MICHAEL LOCKSLEY: HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
By The Numbers
Breaking down Michael Locksley's coaching career by the numbers.
Under Locksley this season, Alabama has the second highest scoring offense in the country at 47.9 points per game, trailing only Oklahoma. QB Tua Tagovailoa also ranks second in yards per pass attempt at 11.4, while ranking in the top-10 nationally in four other major categories.
On three separate occasions over his career, Locksley has been named a Top-25 Recruiter in the FBS.
This season at Alabama, Locksley’s offense has set four school records, (points scored (623), single-season total offense (6,859 yards through 13 games), passing yards (4,231) and Tua Tagovailoa passing touchdowns (37)).
The average amount of offensive plays it took Locksley’s 2018 Alabama offense to score their first touchdown (in an average 4:07).
Locksley has helped sign eight top-25 recruiting classes during his coaching career, including four top-five classes.
Locksley has coached at Maryland for 10 seasons (1997-02, 2012-15).
While the wide receivers coach at Alabama in 2017, the Crimson Tide wide receivers caught 19 touchdown passes over the course of the season.
Locksley has signed 21 four or five star recruits over his coaching career (according to 247sports), 14 of which came from the DMV area.
In Locksley’s time in Champaign, the Illinois offense jumped 53 spots.
Locksley has coached 92 NFL draft picks in over 20 years of coaching college football.
Locksley has spent 104 weeks coaching teams ranked in the AP Top 25.
A trio of Maryland running backs -- Chris Downs, Bruce Perry and LaMont Jordan -- each gained over 1,000 yards under Locksley in this first stint at Maryland.
Locksley’s 2007 Illinois team is the only team in school history to eclipse 3,000 rushing yards.
Locksley’s 2018 Alabama offense has gained 6,859 yards of offense, the most in Alabama history and the seventh highest mark in the country.