Tom Allen ( American football ) - wikipedia Tom Allen ( American football ) Tom Allen Sport ( s ) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Indiana Conference Big Ten Record 3 -- 2 Biographical details ( 1970 - 03 - 14 ) March 14, 1970 ( age 47 ) New Castle, Indiana Alma mater Maranatha Baptist University Indiana University Coaching career ( HC unless noted ) 1992 -- 1994 Temple Heights HS ( FL ) 1995 -- 1996 Armwood HS ( FL ) ( DC ) Marion HS ( IN ) ( DC ) 1998 -- 2003 Ben Davis HS ( IN ) ( DC ) 2004 -- 2006 Ben Davis HS ( IN ) 2007 Wabash ( DB / ST ) 2008 -- 2009 Lambuth ( AHC / DC / LB ) Drake ( DC / LB ) 2011 Arkansas State ( AHC ) 2012 -- 2014 Ole Miss ( LB / ST ) 2015 South Florida ( DC ) 2016 Indiana ( DC ) 2016 -- present Indiana Head coaching record Overall 3 -- 2 ( college ) Bowls 0 -- 1 Thomas Allen ( born March 14, 1970 ) is an American college football coach serving as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers football team. Allen previously served as the defensive coordinator at Indiana and South Florida. He spent time as an assistant at Ole Miss, Arkansas State and Drake, among other programs. A native of New Castle, Indiana, Allen also spent six seasons as defensive coordinator and three seasons as the head football coach at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. Contents 1 Coaching career 1.1 Ole Miss 1.2 South Florida 1.3 Indiana 2 Head coaching record 3 References 4 External links Coaching career Ole Miss Allen spent three seasons as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Ole Miss under head coach Hugh Freeze. During his time in Oxford, the Rebels went 24 -- 15 and consistently ranked near the top of the FBS in terms of tackles for loss and sacks. Prior to his arrival, Ole Miss had ranked last in the SEC in total defense. South Florida In December 2014, Allen was named defensive coordinator at South Florida under third - year head coach Willie Taggart. In his lone season in Tampa, Allen 's defensive unit ranked first the American Athletic Conference ( AAC ) in scoring defense at just 19.6 points per conference game. Indiana Allen was hired on January 15, 2016 to serve as defensive coordinator on head coach Kevin Wilson 's staff at Indiana. In replacing previous defensive coordinator Brian Knorr, Allen took over a defense that ranked # 120 in the FBS in total defense and # 106 in opponent points scored. As of December 1, 2016, the Hoosiers ' defense ranks # 35 in the FBS in total defense ( 8th best in the Big Ten ) and # 53 in opponent points scored. On December 1, 2016, Indiana athletic director Fred Glass named Allen head coach after Wilson 's sudden resignation. Head coaching record Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl / playoffs Coaches AP Indiana ( Big Ten Conference ) ( 2016 -- present ) 2016 Indiana 0 -- 1 0 -- 0 East L Foster Farms 2017 Indiana 3 -- 2 0 -- 2 East Indiana : 3 -- 3 0 -- 2 Total : 3 -- 3 National championship Conference title Conference division title References Jump up ^ Doyel, Gregg ; Osterman, Zach ( December 1, 2016 ). `` IU, Kevin Wilson part ways ; Tom Allen named new head coach ''. indystar.com. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 1, 2016. External links Indiana profile Indiana Hoosiers head football coaches Arthur B. Woodford ( 1887 -- 1888 ) Evans Woollen ( 1889 ) No team ( 1890 ) Billy Herod ( 1891 ) No coach ( 1892 -- 1893 ) Gustave Ferbert & Huddleston ( 1894 ) Winchester Osgood & Robert Wrenn ( 1895 ) Madison G. Gonterman ( 1896 -- 1897 ) James H. Horne ( 1898 -- 1904 ) James M. Sheldon ( 1905 -- 1913 ) Clarence Childs ( 1914 -- 1915 ) Ewald O. Stiehm ( 1916 -- 1921 ) James P. Herron ( 1922 ) Bill Ingram ( 1923 -- 1925 ) Harlan Page ( 1926 -- 1930 ) Earle C. Hayes ( 1931 -- 1933 ) Bo McMillin ( 1934 -- 1947 ) Clyde B. Smith ( 1948 -- 1951 ) Bernie Crimmins ( 1952 -- 1956 ) Bob Hicks ( 1957 ) Phil Dickens ( 1958 -- 1964 ) John Pont ( 1965 -- 1972 ) Lee Corso ( 1973 -- 1982 ) Sam Wyche ( 1983 ) Bill Mallory ( 1984 -- 1996 ) Cam Cameron ( 1997 -- 2001 ) Gerry DiNardo ( 2002 -- 2004 ) Terry Hoeppner ( 2005 -- 2006 ) Bill Lynch ( 2007 -- 2010 ) Kevin Wilson ( 2011 -- 2016 ) Tom Allen ( 2016 -- ) Current head football coaches of the Big Ten Conference East Division Tom Allen ( Indiana ) D.J. Durkin ( Maryland ) Jim Harbaugh ( Michigan ) Mark Dantonio ( Michigan State ) Urban Meyer ( Ohio State ) James Franklin ( Penn State ) Chris Ash ( Rutgers ) West Division Lovie Smith ( Illinois ) Kirk Ferentz ( Iowa ) P.J. Fleck ( Minnesota ) Mike Riley ( Nebraska ) Pat Fitzgerald ( Northwestern ) Jeff Brohm ( Purdue ) Paul Chryst ( Wisconsin ) Current defensive coordinators of the Big Ten Conference East Division Tom Allen / Mark Hagen ( Indiana ) Andy Buh / Jimmy Brumbaugh ( Maryland ) Don Brown ( Michigan ) Harlon Barnett / Mike Tressel ( Michigan State ) Greg Schiano ( Ohio State ) Brent Pry ( Penn State ) Jay Niemann ( Rutgers ) West Division Hardy Nickerson ( Illinois ) Phil Parker ( Iowa ) Robb Smith ( Minnesota ) Bob Diaco ( Nebraska ) Mike Hankwitz ( Northwestern ) Nick Holt / Anthony Poindexter ( Purdue ) Jim Leonhard ( Wisconsin ) American football portal Biography portal College football portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Allen_(American_football)&oldid=804280218 '' Categories : 1970 births Living people Arkansas State Red Wolves football coaches Drake Bulldogs football coaches Indiana Hoosiers football coaches Lambuth Eagles football coaches Ole Miss Rebels football coaches South Florida Bulls football coaches Wabash Little Giants football coaches High school football coaches in the United States Maranatha Baptist University alumni People from New Castle, Indiana Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 7 October 2017, at 23 : 14. 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