The Best Coaches in College Football

My original list did not include Urban Myer and then I realized that his omission wasn't because he wasn't a great coach,it was because I detest him.So to be truthful with myself I must include him on my list.

Urban Meyer - There really is no way to make a case against him.

Houston Nutt - Before Mississippi and Arkansas, he took Boise State from 1-AA to 1-A and although the Broncos were rated #112 out of 112 1-A schools he took them to a 5-6 record including losing in the final minutes to Wisconsin 28-24 as a 35 point underdog.Before that in his final 2 years at Murray State he went 22-3 and 16-0 in OVC play winning OVC coach of the year honors in both years.

Mike Riley - What he does in Corvallis is amazing and under appreciated.

Jim Harbaugh - It may be too soon to include him on this list but I love his swagger and the early results say that he is on the a fast track to being one of the elite coaches in the NCAA.(I can't wait to see how well he has Andrew Luck prepared for this year).

Mike Leach - He's had much more success than just at Texas Tech,what he did as OC at Oklahoma and Kentucky was amazing.If my dreams come true,LSU will struggle mightily this season and Mike Leach will be the Tigers HC in 2011.  I would love to see him have the resources and recruiting ability of a "Big Time" program like LSU.

Mike Riley has to head my list.

Some others:

Paul Johnson at GT

Calhoun at Air Force

Edsall at Uconn

Quote Originally Posted by Boom_Boom:

When??? Not at South Carolina if that's what you mean.

Yeah he did good at Florida...But Hell... I can coach Florida.

Take any person with decent knowledge about the game and they can win 7 games at Florida...


Steve Spurrier is WAAAYYY Overrated IMO.

Have to disagree

Duke had become the perennial cellar-dweller of the ACC. Spurrier proceeded to lead his Blue Devils to levels of success the team had not known in over twenty-five years, including Duke's first bowl game appearance since the 1960 Cotton Bowl, and a tie for the 1989 ACC championship, Duke's first since 1962.^[11] After back-to-back winning seasons, Spurrier was named the ACC Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989

Current TOP 12    ( in NO Order) 

Saban

Meyer

Riley

Patterson

Brown

Petersen

Edsall

Kelly

Stoops   but hey--- the Sooners have WON 11+ Games 8 out of the Last 10 Years

Spurrier

Gill      Winnning a MAC Championship at Buffalo ... Is Like winning a SEC Championship at Vandewrbilt

Paul Johnson

As someone who married a Michigan State Spartan, let me point out another little tidbit about Saban........

His MSU club beat Spurrier in his last game coaching the Gators. That team was so good, SABAN WASN'T EVEN THERE!

He signed with LSU before the bowl game (guess the only green was on the Spartan uniforms-nice going) and the Spartan brass decided they didn't need Saban anymore and let Bobbie Williams coach the bowl game.

Michigan State beat Florida (you don't see that often, do you?), and Spurrier bolted to Washington. It was the only time at Florida his Gator team lost three in a row.

Saban then went on to coach LSU and Alabama. I'm sure you've noticed.

Absolutely agree!!!  He is the first guy I thought of when I saw the original post.

Totally agree Boom.  Spurrier has a good offensive mind, but he won at Florida primarily because he had superior talent.  Since he has left Florida, he has been exposed as one of the laziest coaches in the league.  I'm not hatin' on him for wanting to make his tee times, but I don't think he would even make my top 20.  I certainly would not hire him to coach my team.