Yesterday, the Georgia Southern Eagles fired their head football coach Chad Lunsford after a 1-3 start to the 2021 season. Here is a look at the Georgia Southern Eagles
football program since 2014 (the
first year the Eagles were in the Football Bowl Subdivision using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model).
This time period spans the last two seasons under head coach Willie Fritz
(2014-2015),
head coach Tyson Summers (2016-2017), and Chad Lunsford
(2018-2021*). After the figure below is a more detailed look at
the Georgia Southern Eagles football program during head coach Lunsford's
tenure (starting with the 2018 season) based on the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model using data provided by www.cfbstats.com. (The vertical school color bars represent seasons where head coaches changed).
Chad Lunsford [
contract]
2018
Georgia Southern finished the regular season at 9-3, and were bowl eligible, where they defeated #36 ranked Eastern Michigan (36-31) to finish 10-3 overall. The Eagles
played against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS), meaning that the Eagles' SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league" average SOS. Georgia Southern's best regular season victory was against #6 ranked Appalachian State
(34-14)
and their worst
loss was to #91 ranked Louisiana-Monroe (25-44).
Georgia Southern was the #31 ranked team overall, with the #42 ranked
offense and the #30 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
Georgia Southern finished the regular season at 7-5, and were bowl eligible, where they
were defeated by the #45 ranked Liberty by a score of (16-23) to
finished the season at 7-6 overall. The Eagles
played against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Georgia Southern's best regular season victory was against #11 ranked Appalachian State (24-21)
and their worst
loss was to #92 ranked Arkansas State (33-38).
Georgia Southern was the #58 ranked team overall, with the #90 ranked
offense and the #33 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2020
Georgia Southern finished the COVID-19 shortened regular season at 7-5, where they were bowl eligible and defeated #104 ranked Louisiana Tech (38-3) to finish at 8-5 overall. The Eagles
played against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Georgia Southern's
best regular season victory was against #50 ranked Troy (20-13)
and their worst
loss was to #49 ranked Georgia State.
Georgia Southern was the #19 ranked team overall, with the #25 ranked
offense and the #65 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2021*
After a 1-3 start to the 2021 season Lunsford
is no longer with the football program. Georgia Southern played against an “average”
strength
of schedule (SOS). Georgia Southern only wins was against FCS Gardener-Webb (30-25) and their current worst loss was to #85 ranked Florida Atlantic (6-38).
Georgia Southern is currently the #127 ranked team overall, with the #122 ranked
offense and the #123 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2021 FBS Head Coaching Changes
