Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersHead coach

Derek Mason

62 Overall rating steady

Derek Mason has led Middle Tennessee since 2024, going 8-21 across 3 seasons.

Record since 2024: 8-21
Seasons: 3
Bowl trips: 0

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Strategy & scheme

Offensive scheme3

Defensive scheme6

Game planning5

Situational management10

Leadership & results

Comeback factor3

Underdog edge1

Recent form10

Win rate2

Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from Derek Mason's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.

Middle Tennessee record by season

Derek Mason Middle Tennessee record by season since 2024
Season	Record	Result
2026	2-3	In progress
2025	3-9	No bowl
2024	3-9	No bowl

Records with Middle Tennessee since 2024, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.

Derek Mason: Middle Tennessee head coach profile

Derek Mason is the Middle Tennessee head coach. This profile covers Derek Mason's record and season-by-season results with Middle Tennessee, and connects to the Middle Tennessee program, the ACC teams and the live conference standings. Follow the race for the ACC Championship Game on the ACC title race page.

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Derek Mason is the Middle Tennessee head coach, in the job since 2024.