Notable Asst.

20041 yr

CFB

USC

Quarterbacks

2005-062 yrs

CFB

USC

Offensive Coordinator

2007-082 yrs

CFB

Washington

Head Coach

2009-135 yrs

CFB

USC

Head Coach

2014-152 yrs

CFB

Alabama

Offensive Coordinator

20161 yr

Atlanta Falcons

Offensive Coordinator

2017-182 yrs

CFB

Alabama

Offensive Coordinator

2019-202 yrs

CFB

Texas

Head Coach

2021-244 yrs

Team Info

Season	Role	Team	Record	HC	OC	DC	QB1	QB2	RB1	WR/TE 1	WR/TE 2
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	7-9	Dan Quinn	Steve Sarkisian	Marquand Manuel	Matt Ryan(16.00)	—	Tevin Coleman(15.75)	Julio Jones(15.75)	Calvin Ridley(15.25)
2017	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	10-6	Dan Quinn	Steve Sarkisian	Marquand Manuel	Matt Ryan(16.00)	—	Devonta Freeman(13.25)	Julio Jones(15.50)	Mohamed Sanu(14.50)

Coach Impact

Note: only calculated for first year upon arrival — take results with a grain of salt.

Percentiles

Atlanta Falcons (2017–2018)

Offensive Coordinator

Playbook Fingerprint

↓13 Personnel% -5.7%⁴↓21 Personnel% -10.4%⁶↓Pass Rate OEX -0.05¹¹

	Before (2016)	First Year (2017)	Delta
OFFENSE
Scripted EPA	0.275⁹⁹	0.122⁸⁶	▼ -0.153¹³
RZ P/V	5.3⁶⁸	4.8²⁶	▼ -0.5¹⁶
3&Out%	24.6%⁸⁸	24.8%⁸⁷	▲ +0.2%⁴⁶
Penalty EPA	12.8⁸³	-8.1³	▼ -20.9⁹⁸
Pass EPA	0.293⁹⁸	0.172⁸⁷	▼ -0.121¹⁹
Rush EPA	0.018⁸⁷	-0.100²⁹	▼ -0.118⁸
xRY	0.00⁰	0.00⁰	0.00⁴³
RYOE	0.00²⁶	0.00²⁶	0.00³⁹
YAC OEX	0.93⁸⁷	1.10⁹³	▲ +0.17⁶⁰
xYAC OEX	0.98⁹⁸	-0.01⁴⁹	▼ -0.99³

Player Impacts

Skill positions only (QB/RB/WR/TE), min 4 adj. games per qualifying season. Baselines use the 1–2 seasons immediately before the coach took over.

Atlanta Falcons (2017–2018)

Offensive Coordinator

Personal-best FP/G seasons set under this coach (must clear pre-coach peak).

WR	Julio Jones	17.12018 FP/G · 15.8 gp	15.6Prev Best	+9.6%
QB	Matt Ryan	22.22018 FP/G · 16.0 gp	22.1Prev Best	+0.3%

Core Efficiency - Offensive

PercentilesGraph

Pass/Rush Splits - Offensive

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
2018	OC	ATL	66.4%	0.177	51.0%	0.023	-0.15	0.44	30.9%	-0.121	35.6%	0.005	4.75	0.14	2.6%	0.333
2017	OC	ATL	57.4%	0.172	49.6%	0.016	-0.01	1.10	40.2%	-0.100	37.2%	0.008	0.00	0.00	2.3%	0.174

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	13 Pers	21 Pers	XFP Conc
2018	OC	ATL	20.2%	79.8%	—	—	—	—	57.0%	8.8%	67.3%	14.6%	17.7%	58.4%	17.2%	4.4%	10.0%	52.1%
2017	OC	ATL	16.3%	83.8%	—	—	—	—	46.3%	6.2%	66.0%	18.6%	15.3%	49.1%	20.4%	1.9%	16.7%	62.6%

Tendencies

PercentilesGraph

Year	Role	Team	Plays/G	No-Huddle%	Plays/G OEX	Low PC%	Avg SFP	Called Pass%	Called Pass OEX	4th Go%	2pt%	Blowout CP%	Blownout CP%
2018	OC	ATL	62.6	7.3%	-0.2	28.5%	26.3	67.6%	4.3%	7.5%	10.5%	46.6%	84.6%
2017	OC	ATL	60.7	7.1%	-0.1	30.6%	25.9	58.4%	-2.5%	10.1%	3.3%	27.6%	83.7%

XFP Summary

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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
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	QB Pass	16	268.3	317.8	16.8	19.9	+18.5%	—	—	5.7	6.6	+15.8%	—	—
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	QB Rush	14	25.4	31.2	1.8	2.2	+22.9%	2.4%	2.7%	0.7	1.4	+81.7%	4.4%	7.2%
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	RB Rush	16	178.7	182.5	11.2	11.4	+2.1%	17.0%	16.1%	3.4	2.5	-24.8%	22.8%	15.3%
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	RB Rec	16	107.5	111.1	6.7	6.9	+3.3%	10.2%	9.8%	2.0	2.3	+12.2%	13.8%	13.9%
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	WR/TE Rec	16	727.4	803.0	45.5	50.2	+10.4%	69.3%	70.7%	8.7	10.5	+20.7%	58.9%	63.6%
2018	Offensive Coordinator	ATL	WR/TE Rush	12	11.2	8.3	0.9	0.7	-26.1%	1.1%	0.7%	0.0	0.0	—	0.0%	0.0%